The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-22 00:00:00

MCNEY MARKET AN COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, -s - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been an exceedingly active demand for ley to-day in consequence of a large sum, a mounting to £1,200,000 debentures due on the E ast Indian Railway, to be paid this afternoon. The requirements of the commercial classes, how ever, are very limited, and it is thought that after to -day affairs in the discount market will assume great quietness. The brokers have not, therefore, ( hiring the recent slight pressure for accommodation advanced their rates, and bills have been negotiable at q and 41 per cent. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon t here was no material alteration, and the demand for bills was very limited. About £5,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday. Two O'CLOCK At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 41 eg'ram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 250 . Firm. The market for the English Funds exhibits ex treme sensitiveness, and although the public are not P ert' large buyers at the present time, the Govern kent broker continues daily to make purchases for the sinking fund of the national debt.. This morning the amount appropriated for this purpose I taB £16,000 Reduced Annuities, and notwithstand ing this operation the Consols receded * per cent., viz., ,_ t° 8 9 for money, and to 89* I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87i 8 ; Ichequer Bills, 3s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1048 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1008 ; and Bonds, 158 . prem. Spanish Securities have engaged chief attention hl the Foreign Market ; the Passive have receded * to 32 i 338 ; but the Certificates have risen *to 178 18. T urkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 73* 4 ; Mexican, 26 i ; ditto New, 251 8; Greek, 21* 22 ; Turkish „ ` - 'cusolides, 52* 538 ; Italian, 63* 4 ; ditto New, 3 i 3 din. ; and the Confederate Loan 34 36. In the Railway Share Market there has been very tittle business transacted to-day, and prices, in some Ihstances, have shown a downward movement. letropolitan and North Eastern (Berwick) have e ach declined ss. ; and Great Northern, Brighton, and Midland each 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in active at about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous shares continue dull. A lliance, however, are steady at 33 4 34 ; London 4 , 1 c 1 Westminster have declined t o 924 ; O r i en tal 'auk to 56 ; Joint Stock Discount are marked 8 ; a nd London Financial, 21. South African Land a nd Finance shares are quoted 1 i prem. ; Rio do J aneiro Ga s , 1 1i p rem . ; S ou th o f E ng l a nd Wagon C ompany, Wagon 11. prem. ; and Varna Railway Com- Pany, 44 j. prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a. GOVERNMENT F (nips. 4r Cent. Consols °.-Account, April 6 B9l 1 leer Cent. Reduced 874 1 4 li tl i . 3 per Cent B 7l 4 i 4 o h vr 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A_""- 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 - go. Uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO., for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — k ‘ ,"? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — - " e uequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — • Do. £5OO 3 pin I I Do. £lOO an d £2OO 41 1 k of England Stock, 51 per Cent — I, l 2r o rAif GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ‘,"iall Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 214/ D ° Account D▪ 0 . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 4 ' o . Account r.,°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 4 " 0 . Certificates D O.-, Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent lO 5l D O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 4° . 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — 1 , 4 ' 0 . 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — D 0 . ▪ Bonds, £l,OOO - pm • - ' O . under £l,000 4 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. tl atrian. Bonds, 5 per Cent — r , K ilian 5 per Cent Bll " 3 . 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 t h Do. 1863 ' h el los Ayres 6 per Cent — th';',.° I per Cent. (Deferred 3 p er C en t.) gisn 6 per Cent lO3l ( )I °. 41 per Cent ~onibian 6 per Cent. It h u al 6 per Cent. li° par Cent., 1864 — b,,0- Scrip, .£55 paid ij i ll 3 per Cent., 1825 D ° . " 5 per Cent., 1864 — b es per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — 1011ibian Principalities p . ..t 0 X 65 paid — dis . 41 1a4 10r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ti, Provisional Land Warr an t — tiara 7 per Cent — °1 Second Issue — - '0 £lOO Bonds 941 b Do. 1864 96 4 D 0 Scrip, 5b pa ., id k 5 per £ Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons • ° Account 4 ' o . Co u p ons 4 " 0 Account — i t t teinal a 5 per Cent. 1t °• 1839 and 1850 ir° 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) to 18 65 y e 0 Scrip, £25 paid b lican 3 per Cent. • 0 . Account 1) 0 t ' 1864 • b - per Cent. Anglo-French — t t o French Scri Ex. 20c — dis 4°lltevidean 6 per p, Cent., 2sf £3O paid Ic°l - ish Ininerial 5 per Cent °l3l't Granata, ll4 h° 2 per Cent 29 84 ii o Deferred tio l .„ ° Land Warrants (Hectares) if . tiart 41 per Cent. D o ° 8 per Cent. (Uribarren) — t o ° 4 1 per Cent., 1862 li o • ccount 1-I'llgliese 3 per Cent., 1853 ...-.. - D ° A ccount -- ° 3 peri.Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, 'B, g 1 0 Account 471 ;P a ll r Cent., 1822, £ St., ° 4 4 per Cent., 1850 D o D o , 1860 D° 8 per Cent., 1859 D ° 6 per Cent., 1862 4k„°, i 1864 .... p d 5 per Cent B i) Account Dish_ . c 3 per Cent Du 4 count 0 New Deferred — , 0 Ac count — ; ‘ )0 Pas s i ve — 81;',, , ° ,Accou n t 331 I b li t° l l Cert. of Coup not funded - 6 1 ,,. 4ccount lB 174 4 I'llik., 811 c h 4 per Cent. D open Cent... 1854 c' A c b ° 6 Per Cent. 1858 135 b Account — bu 1 00 Bond s b ° 6 per Cent. 1862 D ° Account — b°. £lOO B on d s 731 4 a( 0 ) „. 6 per C en t. 1863 rth ' -* uaranteed, 4 per Cent — ipzuela 3 per Cent. b °. Account boPer Cent, 1862 — Account 6 r Cent.,1864 ~a , s , L'ividends on the above payable in London. 1, 4 t1a11, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins "tit°, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. b ° 2 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 621 . 1 N iel. Per Cent. Certifi.-..tes — I b o ' Rentes, 3 per Cent. — klio„,' 4l ...eeount — Iv 0 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. • Account 1 / 4 4 01 THREE O'CLOCK. 261 i ~ 89 91 b"`"6l 0. honey Accouut 8911 891 1 'llerpool Cotton Market— rhis Day. . Q a rket qu i e t , pen di ng th e arr i va l o f th e A mer i can 4 e ( l . There is a fair attendance of spinners, who il ol c f ei rolis of going in for lower prices, to which 1,% will not submit. e Probable sales have not yet been stated. E PERSONS IN ONE FAMILY MURDERED.— ht 1 4tr aordinary crime was perpetrated the nig c al k ,last at Avesnes, Nord, France. Five persons be- It ko — t g to the same family, were found murdered, and e if t , waa dangerously wounded. This massacre was A,, q t ) pi i bl Ted about six in the evening, and in the centre of - ;ge• The victims were a farmer, aged 45 ; his two ',led 19 and 15 ; his sister, 43 ; and her daughter, 17 , 0(3 0 '1 Person of the family that survives is the farmer s er d ia ' ed. 46 , but she is not in a state to be enabled to give t N l4)Bit ioli. Active exertions have been made to dis br)eatihe guilty parties, but hitherto without success. It i thi b - , (lt appear that plunder was the object in view, as % 1 - 1 6 Was stolen from the house. a.:STAL PALACE LIBRARY AND READING-ROOM. ‘ ; t a l. 4; — P l aYing has just been introduced as an additional t k -(444°11 in this very agreeable place of resort. This new I ? . thel)2r t ant feat ure will, doubtless, be fully appreciated v4iciiti'lluaerous subscribers and visitors, especially those till the neighbourhood of the palace. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share! Railways. 13.14 Bir., Wol., & Str. Val al Blyth and Tyne 101 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian l(f Cork and Bandon. .. Cornwall al Do. A A gets no div. 1 , Do B till6p.c.p.an.has • been paid to B a ' Dublin & Belfast June al' Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. al Edinburgh & Glasgow 10( Glasgow & S. Western 101 Great Eastern, Ord. s t k. 0 I 94 96 r . O 128 129 5 6 II 66 68 11 16 17 81 E 6 )0 107 1(9 45, 46i 64 7i Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 10 , Great North of Scotland 101 Great Northern lOl D). A stock .... 101 Do. B to . lll Do. New, is. at 25 pm 41 Gt S. and W. of Ireland 101 Gt. Western -Original 1.1 D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... 1 Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 101 Do. Newport lOl Do. Hereford..... 101 Lancashire & Yorkshire 101 London and Blackwali 101 Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 10' Lon., Chat., and Dover 101 Lon. & North Western 101 Lon. & South Western 101 Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10( Maryport and Carlisle al Do. shares Metropolitan ll Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby 101 Mid Gt. W., Ireland all Do. shares %lid Kent No , th British . )0 1 129 130 )0 1401 1411 0 129 30 )0 I 88 90 0 I 72/ 731 0 63 65 )0 49 51 )0 45 47 00 100 103 00 1141 1151 10 87 €8 K 104 1(5 10 38 19 10 116} 317} 0 95 98 57 68 LI 1234 1244 li I; 2-Pi 0 1311 Eill, 0 101 1(3 Do. Ed Pth "& Dun . 52 53 z 4 /5 100 i 107, Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase 16 . 1 Do. Leeds ...... 10' Do. York iol Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. at De. do. 1855-f8 2, Do. do. 1860-61 l9 North London lO Do. New al 13.4 -..-.. 10 66 67 10 93 99 Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire 101 N. & S. W. Junction al Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock lul 0. Scot, Mid. stock lOl ~h•ews & Welchpool al Shropshire Union . South Devon lO youth E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok al Taff Vale lOl Do. C Vale ot Nealh Waterford & Kilkenny 10: West Cornw 01 lOl W. Hartlepool Hat& IL 10; Do. A irredeemable lO, Do. A redeemable 101 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 95 1281 7f4f f I 73 21 1241 4 131 f 1 IQ2 65.5 6 98 1 1 761 111 f 157 i 1081 - 451 5 I Paid. i Closing i Business Price. done. 39 le4l i 51 117# 101 17 95f 1 37 38 ;1 10 U p , 4 86 96 p 11 118 120 11 - - 5 1 lap )0 76 7? 11 11 11i )0 138 142 ,0 44 46 )0 0 67 59 )0 57 6i O 83} 81 11 84 9 )0 155 158 3 3 4p JO 108 110 .0D '5 I 74 77 BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence al Bom., Baroda, Cen.ln. 101 gu. 5 percent... Do. le shares Buffalo Jr Lake Huron al Do Preference al Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6p c. bds. Au g -. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 10( Do. do. June 1, 1574 lo( Calcutta & S. E., lim 10( a e Town & Dock, gu 10( Demera• a, 7 p.c. per. p al East. Ben, al, gu , 5 do 10( East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. 101 Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada 101 Do. Equip. Mort, Bomb 1 charge 6 p.c al Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred ai Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds al. Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock..., al Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock al. Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0, 10: o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D . Do 41 per cent it Great W , s. of Canada, al D N. New .. Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 al, Do. 5.t do. pay. 1877-8 ali fndian Branch, limite s Madras, gua. 5 p.c 101 Do. 41 do lOl Do. 43 do lOl Do. Filth Extension sfelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay at New Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. Rl.C'da, pc Ist pf. bds 10 Scinde lf Do. Delhi Do. do t' gi. Do. Puniaub = ,o 100 Do.lndus St Flo " 100 COLONIAL GOVERNME British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31, 1872. lO Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOl D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 1 )0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July 101 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 10( Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 10( Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 10( Do. do: 1890-1 10( Do. Jan. & July, 1891 10( Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 101 Do. 1878, do 10( Mauritius, r , p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, May ,5, Nov. 8 101 Natal qov. 6 per cent lOl N.B.Gov. 6p. c.Ja. uly 10( N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,18e6 01 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1876 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 10( New Zealand, 6p. cent lot Do. 6 per cent... Nova Sc .tia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 l 9, Queensland Gov. 6p. c lO S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 10 Do. 1878 & upwards l' Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. la & July 1( Do. do, pril & Oct ll BRITI ;am Congo] 1. ci old , lim. Chiverton Clif f ord A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls 2. East Bassett (Illogan) Z. East Carakion 2.1 as t Carn Brea 3 ., East Grenville 2.', East Loved 2. i E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.1( Gam.dt StAubyn(Gwen. 61 Great L ocey, limited al Great South Tolgus l.l G. Wheal Vor (Heist ,u 4/ Grenvthe 7.8 Herod's Foot .... B.' llingston Downs 4.1, Margaret , Uny Lelant ' Marke Valley 4. Niwyndy Iron Ore, lira Nangiles .. New Seton orth Downs I North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 3.1 North Wheal Crofty Prosper United 7.1, Pr vidence UnyLidant 10. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.1 tray Park in Croft ffest Hassett (Illogan W. Caz:adon.(L WestChi►erton West ChirertOn 1 West Seton 4: heal Bassett 'lllogan 6 Wheal Buller (Redruth 1( Whea. Ludoott 3. i Wheal Mary Ann (Men f Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Id& Wheal 'SESSIONS. ll I 53 66 )O 100 101 2 id ;p 11 4} 5 11 ti 9; ;0 10 I 74 78 97 99 75 85 a 1( 0 102 )0 99 100 )0 100 101 5 )0 I 171 18 L 1 _3 9) 66 68 56 68 II 60 62 .1 53 55 Li 50 63 ll 46 48 25 27 .1 2t 26 JD 100 10! 12 id p - 2 lld P 93 100 11 8 ,8 12i 32d 11 85 90 77 Eflci )9 999 100. )0 9: 94 10 88 9u a 1 62 64 1 3 5 82 81 100 98 100 .00 95 100 }d id Y 8 110 94 97 rT SECUR 10 93 92 0 r 9 91 I) 89 91 )0 78 82 10 78 82 )0 103 106 )0 105 107 )0 106 108 10 105 107 w) 102 104 10 1(5 107 )0 105 )0 108 10 105 10 88 98 100 )0 92 91 10 90 91 )0 104 106 )0 87 90 19 93 102 104 A O . lO5 107 109 110 MINES. 3 5l - 29 31 1 580 590 121 l7l el.. 14 15 4.0 6 64 7.0 4 1 4 t 3.8 10 11 0.0 3/ 41 101 6 8 11 19 20 1.0 2 2i 4:1 32 33 3.3 2 3 13 84 36 18.0 31 4 9 4 6 8 3.0 41 5 19 1 21 18 O 18ld :11 3 / 35 45 ;21 12 14 10.6 4 1 3 . 0 li 2 1.6 3 3, .6.7 33 35' 14 530 550 18.9 20 25 17. 15 17 9 144 15, 14 74 fii 9 7 8 11 60 52, 1 74 190 100 5} 100 105 0 12. 11e 13 i 195 205 7 19 20 4 1 iliAltlgb. C it II; FE ItE N Ch Great Western Orig. 40 per cent pf., 96i Great Western, West laidland, Newport perp. 6 per cent opt. till '6i, 117 181 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 89 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &a., 4, per cent., 1858, 95 6 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. S. Yorkshire and River Dun, 10: _ FOREJEIN RAILWAYS: Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per oent., 14j Great Luxembourg, 12* N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 7* SAD Paulo gua. 7 per cent.. i7l South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 211 FOREIGN MINE& Port Philip, 1* BANKS. k !fiance 331 4 Anglo Austrian, 71 Anglo-Italian, lirn., Bank 01 Queensland, Lim, 21 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 101 British and Californian, lirn., 51 Chartered der. of India, London, and China, 521 City, 1191 European Bank, lim., 131 Imperial Bank (lirn.V3oi Imperial Ottoman, 161 17 London and County, 72 a London Joint Stock, 17 London and South African, 22 London and estminster, 921 Merchant Bank, lim 29 Mercantile an.d Exchange. Urn., 71 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank. lim. 18 New Zealand Bank orporation, lim., 11 iriental Bunt Corporation, 56 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um , 31 Union of Australia, 63, 3 MISCELL A.NEOU& Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, lim., Berlin Water Works, lim., 91 Ceylon Company, 91 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Consolidated Discount. lim.. 41 Continental Union Gas, km., 11 Credit Fonder and Mubilitr of England, 10 1 Ditto, new, 8 Discount Corporation, 131 14 itlectric Telegraph, 1141 Financial Corporation, 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 1 Home and (I lonial A ssurance, lim., 41 Humber Iron Wo. ks, 1 Imperi , il Mercantile Credit Asso., 1im.,:61 International Financial z-ociety, Um., e 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;, Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 81 Joint Stqck Discount, lira., 8 -11 8 London County Land and Building, Jim., 1i London Financial Association, lira., 21 Madras Irr gation and Canal, 3/ 4 Ditto (all), It National Financial, linl., 7} North British and ,Mercantile Insurance, aim., 18 Oriental Commercial. aim., 71 Otago and Southland Investment, lj Peninsula and Oriental Stcam, B.a Ditto, new, 55 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining. lira., 5i I Silver's India-rubber Works and Tel. Cable, 12; 12 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insuranoe),lllll.47l rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENiNG, MARCH 22, 186 ts. Court of Aldermen, Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guildha] the Lord Mayor in the chair. ABSENCE OF THE SHERIFFS. When the Sheriffs were called to give in their report upon the state of the City prisons it appeared that both of them were absent, and that there was no report in conse quence to be presented. Mr. Alderman WILSON said he had been a member of the Court for 30 years, and never during his experience had the Sheriffs of the city failed to put in an appearance at these meetings. DEATH OF THE ORDINARY OF NEWGATE. The LORD MAYOR reported to the Court the sudden and lamented death of the Rev. Mr. Davis, the late Ordinary of Newgate. Upon the motion of Mr. Alderman CHALLIS, it was re ferred to the Gaol Committee to consider the duties of the Ordinary, and to report upon any alterations in the same which might be deemed necessary to the next meeting of the Court. THE LATE BURGLARIES IN THE CITY. ingly did, attended by his two sons. But he also declined to give any information with respect to the statements made in his letter on the ground that the proceedings of the Court were private. (Hear, hear.) " We have carefully considered the allegations contained both in the memorial of the inhabitants of Cornhill and also of the matters referred to in the letter of Mr. Walker, as well as the communication of the Commissioner of Police. We have also had before us the proceedings of a meeting hold in the ward of Cheap to consider the subject of the late robberies, at which the following resolution was passed : " That it is most undesirable that large masses of valu able property should be left in this city without resident protection, such a course acting as an encouragement to skilful and daring thieves, and casting thereby a most onerous and difficult duty upon the police force by with drawing their attention from other and equally important duties.' "The Commissioner of the City Police furnished your committee with the most ample returns relative to the mat ter under investigation, and gate the fullest information upon every point connected therewith. "After a very full inquiry we consider that the allega- tions of the memorialists have not been supported by evi dence, nor has anything transpired to substantiate the charges contained in the letter of Mr. Walker as to the general efficiency of the City police force. Your committee can discover nothing calculated to weaken the confidence which has hitherto been felt in the management and ofil ciency of the force. • "Your committee can only express their regret that pro perty of such value, and so readily convertible, should not have been more safely secured by the owners. " As there were matters involved in the reference which your committee were advised did not come within the pro vince of our jurisdiction, in pursuance of the resolution of this honourable court we sought a Conference with the Po lice Committee of the Court of Common Council, and directed their attention to those subjects. They informed us that one of them—namely, the question of the pay of the force —was already under their consideration ; and that with re spect to the other—namely, the desirability of increasing the number of the force—that would also have their atten tion.—All which we submit to the judgment of this hon ourable court. " Dated this 18th day of March, 1865." In reply to Mr. Alderman CARTE; The TOWN-CLERK said this report was signed by Alder• men Moon, Wilson, Challis, Rose, Phillips, Waterlow, Gib bons, Abbiss, Besley, Lusk, Allen, and Stone. Upon the motion of Alderman Sir F. Moo v, the report was unanimously adopted. BILLINGSGATE ON SUNDAYS. Upon the motion of Mr. Alderman SYDNEY, a petition from the inhabitants of the ward of Billingsgate, praying ;he court to take such measures as shall relieve them-and he public from the serious nuisance occasioned by the sale _ .. ... _ of fish on Sundays, was referred to the General Purposes Committee. THE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS AT NEIVGATE. Mr. Alderman PHILLIPS moved : " That it bo referred to the General Purposes Committee to consider, and to confer with the Secretary of State to ascertain, if any and what alteration should be made as to the place of execution, with a view to avoid the serious objections consequent on the present practice of public executions within the city of London." He said that since he had given notice of this motion a com mission had been sitting to investigate the whole question of capital punishment, and that if the subject were referred by the Court he might probably be able to suggest a scheme for ridding the city of public executions, which would be worth consideration. Although some difference of opinion might prevail as to whether executions should be conducted in public or in private, he believed it would be generally admitted that a great public good would be effected if the fearful scenes of demoralization witnessed at Newgate on the occasion of these executions were altogether done away with. (Hear.) Mr. Alderman SIDNEY seconded the motion. He was anxious to await the report of the commissioners upon this subject, but in the meantime he thought the time had ar rived when public executions should no longer be tolerated in the midst of dense communities such as surrounded the Old Bailey. Hitherto those executions had taken place on _ _ the Monday, when the thoroughfares were crowded with Smithfield graziers, and when certainly the law, which ought to be sacred, was carried out on amost barbarousprin ciple ; but thanks to the present Sheriffs, the day was in future likely to be altered. He did not see why the civil law should be behind the military law in this matter. When a soldier was to be shot troops were drawn up, solemn music was played, and the men viewed the sad spectacle in silence. How different this was from the scenes at an execution at Newgate ! He would not weary the Court with the description of what went on at the latter place. Once, when acting as sheriff, he went among the crowd incog., and never had he witnessed such bestiality and disorder. Instead of being the:deterrents, public executions were, in his opinion, the incentives of crime. Whether they ought to be carried on outside or inside of gaols, or whether the punishment of death ought to be abolished, might be debatable questions, but of this no one could entertain a doubt, that if they were to take place it was a crying evil that they should be carried out in the midst of three millions of people. (Hear, hear.) The motion was put and adopted. THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN NEWOATE. Mr. Alderman STONE (in the absence of Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Besley, who had given the notice) mOved " that it be referred to the Gaol Committee to consider and re port whether any, and, if any, what alterations can be safely made with respect to the custody of prisoners under remand from the police courts of this city." Ho said he knew not what Mr. Alderman Besley's arguments in favour of the motion would have been, but of this he was aware, that the mode in which prisoners were kept in custody after a hearing before the magistrates was sometimes very harsh. At the same time statements were often made on this subject which were not, perhaps, altogether well founded. Nevertheless, there was some truth in them. The present motion was in all probability occasidned by certain proceedings which had lately taken place at the Justice-room of the Mansion-house, in reference to the Messrs. Barry, but more was made of the treatment of the prisoners in that case than ought to have been. Some times counsel raised popular feeling by dwelling upon the topic, but in the House of Commons Sir George Grey had very properly said that the matter was one which ought to be brought, if brought at all, before a committee of the Aldermen, they being the visiting justices of the gaol. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS said he had great pleasure in seconding the motion. A representation had been made to him of some practices which prevailed at Newgate with re ference to remanded prisoners and prisoners awaiting trial which appeared very objectionable, and he thought a mode might be adopted whereby the treatment of such prisoners might be rendered less grating to their feelings. Newgate was a criminal prison, the name of which sounded harshly, and imprisonment within its walls was disagreeable and derogatory ; and, therefore, without wishing to raise any discussion, and being anxious to speak of all prisoners of every class who were sent there under the presumption of guilt without any distinction, he still thought that such prisoners ought not to be subjected to any treatment grating to their feelings while they were untried. He believed that several usages within Newgate might be abolished without any injury to the public. Mr. Alderman WILSON did not object to the motion, but ho was in favour of having the rules and regulations of the The TOWN-CLERK read the following report from the General Purposes Committee on the reference upon the memorial of the inhabitants of the Ward of Cornhill, &c., relative to the recent burglaries and robberies in that ward : " We whose names are hereunto subscribed of your Com mittee of the whole Court for General Purposes, to whom on the 11th day of February last it was referred to con sider a memorial of the inhabitants of the Ward of Cornhill relative to recent burglaries in the ward, and praying that the Court will immediately adopt such measures as the serious exigencies of the case require—a communication from Mr. John Walker, of No. 68, Cornhill, requesting to be heard before the Court by counsel and otherwise in re ference to certain proceedings before the Committee of this Court, and complaining generally of the inefficiency of the police force 15f the city of London, and also a letter from the Commissioner of Police relative to certain resolutions passed at a meeting of the inhabitants of the ward of Corn hill, and ordered to be presented to this Court, and with authority to confer with the Police Committee of the Court of Common Council, do certify that we duly proceeded thereon, and we requested the following of the memorialists to attend us in order that they might be heard upon the allegations of their petition—namely, Messrs. Barraud and Lund, and Mr. William Nash, Mr. Price, of Price and Pott, Messrs. Mappin, Webb, and Co., Mr. J. P. Pearce, Messrs. Sarl and Son, Messrs. A. B. Savory and Son, Messrs. A. Purssell, Messrs. Barber and Smith, and Mr. W. Johnson. " We were, however, only attended by Mr. Lund, who declined, in the absence of other memorialists, to give any information on the subject. " We also invited Mr. Walker to attend, and he accord gaol carried out without regard to whether the prisoners were rich or poor men. Mr. Alderman STONE observed that he was not for making any distinction in the treatment of . the rich and poor pri soners. Mr. Alderman WILSON said the motion had evidently been placed upon the paper by reason of the detention of two highly respectable gentlemen in Newgate upon remand, and who, while imprisoned there, had to eat their meals without either knife or fork, and to clean their cells. Like men about to be hanged, the use of knives and forks was denied them, as if the authorities apprehended they would cut their throats. This was a great indignity if they were inno cent ; but, instead of inflicting upon them this indignity, the magistrate who remanded them might have admitted them to bail, particularly when bail was offered in their case to the extent of £50,000. Still, this was no reason why any alteration in the treatment of prisoners at Newgate should be made without first inquiring what were the regu lations at other gaols in similar cases. If Newgate was to be made a respectable asylum for all classes, then the punish ment for crimes committed would cease to have effect. As it was the gaol was much too comfortable. The prisoner had a good bed there, excellent provisions, a table and chair, washing utensils, and books to read. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS-Why should not an untried man have all that? Mr. Alderman Wn.sox—l cb not say he should not have it. I admit great hardship was done to the Messrs. Barry ; but then it was in the power of the magistrate to mitigate that by liberating them on bail. Nevertheless, I say that there is better accommodation in Newgate than the prison ers could get in any workhouse. After a few words from Mr. Alderman STONE in reply, who said he advocated the propriety of a general treatment of the question, the motion was put and unanimously passed. The Court then adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. --4.-- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Olimmus ROBBERY. —Jane Clark, a respectably-dressed woman, in an advanced state of pregnancy, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with picking the pocket of Mrs. Amy Massy, residing at Great Titchfield-street. Mr. E. Lewis, of Groat Marlborough-street, appeared for the defence. Mrs. Massy said that while in an omnibus in Oxford street she put her hand into her pocket to see if her purse was safe, when she found that the elastic band had been slipped off and two sovereigns had been taken from it. The Prisoner sat next to her in the omnibus. She got out and spoke to the conductor, and told him that she had seen the prisoner's hand in her pocket, and the prisoner was then taken into custody. The prisoner denied taking the money. The omnibus was searched, and the sovereigns were not found at the time, but were subsequently. Henry Taylor, a lad, proved that while in an Islington omnibus a lady called his attention to a sovereign lying at the bottom of the omnibus, and on stooping to pick it up he found a second. He gave them to the conductor of the omnibus. Mr. Lewis asked the constable whether the prisoner had given the right name and address, and he said she had. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate at some length on prisoner's behalf, and said he was instructed that the pro secutrix in pulling out the p ock et - handkerchief pulled out the two sovereigns, and a gentleman remarked to her that she had dropped something. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he did not see how he could withdraw the case from a jury, but he would take bail. Mr. Lewis appealed to the magistrate to deal with pri soner, stating that she would plead guilty Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for two months, with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL PERlURY.—Richard iosert, a young man, was charged with violently assaulting Martha Pink, a young woman, who described herself as an ironer, and who exhi bited a black eye. Complainant said that she had been last night to a benefit ball at the Cremorne tap, and with her sister and mother went to Hungerfoid-bridge to see a young friend home. Returning by the World's-end-passage the defendant rushed out of a house and struck complainant in the eye and kicked her. In reply to questions from the Court, complainant said that the defendant was at the ball, and there spat upon her sister two or three times. None of the family had ever given defendant the least provocation, and complainant had no idea of the cause of the attack. Defendant said that he had been a witness against com plainant's sister's young man for felony, and the accused was sentenced to a long period of imprisonment. Since then the complainant and all her family constantly insulted him, and last night followed him to the King's Arms and attacked him. Complainant and her sister admitted that they came into the King's Arms and had some ale, but denied seeing the defendant. Complainant's mother was called, and swore most posi tively that she and her daughters only passed through the King's Arms, never stopped a second, and had no drink. Mr. Arnold—Your daughters have sworn they had some ale there. The Mother—Well, if I speak the truth they did have a glass of ale. Mr. Arnold—Stand down. You are perfectly unworthy of credit. I must have some disinterested testimony if possible. I cannot act on this evidence. Defendant must find a £5 bail for his appearance to-morrow. Bail was put in. THAMES. A FEMALE HIGHWAY RUBBER.—Mary Ann Sullitan, aged 28 years, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing 3s. 2d. from a little boy named Henry Goodbody. The was in the employ of Mr. Roxborough, a trades man, who entrusted him with 38. yesterday evening, and sent him on an errand. The boy was met by the prisoner at the entrance of a narrow court in Alie-street, White chapel. She slapped him and asked if he had any money about him. The boy declined answering the question, and she put her hand into his waistcoat, and took the 3s. he had put there. She thpn searched his other pockets, and took from one of them 2d. of his own money. The boy called out for the police, and the prisoner and another woman, who was standing at the corner of the court when the robb ery was committed, ran away. The boy pursued the prisoner, who dodged him about the courts and alleys w ith which the locality abounds, and she at last entered a p u bli c-house and made an attempt to con ceal, herself. She was given into the custody of Police constable Knackston, No. 200 H, to whom she gave two sixpences, and she said that was all the money she pos sessed. She was searched in the poli ce- station by a female, and 2s. more found in her bosom. Some halfpence were also found upon her. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial for highway robbery. STEALING TEA.--William Johnson, ship-keeper, and Martha, his wife, wore brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 11b. of tea from the ship Blencathra, in the West India Dock. The female prisoner was stopped by a dock constable, named Cremer, yesterday afternoon, and a bag containing lklb. of tea was found concealed under her clothes. She said her husband was the ship-keeper of the Blen cathra, a ship which was lately discharging a cargo of tea in the dock. He confirmed her statement, and now said that the tea was an overplus of some delivered to the officers and men on board for their use, and he was allowed to take it. Mr. Paget, having some doubts on the ease, would give he prisoners the benefit of those doubts and discharge 4 MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were very moderate. The condition of the produce, however, was good, and the trade generally was firm, Monday's prices being well supported both as regards red and white produce. Tho supply of foreign wheat on the stands was very moderate. The trade, however, ruled far from active ; nevertheless prices wore firm, though unaltered from Monday. Good and fine Baltic wheats were chiefly in request. Floating cargoes of grain moved off steadily, at full cur rencies. The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. The demand for all qualities was in a sluggish state, yet no change took place in prices. Malt sold slowly, at previous quotations. With oats the market was moderately supplied. On the whole, the trade was dull, but good and fine samples chiefly commanded attention. Prices were unaltered. Beans and peas were in . but moderate request, at late rates. The flour trade was steady, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat.Barley.llalt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 590 130 1,030 920 710 Irish — 1,940 Foreign brio. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN for the Week ending March 18,1865 :—Wheat, qrs. ' 70,688; avera ge 38e 3d—barley, 41,679 ; 28s 10 d—oats, 7,614 ; 21. -1(1. Corresponding week in 1864 :—Wheat, 77,432 ; 40s ld— barley, 45,177 ; 81s sd—oats, 13,297 ; 19 2 . Bd. BOROUGH HOP. There is no material change to notice in the position of the hop trade. Good and fine samples command a steady sale, at full prices, but inferior produce is dull. WHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, for Which there is a fair demand, at firm prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81bs, by the carcase. A NEW FRENCH GUN.—A cannon of extraor dinary size was cast a day or two ago at tho imperial foundry at Douai. It is of steel and bronze, and weighs 22,000 kilogrammes. The operation, which took place in the presence of an aide-de-camp of the Emperor and the greater part of the officers of the garrison, was perfectly successful. The Inspection of Convents The Stafford Club, Savile-row, March 13, Now this evidence is corroborated by 27 witnesses. was proved that there were more burials within this con vent than appeared on the register of deaths." _ _ 3, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, March 15. Sir,—l much regret to find that a mistake in the address of my reply to your letter of the day before yesterday has delayed your receipt of it. The report of the portion of my speech which you quote from the Standard may not be exactly accurate ; but the general purport of the evidence from which I cited that passage is very much to the effect of that report. Had I not been in possession of the affidavits which con tain corroborate evidence to the effect, I should not have cited the portion of the evidence to which you especially refer. I was sincerely anxious that this portion, as well as other portions of the evidence, should be tested by the committee for which I moved ; but the members who are of your re ligion voted against the inquiry I proposed, and if you feel aggrieved that this evidence is not tested, you must blame those who opposed my motion, not myself. I must, how ever, decline your application, as I declined Dr. Ullathorne's invitation to visit the convent at Colwich. I was quite prepared to submit the evidence from which I spoke on the 3d, and to which you refer, as part of the matter which a Committee of the House of Commons should investigate, but not as the sole matter of investigation. I cannot consent to remove this matter from the House of Com mons for the purpose of having it investigated else where. Should you be in possession of evidence that will refute that which I cited, I have no doubt that there are members in the house who will undertake at your in stance to produce in the House of Commons that which you may consider a refutation. Except for the sake of that which I consider, and which was considered by at least 79 members who voted for my motion, an important public object, I should never have referred to a subject, which appears to have caused you and may have caused others some annoyance ; but if my motion has no other effect than causing yourself and other gentlemen of the Roman Catholic religion to devote more attention to the convents in England, and to the treatment of th e ir i nma t es , it will, in my opinion, have been productive of at least one bene ficial result.—l have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, C. N. NEWDEGATE. Stafford Club, March 17. Sir,—There has been some delay in - your letter leaching me in consequence of your having addressed it to my father, who is unfortunately not equal to a prolonged correspon dence. This is the only reason for my undertaking what I assure you I feel to be a painful duty. You decline to meet my challenge to have your state ment tested by a competent tribunal. The case, therefore, between us stands thus. You, a gentleman and a magistrate for two counties, charge a community of ladies living in your own district with practices not merely wicked but felonious. You say you can support this charge by 27 witnesses. You are asked to come into court and have the case fully investi gated, and you decline to do so. You, a gentleman and a member of Parliament, make a statement in your place in the House of Commons, involv ing a grievous stain on the character of certain ladies, and then, under the shelter of your privilege, you deny them and their families the opportunity of vindicating their honour by disproving your charges. After this, I am much mistaken if the public will deem it a fitting reply on your part to appeal again to a committee, which has already been refused by the House of Commons. In default of this, you tell me you havo no doubt I can find some members who will undertake to produce " what I con sider a refutation." I incline to think that after the publi cation of this correspondence, no further refutation will be 1 necessary. But for the satisfaction of others, I will state now on my honour what I would have proved, if you had given me the opportunity, in :a court of justice. That the statement of the girl named - is a tissue of falsehoods. The girl referred to was a Protestant child, whom the nuns out of kindness allowed to attend their day-school. She never was inside the convent in her life further than the schoolroom, or perhaps the parlour. There neither are, nor ever were, any underground cells. The cellars which do exist are filled with wood, coals, coke, roots, and bottles. • No nun or other inmate of the convent was ever impri soned or kept without food, or subjected to any ill-usage whatever. No death ever occurred which was not duly registered, and no one was ever buried except in a coffin of the ordinary shape. As one result 'of this correspondence, I trust, will be to show that Roman Catholic gentlemen are not so indifferent to the treatment of the inmates of convents in England as you seem to suppose, I shall take the liberty of publishing it. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. LANGDALE, Jun. C. N. Nowdegate, Esq., M.P. 8, Arlington-street, Piccadilly, March 17. Sir,—l have referred to your letter of the 13th, and to a copy of my reply, and I do not understand what you mean, as applied to myself, by the following paragraph in your letter of to-day : _ - " You decline, sir, to meet my challenge to have your statement tested before a competent tribunal." _ The statement which I made in the House of Commons, and to which you refer, consisted in an avowed citation of sworn evidence in my possession. That evidence was col lected, after an inquiry of about five months, by competent persons for submission to the Court of Queen's Bench. The only reason that it was not brought into court and there tested by cross-examination was that it was found that the nun, for whose liberation this preparation had been made, had been removed from the convent to Staplehill, which at the time when she was seen by direction of Judge Wight man, she refused to leave. This evidence I proposed to submit to a committee of the House of Commons, which was refused at the instance of the Roman Catholic members of the house. Ido not, there- fore, understand what you mean by the expression I have quoted from your letter of to-day. I have no wish to dis- pute the sincerity of your belief that the evidence in my possession is untrue ; but you may rest assured that I will not submit this evidence to any tribunal but such as I con sider competent—such as a committee of the House of Com mons—since this evidence relates to events which occurred more than eight years ago. I felt bound to reply Co the Rev. Dr. Ullathorne, because I named him in the House of Commons, and because he claims to be the Superior governing the convent at Colwich, and was a party to the transaction to which the evidence relates. I have thus far replied to you because you stated that you have a relative in the convent at Colwich; but I will no further waive the privilege which guards freedom of debate in the House of Commons, since I see plainly that those connected with persons in these convents might inflict a practical penalty upon all mention of convents by any member of the house, if the member who alludes to them is to be held bound to appear before any tribunal which persons who may deem themselves affected by his statement might extemporise for his annoyance. I have no wish to prevent your publishing this corre spondence if you think fit to do so, reserving, of course, the same discretion to myself. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, C. N. NEWDEGATE. The 1.10/1. C. Langdale, Jun., Stafford Club. N.B.- -My letter of the 17th was delivered by my servant at the St 'afford Club on the same day that Mr. C. Langdale's second letter was received by me—i.e., on the 17th, which date it be: lars. The following letter was received byme on the 19th o f March, at Arbury, near Nuneaton. C. N. NEWDEGATE. 4, Queen-street, Mayfair, March 18. Sir,— crur letter of yesterday has reached me, and I regret tl tat the previous portions of the correspondence has already be, 3n despatched to the following papers :—The Times, Stag ,dard, and Daily Telegraph. I mention them in case you w ish to forward yours of yesterday for publica tion With 1 he others. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, C. LANGDALE, jun. C. ?:. Noy rdegate, Esq., M.P. fl AT FIR EAT STANGATE.—About half-past 11 o'clo :k last nigh t a destructive fire broke out in the large engi steering and patent iron revolving shutter works be le]] Bing to the Ifesars. Jennings, situate in the Palace-road, ,a ate, which burnt with such rapidity that in less than Alf an hour the whole factory with its valuable stock and plant were completely destroyed. The following correspondence appeared in the Times : • Sir,—My excuse for calling your attention to a state ment respecting the convent at Colwich in your speech in the House of Commons on the 3d of March last, is that I have a sister in that convent, where she has been a nun for the last 20 years. She must, therefore, have been cogni zant of, or possibly a victim to, the atrocities you describe. I hardly know which alternative is the more painful. You must not imagine that the fact of her being a nun makes my sister less dear to me. Her honour and well being are matters that concern me as nearly as ever. Therefore, sir, I feel it a duty to call your attention to the following extract from your speech, taken from the Standard of March 4th. That statement (viz., "of a girl named —") was.,_',‘ that she saw nuns imprisoned in that convent, that she knew them to be kept short of food, that she saw one nun forced down into this underground cell— that to the best of her belief she never came out alive. . . . Now, Sir, do I understand you rightly ? Do you mean to insinuate that, at any time during the last 20 years, any nun or inmate of the convent at Colwich has been subjected to the cruel treatment you describe, has been imprisoned in an underground cell, has been left there till death ? Do you mean to assert that during that period any nun or inmate of that convent has been clandestinely buried ? Am Ito under stand that your 27 witnesses can prove all these charges or any of them ? If this is your meaning, I call on you to come out of your privileged position, and to make these charges in such a way as will enable those whom you accuse or their friends to test the truth of your statements. I am, sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES LANGDALE, Jun. To C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P. 101 ITIES. 91i 901 1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK SPRING SPRING MEETING-TUESDAY, Some doubts were felt this morning whether a postpo: Mr. F. Granville's Brimstone, paid ;;Mr. Formby's Jessie Brown, aged, received. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards,weight for age ; winners extra ; maiden allowances. Two Mile Course. 7 subs. Lord St. Vincent's East Lancashire, 5 yrs, 9st 4lb (W. Boyce) 1 Marquis of Hastings' Catalogue, 3 yrs, 7st (car. ist 11b) (Merl 2 Mr. Beadman's Stockinge r , 6 y rs , 9 s t 41b (Heslop 3 Sir C. Rushout's Cedric, 3 yrs, 7st (Maidment 4 Betting-9 to 4on Catalogue, 7to 2 agst Stockinger, 10 to 1 agst East Lancashire, and 100 to 6 agst Cedric. Cedric and East Lancashire getting away together raced forthelead, closely followed by the favourite and Stockinger to the half mile post, where East Lancashire drew slightly in advance, and came into the straight with a lead. At the distance the favourite drew up, and in a few strides headed Lord St. Vincent's colt half way up, but as they neared the distance East Lancashire came again, and won a splendid racy by a head; a bad third. A Handicap Plate of 50 sovs for all ages. Winners extra. Five furlongs. Lord Stamford's Gownsman, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ...(Carroll) 1 Mr. Pardoe's Tragedy, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Hartley's Eugenie, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (H. Holland) 3 Mr. E. W. Taylor's Generalissimo, 3 yrs, Est Mb (W. Burton 4 Mr. Whittaker's Cutenus, 3 yrs, Est 41b ( Sayers 5 Mr. J. Read's Deception, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (S . Adams 6 Betting--9 to 4on Gownsman, 100 to 30 agst Tragedy, and 100 to 7 agst any other. The start was delayed some time through the fractious ness of Generalissimo, who broke away, with Bunton, and ran to the top of the Lammas Land before he could be stogped. When the flag was lowered Tragedy got away in advance and held a clear lead for the first 50 yards, when she was headed by Deception, at whose side came the favourite, running in close company into the straight, where Deception was beaten, and Gownsman, at the same time coming up next the rails, obtained a clear lead and won easily by a length. There were three lengths between the second and third. The Willoughby Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10ft., and 5 if declared, with 40 added. Winners extra; jocldes 61b extra. Two miles, 19 subs, 10 of whom declared. Mr. Scott's Buckfoot, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. W. Bevil) 1 Mr. Scott's Stanton, aged, lOst 101 b (inc 61b extra) (W. Hobson) 2 Mr. Adam's Manchester, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b (Mr. Williams) 3 Mr. B. J. Angell's Plaything, 4 yrs, 9st 111 b (Mr. Wombwell) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Stanton ;7to 2 agst Plaything ;5 to 1 agst Manchester; and 5 to 1, at first 2 to 1, agst Buck foot. Buckfoot made play, hating as his immediate followers Plaything and Stanton side by side, Manchester bringing up the rear. In these positions they came past the stand, but on rising the hill Stanton quitted his companion, and as they entered the meadows he joined his stable com panion. The pair soon after drew away, and raced for the lead, which Buckfoot obtained half way in the distance, and won a good race by three parts of a length. Manchester finished a wretched third. The Stand Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. Ono mile. 8 subs. Mr. Brayley's Golden Dust, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Cannon) 1 Lord Westmoreland's b m Wild Duck, 6 yrs, Bst 51b (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Hawkshaw, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Morris) 3 Mr. Lawrence's Sister Mary, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Sayers) 4 Mr. Bayley's Trapeze, 3 yrs, Est 71b • (Murray) 5 Marquis of Hastings' Mary Ramsay, 4 yrs, ist (Carroll) 6 Betting-6 to 5 agst Wild Duck, sto 4 agst Golden Pledge, and 10 to 1 agst Hawkshaw. The favourite, with a slight lead, made play closely at- tended by Hawkshaw and Golden Dust into the straight, where the last named drew forward, and took a clear lead at the stand, and won a fine race by a neck, Wild Duck de feating the third by a head ; Sister Mary finished a bad fourth. Mary Ramsay was last throughout. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies, Bst 61b, with certain allowances. About three furlongs. 5 subs. Mr. Pardoe's b c Qui Vive (31b extra) Bst 71b...(Morris) 1 Marquis of Hastings' b f Sweet Anne, Bst 61b (G. Fordham) 2 Betting-4 to lon Qui Vive, who, slipping his adversary at the fall of the flag, made strong running, and won in a canter by a length and a half. The Racing Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for 2-yr olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling and maiden allowances. Five furlongs. 6 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Bavaria, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (1.50) (Heartfield) 1 Mr. Preston's b g Vicksburg, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (X7O) (T. French) 2 Mr. Brayley's Princess Dagmar, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (£5O) (Cannon) 3 I Cinder, Repay, and King of Greece also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst King of Greece, 3to 1 agst Princess Dagmar, and 4 to 1 agst the Bavaria filly. Vicksburg cut out the work with a clear lead, followed by Princess Dagmar, the Bavaria filly, and the favourite to the distance, where the former was joined by Lord Westmore land's filly. The pair from this point ran a close race home, the latter, who got up at the stand, winning easily by a neck ; a bad third, King of Greece was fourth, Repay fifth, and Cinder last. The Farmers' Plate, given by the gentlemen of the Hunt, with 10 sous to the second horse, for hunters; 3-yr-olds, lOst 21b ; 4-yr-olds, list 81b ; 5-yr-olds, 12st 61b ; 6-yr olds and aged, 12st 121 b ; thorough-bred horses to carry 71b extra. .Two miles. Mr. William Wilson's Snowball, 4 yrs, list 51b (Mr. E. Wilson) 1 Mr. Page's Idle Girl, 3 yrs, h b, 9st 131 b ...(Mr. Mason) 2 Mr. Clifford's Idle Boy, 5 yrs, h b, 12st 3lb „ (Mr. A. Clifford) 3 The following also ran :—Top-em, Fidget,TheEmpress, and Jenny Jones. Betting-2 to lon Top-em, sto leach agst Idle Girl and Snowball. Idle Boy made play for half a mile, when he was headed by Snowball, who came on in advance, followed by Idle Girl. The three ran in company to the distance, where Snowball came out and won in a canter by 10 lengths ; a bad third. The others were beaten off. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst The Grinder (taken) 10 to 1 Bar one (offered) 2,000 GUINEAS. 100 to 30 agst Liddington (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Breadalbane (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. The attendance at the Subscription Rooms to-day was small, business consequently was rather flat, and confined almost entirely to the spring handicaps. The only tran saction on the Derby was a bet of £lOO even between Lid dington and Breadalbane. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9to 1 agst Grinder (taken) 10 to 1 agst Skeffington (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken) 100 to 6 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken) 100 to 6 agst John Davis (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Hartley (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Arcturus (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dunkeld (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Mo3stissima filly (offered) 15 to 1 agst Peon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady of Coverdale (offered) 33 to 1 agst Moldavia (taken) TWO THOUSAND. B t t o o agstagst B B r r e a : o f d E ml a s e b E a a: t w e (( utoap.f (offered) e e r n e ) c o d ) 20 50 to 1 apt Merry Hart (taken) THE DERBY. 100 even on Liddington agst Broadalbane (taken) FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING-FIELD.--We regret to announce the death of Mr. Charles Tom linson, son of Mr. vi. J. Tomlinson, of Fulwood-park, park, Aigburth, who died on Friday evening, at the village of Churton, near Chester, from severe internal injuries sus tained while hunting with Sir Watkin Wynn's hounds. The meet was Aldersey ; the cover drawn, Royalty. Tho fox made towards Churton ; and about a half a mile from there, in rounding the bend of a sown field—and with no apparent obstacle—his horse pitched on his head, and caused Mr. Tomlinson to bo thrown with violence against the pummel of the saddle, and in falling over struck him across the back when on the ground. Dr. Manisty, of Gresford, who was out, instantly attended him, and although medical aid was at once rendered from Liverpool and Chester he gradually sank. The loss of this promising and worthy young man will be deeply felt by many friends. —Liverpool Courier. ment of this meeting would not be necessary. The severe frost of last night had made the ground like iron, but by the time the racing commenced, 2 o'clock, the sun's power had changed the aspect of affairs, and it was declared "good going." Mr. Merry's programmes look generally very well on paper, but there is sometimes a falling off in performance, Nine events on this day's card dwindled down to seven when the two matches were declared off, and for these the fields were neither large nor very brilliant. The best finish of the day was between East Lancashire and Catalogue for the Trial Stakes, when Lord Hastings' Speedy filly was collared by the former, and defeated on the post by a head. The handicap over the five furlong course looked a gift to Gownsman, who cut down his field with great ease. A warm favourite was defeated in Stanton for the Willoughby, his stable companion, Buckfoot, taking the lead all the way and winning cleverly. The Two-yr-Old Sweepstakes was reduced to a match between Qui Vivo and Sweet Ann, in which the handsome son of Vedette scored his third win this season with extreme ease. The other events call for no particular notice. Match, 100, hft ; llst 71b each. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. F. Wombwell's Jumps, 4 yrs, agst Mr. F. Granville's Oi Polloi, 5 yrs (h b), off by consent. Match, 50, h ft, ; 12Et 71b each. Two miles. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLo SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day Diana WARWICK RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WELTER HANDICAP. Gemma walked over. DEBDALE STAKES. Conitancy Qui Vive.... Proserpine Variety .... TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Fifteen ran. WARWICKSHIRE HANDICAP. Stanton Gibraltar Buckfoot Five ran. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Knave of Trumps Trueheart Four ran. WALTON HANDICAP. Tragedy Dead heat between Jemma and Be'grave for second place. Eleven ran. SELLING RACE. Sister Mary 1 Alvediston UNION HUNT CUP. Little Goy ...................... Byfield Diana .... 2 CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to lon the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst bar one (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 10 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken) IMPERIAL PARLLIMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS---THIS DAY. Th© SPEAbER took the chair at 25 minutes past 12. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. Brum a writ was issued for the election of a member for North Devon in the room of Mr. Buller, deceased. SMALL BENEFICES (IRELAND) ACT 1860 AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. CRIMINAL CASES (EVIDENCE) BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed until Monday next. MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LONGFIELD moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to protect the property of married women in Ireland, in cases of divorce and judicial separation, in like manner as under the Divorce Court in this country. The motion was agreed to. RAILWAY TRAVELLING (IRELAND) BILL. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to increase the facilities for travelling in Ireland on Sundays, and to run at least one train on that day. The bill also proposed to place third class passengers in that country on the same footing as those of a like class in England. There were various trains, it was true, run on some of the lines, but then they were despatched at such inconvenient hours as actually to amount to a disregard to the orders of the Board of Trade. The bill, it was true, was opposed by some gentlemen opposite, who contended that it was a great hardship to run trains on Sunday, because the Sunday traffic did not pay, but he contended the act of Parliament laid it down that trains should be run each day, and it was, he believed, for the Board of Trade to say whether the directors of railways were to cease to run trains whenever they felt disposed. He was one of those who did not see why the comfort of a few railway officials should stand in the way of a great public convenience. He hoped the house would accept the present measure, and thus serve a great public necessity. Mr. BLAKE opposed the bill, on the ground that it was a piece of ex post facto legislation, imposing on railway companies new conditions which were contrary to the act of Parliament by which they were governed. Many of the great railways in Ireland when trains were run on Sunday were very badly attended—in one instance the number of passengers on one just amounted to three, whilst another, a railway 74 miles long, run their trains without any pas sengers at all. (A laugh.) If the bill passed at least 800 officials would bo engaged on Sundays, and all for the purpose of accommodating not a twentieth part of that number of passengers. He moved that it be read a second that day six months. Mr. LEFROY seconded the amendment, and contended that the hon. and learned gentleman had not shown the slightest necessity for this bill. He had yet to learn that 800 persons, at a cost of £5,000 a year, were to be employed on the Sabbath to accommodate some ten or a dozen people. He hoped tho hon. and learned gentleman who had brought in the bill would not put the house to the trouble of divid ing, but withdraw the motion for the second reading of the bill. Col. DICKSON condemned the manner in which the opposition to this bill had been got up. Circulars had been addressed to every member as late as eight o'clock last night, whilst those who wore opposed to the bill were not favoured with a copy of the document. On behalf of his constituents he should give his hearty support to the bill. Sir H. CAIRNS observed that the bill raised an impor- tent public question, altough it was not a Sunday ques tion. It was a question of interfering with the mode in which trading companies carried on their business. If the principle of the bill was sound, why did he confine its operation to Ireland, why did he not embody the provi sions of the measure in a bill for the United Kingdom. He counselled the hon. gentleman to withdraw the bill, and introduce another of the nature he had mentioned. Lord J. BROWNE said he was of opinion that the people in Ireland were generally in favour of this bill, and therefore he should support it. Mr. ROEBUCK pointed out that railway companies were not like persons carrying on ordinary trading, but were possessed of peculiar powers granted by Parliament. It was the duty of the Legislature in such cases to protect the interest of the public against such companies. The question here was whether the Board of Trade should be intrusted with functions for the protection of the public. Railway companies were not common carriers ; they were very uncommon carriers—(laughter)—being in fact the monopolists of the carriage of certain districts. He could not believe that the interests of the railways affected by this bill were in such a desperate state as to be utterly ruined if they were compelled to run one train every day. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Major GAVIN supported the bill. Railway companies must not expect impossibilities. Owners of race horses did not win every stake they entered for, and if the neces sity of the case required that a train should be run on Sun days, the railway proprietors must be content with the pro ceeds it produced.- He believed a great number of people would be greatly benefited by such an arrangement, and therefore he should vote for the second reading. Mr. LONGFIELD though the " public" which the bill proposed to accommodate consisted mainly of three or four members of that house. (Hear hear, and laughter.) Es would not touch upon the religious element introduced into the discussion both as regarded Scotland as well as Ireland. He thought a man might as well go to Dumbarton on a Sunday and dine there, or stop at home and get drunk. (Laughter.) He thought a man might as well go to Limerick on a Sunday—although it was one of the most melancholy places he was ever in— (laughter)—and have his dinner there, or stay at home and get drunk (loud laughter) which was the alternative. (Loud laughter.) Seriously speaking, he did not think that it had been shown the accommodation asked for was required, and therefore he should vote against it. Lord DUNKELLIN expressed his intention of voting for the second reading. After a few words from Major Hamilton, Captain Stack poole, and Mr : Robertson, The houso divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it 42 Majority —3 The bill was accordingly lost. WAYS AND MEANS. The house then went into committee of ways and means. Mr. BRAND moved that, towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty, the sum of £15,000,000 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland. The vote was agreed to. The house resumed. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES ACT. The second reading of this bill was postponed until to- morrow. The house then adjourned. THE FLBL AT STANGATE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,---Referring to the accounts published in the papers of this morning of the fire which occurred on my works last night, I beg to say that the damage done is by no means so extensive as is represented. I have every hope of being able in the course of a few days to be in a position fully to resume business. As the reports published might induce customers to withhold orders, I trust you will give insertion to this, and oblige your most obedient servant, GEORGE JENNINGS. 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