The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL EN TELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The commercial public are anxiously awaiting the result of the weekly Bank of England Court to - morrow. If the authorities are desirous of secur ing a larger amount of discount business than they have been enabled to attract to their establishment during the past week they will undoubtedly reduce the minimum per cent. The reserve of gold must have been immensely increased by recent arrivals from Australia and America, and the other securi ties have been considerably reduced. To-day the demand for accommodation is very tight, and while 4 per cent, remains the general quotation for first class bills, in exceptional cases 3i and 34 per cent. are the rates for the best short-dated bankers' ac ceptances. Since the publication of the Gazette return the receipts of gold at the bullion office of the Bank have been £376,000 (inclusive of the large amount taken there yesterday, viz., 1280,000), and the withdrawals have represented £105,000. The directors of the Standard Bank of British South Africa have issued their; half-yearly report. The statement shows an available total of £16,102 and recommends an interim dividend of 10s. per bare on those of £25 paid, and 4s. per share en those of £lO. Continued firmness in prices of Stock Exchange securities is noticeable, and a further fractional rise has taken place this morning in most descriptions of foreign bonds. The English Funds are being ste adily maintained at former values, and Consols are 891 1. for money, and 89} 1 for the account. American securities denote heaviness, but the de preciation in values is not impor taut. Au influx of £280,000, including £50,000 from the Continent, took place yesterday afternoon at the Bank of England. At the same time there was a withdrawal of 40,000 sovereigns for shipment to Alexandria. Advices received this morning from Manchester state that the market for shipping yarns has been e xceedingly quiet, and to effect sales spinners have had to accept reduced rates. Cloths have also been Very depressed, as all the principal buyers for the Indian markets have ceased their operations for the present. In the various cloth halls of Leeds a mo derate amount of business has been recorded in seasonable goods; manufacturers, however, are now busy with preparations for the spring trade. The Bank of New Zealand has given• notice that they are prepared to receive subscriptions for the fourth instalment (amounting to £100,000) of the New Zealand Government 6 per Cent. Loan of £3,000,000. The bonds will be issued in sums of £lOO, £2OO, £5OO, and £l,OOO each, at the price of £92 ss. for every £lOO. The proceeds of this loan will be temporally applied to the settlement of the Waikato district, under an arrangement between the general GovernMent of New Zealand and the provincial Government of Auckland. Applications I be received till 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the 31st inst., at the Bank of New Zealand, 50, Old Broad street. The brokers are Messrs. Steer, Cuerton, and Lawford. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-day the French Rentes were 68f. 95c. No further change . in prices of English Government Stooks can be reported. All the markets are firm, notwithstanding the comparatively small business in Progress. The public are not operating very ex tensively, nor are speculators, but there is more confidence and quotations are therefore more stable. Consols are 894 for money, and 89f f for the a ccount. The New Three per Cents. remain firm at Bank; and the R e d uce d A nnu ities are 87f 11; S tock continues at 244 ; and Exchequer Bills , a re mark e d 4 s. prem. The 5 per Cents. I n di an L en, due 1870 , rema i n at 1061; an d 5 3 per Cent. ° aced paper at 107. • An average improvement off per cent. is shown In the prkes for Foreign Stocks. Turkish 5 per Cents are 29k ; Mexican, 151 16 ; Greek, 143 ; Italia n Passive, 223 ; Certificates 141 ; and Itali an, 551 56. American Securities are flat. United States 5-20 Bonds have receded I to 681 'i pt ;E shares 1, to soi. Illinois remains at t - p 2:; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures are s i a 'y at 65i 66f ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bo nds; at 41 413 ex coupon. T p lie business reported in Foreign Stocks has been as 'ows : ditto ,m 5 per Brazilian 43 per Cents., 1863, 611 Cents., 1865, 69 683 f ; Chilian 3 per ; Egyptian 7 per Cents. second issue £lOO .... 41 ` 18 , 86 ; ditt o 1 864, £ lOO B on d s, 823 ; ditt o Go ;en rnent Railway Debentures, 81; Greek Bonds, ; Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, 531 56 ; ditto ; 65, 70 : Mexica n St oc k, 15/ ; ditto 1864, 111 ; ew Gra na d a 2 per Cents., 331; Portuguese 3 per Centtt., 43 4 ; 3 Russian per Cents., 551 ; ditto 5 per v ~.e nt s.) 1861, .911; Sardinian Bonds, 69 ; Spanish ditto £lOO 14 ; T ur ki s h 6 per C en t s ., 1862, 55f ; 40 £.lOO Bonds, 551 ; ditt o 4 per Cent. Guaran teed' 97 4 ; and V enezue l a 6 per C en t s ., 1864, 28. ' la the Rail way Sh are M ar k et more act i v i ty h as de evai led, prices generally showing an upward ten incY• North Western ha v e i m proved 1 ; Great ,;ast ern and L ancashire and Yorkshire, each 3 ; rand, 1 ; an d North British, 13 ; while Great Ntern have receded 3, South Eastern, 1; Man o t er, Sheffi e ld, an d Li nco l n, 3 ; an d G rea t ti lem, 1. The For e i gn and Colonial lines are quiet. Ant werp and Rotterdam are dealt in at 83 ; and San East at 1 31 ; Bomb a y an d B aro d a a t 1001 1013 ; Indian have improved to 1031; Scinde to 99 ; and Punjaub t o 98 3. .4 Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are dull. At ntio Telegraph 8 Improved per Cents. fully paid haveand Improvedto 973 ; National Di scoun t C o . at 14 ; Credit Foncier of England at 3f. littleß ank Shares continue very i nac ti ve , an d ex hibit change of importance as regards prizes. Alli ance are dealt in at 183 3 ; Consolidated at 41 51; and London and County at 61. MINING MARKET. WEDNESDAY, Two o'Clock There has been an active demand f or Prince . of Wales, Great Retallack, North Treskerby, Great Vor, and East Bassett. Annexed are the latest Prices : Carn Camborne, 21s 235. Od ; Chiverton Moor, q 5 ; C hontales Gold, 21 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 7 71; East asset, 221 25 ; East Caradon, 51 ; East Cara Brea, —0 ; East Lovell, 11 12 ; East Wheal Grenville, 2i; Froutino a nd Bolivia Gold, 7s 88; Great Laxey, 18 19 ; Great tetallack, 12s 6d 15s ; Great Wheal Vor, 181 19 ; North Cl ' a ftY, 1 11 ; N or th Treskeby, 311; Prince of Wales, 26 s 6 d 28s 6d South Condurrow, 12s 6d 158 ; South Darren, 1 .„„I 2 ; West Caradon, 17 18 ; West Chiverton, 571 60 ; we st Seton, 130 135 ; Wh ea l B u ll er , 20 22 ; Wh ea l C.hiverton ; Wheal Crebor, 12s 6d 15s ; Wheal Gren 'ate, 22s 6d 255; Wheal Satoh, 140 150. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a Der Cent. Consols a Do. Account, Nov. 8 B9l 1 Per Cent. Reduced B7l I x t iefxr 3 per Cent B7l 1 1 1 t ' 3 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A .1)0. 5 per ent. Jan. 1873 — 'l•llp•uities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do for 30 yrs, explre sth AprillBBs — rn•-• E„ .-•md Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 'etiequer Bills, £1,000,3 & 4 per Cent 4 2 pm D °. £5OO Do Ba h l, £lOO and .£2OO Doer England Stock, 51 per Cent 241 .uo Account 1 „INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 3g laal Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 212 Do ' 4 Per Cent. Oc t. Oct. 1888 Do. Certificate; Do. Enlaced P aper 4 per Cent B4l te• Per Cent., Ja n . 1872 O. 5 1 - Per Cent., M ay 1879 lO7 •-'. Deb. 5 per Cent Aug. 1873 ,o. Bonds,4 pe Cent., .£l,OOO 25 pm i) • under .£l,OOO A; IvOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. EiTutine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm 131.11_ trian Public, 5 per Cent, 1859 a r i lifte• 5 per Cent — `'"'• 11 per Cent., 1852-58-60 °' 1863 Do. tles I) so Ac 1865 — count 69 1 Po. £lOO Bonds — 81 El , • Uo s P. £6o - paid e Ayres 6 D 0, per Cent — Ac glint Do £lOO Bonds — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A De Scrip, £75 paid Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 ... Danubian Principalities - pm Do. Account - Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred 'cgyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds B6 Do. 1864 — Do £lOO Bowls B2 I Do. Government Railway Debentures Bl Do. £BO paid G •eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account ti aatemala 5 per Cent. tslian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremplana Railway Ilexicar- 3 per Cent Do. Account Do. 1864 lll Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — Slontevidean 6 per Cent. . lloorish Imperial 5 per Cent ‘iew Granada Do 2 per Cent 331 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St BB Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pei Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9l 4 904 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Acmunt Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 22 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l4 S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 551 Do £lOO Bonds - Do 6 per Cent, 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 971 Venezuela 3 per Cent. .................. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account no. 6 per Cent, 1864........................ 28 Ditto 11. per Cent. ........................... Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 13 , 4gisa, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per °Ant. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — ltaiiau 5 per Cont. 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols,. Money Account Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The market opens rather quiet, with prices to id. lower than the quotations of Friday. Sales will probably be 6,000 or 8,000 bales. DREADFUL EXPLOSION AND PROBABLE Loss OF FIVE LIVES.—This (Wednesday) morning an ex plosion of a serious character took pla.::e on the premises of Mr. Laidlaw, china firework manufacturer, Shirwell's-yard, Mile-end. At the time of the explosion four young women and a man were at work in the preparing shop. From some unexplained cause a p6rtion of the fireworks ex ploded, prostrating the females and the man, setting their clothes on fire, and blowing up several parts of the build ing. The whole five were found to be terribly injured, and were removed to the hospital, but there is not the least hope of the recovery of any of them. WIG STEALERS.—The reason why Racine put off ordering his son's wig is obvious enough, when we find that the price of one of the fashionable colour was 1,000 French crowns. The gentleman whom Sidney Smith, in reference to the length and redundancy of his curls, ac cused of growing hair for sale, might have driven a profit able trade at that time. Down to the period immediately preceding the French Revolution, which introduced crops a la Brutus, the wigs commonly worn by English gentle men in the streets cost from 30 to 40 guineas ; and Rogers, appealing to Luttrell in our hearing, thus described a mode of theft as practised in London within their common memory. The operator was a small boy in a butcher's tray on the shoulders of a tall man ; and when the wig was adroitly twitched off, the bewildered owner look round for it in vain—an accomplice confused and impeded under the pretence of assisting him, and the tray-bearer made off.— Edinburgh Review. BARRED'S BANK. —Yesterday the case of Barned's Banking Company, which carried on business at Liver pool until the recent financial crisis, was again before the Chief Clerk attached to Vice-Chancellor Stuart's Court. Mr. Emmanuel stated that on a previous occa sion an order had be en made that the shareholders might inspect the books and accounts of the company, and make certain other investigations which they con sidered, necessary for the purposes of their defence against the call which bad been made. The official liquidators had promised to give certain information, but up to the present time it had not been supplied. It was this which led the applicants to ask for further time to carry out the spirit of the order they had already ob tained, and make a searching investigation for them selves. A Clerk from Messrs. Freshfield, Newman, and Co. who are the solicitors to the official liquidators asked that the whole matter might be adjourned until Mr. Church, the chief clerk to the Master of the Rolls, in whose court the cause was set down, returned. The defendant had delivered to his clients a set of interrogations rat her than a request, as stated, for examination of the books. In addition to this, they had had for an entire month the result of the investigation of the special examiner. Mr. Emmanuel said that if the information was not supplied to his clients, then they require time for further researches. The Chief Clerk, after some discussion, adjourned the con sideration of all three summonses till the 22th October. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sitting a letter was read from Father Sacchi, of Rome, on the spectram analysis of stellar light. In examining a large number of stars, he says he was struck with the uniformity of their luminous constitution. He distinguishes three different types : one commonly called the type of white stars like Sirius, dre. ; another comprises the stars whose light produces red or orange-coloured bands in the spec trum ; and to the third belong the stars producing very narrow bands. In the first type he has found an excep tion : Gamma Cassiopeia, which, instead of having a dark band at F (a point of the spectrum well known to those who possess a map of it) has a luminous one instead. Of the stars pertaining to the second type, Alpha Herculis is the most remarkable. It is of the third magnitude, and yields a spectrum, the hands of which appear in relief like the pil lars of a long colonnade. The stars of the third type might be appropriately called solar, their spectrum bearing the strongest resemblance to that of the sun. Another re markable circumstance is this, that each of these types appears to bo dominant in some one or other of the celes tial regions. Our readers may remember our giving an ac count of M. Grimaud De Caux's papers, in which ho main tains that cholera is contagious, and ought to 14e prevented by means of strict quarantine. We also gave abstracts of the replies which his papers elicited, and in which every one of his arguments was demolished ; besides which, we suppose our readers are themselves personally aware, as we are, of facts in direct opposition to M. Grimaud's views. Nevertheless, ho has thought proper to &biros another paper to the academy, in which, after attempting to cover his retreat by means of a quibble of dates, he expresses him self as follows : —" If, in regard to cholera, science has ad vanced a step through the now unimpeachable demonstra tion of the transmissibility of that terrible malady, it is owing to me." This, in summer, would be refreshingly cool.— Galignani. A TOWN COUNCILLOR CONVICTED OF POACHING. —At the County Police-court, Macclesfield, yesterday, William Carr, soap and candle manufacturer, and a mem ber of the ,Macclesfield Corporation, was charged with trespassing in pursuit of game on land in Marton, belong ing to Mr. A. H. Davenport, of Capesthorne Park. Richard Davenport swore that he was ploughing in a field on the afternoon of September 26, when he saw the defendant and Mr. JamesHodgkinson, of Congleton, got over a fence into a clover field, with a dog, when they spread them selves out and started a hare, which the dog killed, and the two men took it away with them. The defence was that Mr. Hodgkinson, against whom a similar charge had been withdrawn, was the guilty person, and that the defendant had permission from the tenant of the land (his relative) to pass over the clover field, as the nearest way to some land held by him. The bench said they considered the case proved ; and, as the defendant had bee n convicted before, he would be fined 40s, and costs, or to be impri soned for one month. THE LONG VACATION. —Yesterday the long vaca tion ended, and this day declarations will be served in actions in which the parties appeared. The Chancery vaca tion will end on the 28th inst. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share, Railways. Paid./ Closing Price. 87 89 12ii 1221 4u 15 13 15 4 8 66 68 74 72 115 110 25 27 5 6 1:6 1:8 126 127 90 92 G 3 55 33 38 33 3, 121 i 125 87 89 18 ;9 10 20 118 119 82 84 54 55 124 125 2 3 rl 10, 11 80 8 5 1221 123 i I/ 2 93 H 36 Pt ,is 20 IC4 1C,6 85 67 99 101 34 . 1 % 6 9 10 p 120 A 25 1 2 P 1 tp ;2 74 114 118 150 154 42 44 C 6 67 8 9 14 AO 2 3, Busineos done. 26k k I i 114 f 17 1271 7 Of L4l 4 124 51 LAW INTELLIGENCE,—This Day COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Murray.) IN RE A. WALKINSHAW-FAILITRE OF AN EAST INDIA MERCHANT. This bankrupt was described as an East India merchant of 9, Graceehureh-street, and to-day was appointed for the first meeting. The debts are about £lB,OOO ; assets are not stated. The cause of the failure is said to be owing to losses in consignments, and pressure on the part of some of many creditors. The largest creditor is Wm. Walkin shaw, Esq., of Holbrook, Chislehurst, Kent, who claims £11,360. Debts were proved, and a day named for the next meeting. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. MANSION-HOUSE , EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.—Richard Hayes, a young man of respactablo appearance, was charged before Mr. Alderman Finnis with embezzling money, the property of Messrs. Rickett and Son, general merchants, at 149, Upper Thames-street, and Hull. Henry Wallis said that he was a merchant, and managed the business of Messrs. Rickett, the senior member of which firm was his brother-in-law. The prisoner was a Bsl 7i tau 15, 1181 19 IFI 821 5 1 1 125 191 lot 85 3 1231 1 41 31 4 33 71 9 it 1(.5 i traveller in town and country to the firm, and was about two years in their employment. The prisoner's duty was to account to the cashier for the money he received, and pay over the same without delay to him He was not obliged, however, to do so when he was in the country. A receipt produced for £1 12s. 3d. was in the handwriting of the prisoner, and was given to a company who dealt with Messrs. Rickett ; and it was dated May last. The cashier informed him that there were irregu larities in the prisoner's accounts ; and he desires to make him settle his accounts, pay him a month's wages and dis charge him. The prisoner sent for him to the station this morning and told him that the cashier had promised to give him time to make up his accounts, and ho denied, any knowledge of having received the money in question. The firm regretted to prosecute the prisoner, but felt bound to do so from a sense of duty to the public themselves. The prisoner said he had no question to ask witness who, he believed, gave his evidence in a very fair spirit, and that he would not have brought this charge unless he felt it his duty to do so. Charles Prestman said that he was cashier to Messrs. Rickett. His duty was to enter the moneys he received in the general cash-book, and the prisoner's to enter them in his book, to which the witness affixed his initials. He saw the receipt for tha.£ll2.t. 3d., but he had not re ceived that amount, nor had the prisoner made any allusion to it. Five or sik cases came to his knowledge, in which CHARGE OF FORGERY. 68i la the prisoner had received moneys for which he had not accounted to him. He wrote to him to the effect that if they were not settled he should feel it his duty to commu nicate the fact to the principals. The prisoner came to him and promised to pay the moneys, which consisted of four sums of £7 17s. 6d, '.£2 10s., £1 11s. 4d., and £4 135., and he said to the prisoner that if the moneys were paid ho would regard the matter as a mere case of delay. These moneys were paid a few days afterwards. There was another sum which had not been accounted for, but that had also been paid. In respect to this last case he thought it right to communicate with Mr. Wallis. When he told the pri soner he was discharged, he said to witness that he should be glad to be allowed to remain a little longer, as his suc cessor might not be able to go over the ground which he had travelled. Ho had no recollection of having stated to the prisoner what the latter had mentioned to Mr. Wallis that morning, respecting giving him time to make up his accounts. The prisoner said he did not think he would make any 1 statement at present, as he hoped the case would be adjourned. The prisoner was remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A FATHER CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING HIS SON.— John Kaill, of No. 41, Union-street, Middlesex Hospital, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, by O'Shaughnessy, ono of tho warrant officers, on a warrant charged with assault. tug and using violent threats towards his son, Wm. Kaill. The complainant said—l reside at 22, Union-street, Middlesex Hospital. The prisoner is my father. Yester day afternoonhe caught hold off my windpipe and.swore he would pull it out, and he then struck me in the mouth and in several other places, and again. swore ho would not let go of me till he pulled my windpipe out. He has attacked me twice before in a similar manner ; once ten years ago, when I had him here. In answer to the court, the complainant said he never laid his hand on his father. The prisoner—Did you not send a note to me yesterday of a scurillous nature respecting your mother ? Complainant—l did not•send any note to you whatever. I know nothing of it. Prisoner —lt is your handwriting. Complainant—lt is not. My father is angry with me because 1 would not let my mother keep some property which belonged to a poor person. . TriE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1866. Central Criminal Court---This Day, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) THE ALLEGED MURDER AT LEWISHAM. John Jones was indicted for the wilful murder of George Styley, at Lewisham, on the 13th of October. He was also charged on the coroner's inquest with manslaughter. Mr. Daly applied for the postponement of the trial of the prisoner until next session, on the ground that as the alleged murder only took place on Saturday week, and that ho had only received his intructions within the last few minutes, he had not yet had an opportunity of reading the depositions or of having an interview with the prisoner. Mr. Poland, on the part of the prosecution, made no ob jection to the postponement of the trial, and the learned Judge ordered it to stand over until the November sessions. Alexander Wright, agent, was indicted with feloniously forging the acceptance of a bill of exchange for £l3O, with intent to defraud. There was also another indictment charging him with feloniously uttering the same. Mr. Henry Woodgate said he kept a loan and discount office in Lambeth, and that he had known the prisoner for about two years. Upon the 9th of May he came to his office and brought It bill of exchange with him. He said he was desirous of introducing good business, and pro-, duced an acceptance of Major Curzon, who was the son of Lord Howe, and a first-class man. The major, ho said, de sired him to get the bill discounted privately. The major, he said, did not want the transaction made public, and if he did not get it done privately it was to be returned. He asked the prisoner if ho knew the Major, and he said cer tainly, and that he saw the Maj3r sign the bill. The prisoner said if he did sign he could have £25 as dis count, that he could pay a bill drawn upon Lieut. Burgess for £25, and give him a cheque for the difference. He asked him whether Lieut. Burgess knew of the transaction and he said he did. He (witness) assented to the terms propoSed, and gave prisoner a cheque for £BO on the Lambeth branch of the County Bank, and Lieut. Burgess's bill for £25. The bill for £l3O is in the prisoner's hand writing. He also believed that the acceptance was written by the prisoner, but in a feigned hand. The bill purports to be drawn by Alexander Wright en the Hon. Ernest G. Curzon, major of the 52d Light Infantry, for six mouths, from the sth of May. Having found the accept ance was a forgery, he went to the prisoner's house in the Horseferry-road in September with Mr. Charles Wright, a solicitor, of Chancery-lane, and a police officer. When he told prisoner that he had come to give hint into cus tody for giving him a forged bill, he said, "Make no fuss about it, come along." In cross-examination the witness said he had had two small transactions with the prisoner, and charged 15 per cent. He bad had some discount transactions with officers, and he might have charged 60 per Cent. He had had the acceptance of Lieutenant Burgess for £5O, which he got through the prisoner. The discount on it was something less than 100 per cent. That acceptance was lost in con sequence of Lieutenant Burgess becoming bankrupt. Mr. Charles Wright, solicitor, of Chancery-lane. On Friday, the 21st of September, he went to the Horsferry road. Mr. Woodgate went with him, but he left him out- side whilst ho went in. The prisoner showed him a list of debts. Ho then asked him about the bill of Major Curzon, and the prisoner said he saw the major sign it. He said he had business to go to the c imp at Aldershot privately. He said so on the occasion that he saw the major sign the bill. Ho (witness) asked what Major Cur zon, a man in high position, wanted with such a bill of exchange, and prisoner replied it was all balls and pleasure parties. Mr. Woodgcte came in and charged him, whoa the prisoner said " don't make any fuss," and he went with them. Cross-examined—He was quite sure nothing was said about Lieutenant Burgess. Major Curzon, of the 52d Regiment, said he was the son of Lord Howe. The acceptance to the bill of exchange now put into his hands was not signed by him. Mr. Justice Mellor—Or authorised by you. _ _ Witness—No, never. He never had had anything to do with bills_ of exchange. He did not know the prisoner or Lieutenant Burgess. He never heard of Lieutenant Burgess until the present proceedings. Frank Stockley, a clerk in the County Bank, said he gavo 12 five-pound notes and 20 sovs in exchange for £BO. (The witness gave the numbers of the notes.) Mr. Brasier, a licensed victualler, residing in the Horse ferry-road, said he changed two .£5 notes for the prisoner, the numbers of which corresponded with those paid for Mr. Woodgate's cheque. Mr. Cooper, for the prisoner, contended that the prisoner, in the transaction, had been made the dupo of Lieutenant Burgess. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on the second count. _ The learned Judge sentenced him to 15 months' ina. prisonment with hard labour. , 13rtstol and Exeter . Caledonian Cambrian . Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab. June .London, acrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great. Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. St. No.l Great North of Scotland Great Northern A 8 took ...... D. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pap t S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Vey. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. /incl.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Ileretord Lanclshire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Iletropolitan Do. New Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. Po. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, ►lirmin.. & Derby ►lid Kent . • North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N . E purohast Do. Leeds Do. York Dv. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire .. N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon ~ o uth Bistern itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Corn wall NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Piggot.) William Richardson was indicted for stabbing Jacob Chorley, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The offence was the result of a public-house quarrel in Chelsea, during which the prisoner said a woman had robbed him, which caused a general row, and Chorley who had, it appeared, not taken part in it, was unfortu nately stabbed in the abdomen by the prisoner, who was in a very excited state arising from intoxication. The man Chorley had fortunately recovered from his wound, although it was of such a severe nature that the hospital authorities thought it right to send for the magistrate to take his deposition. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wound ing, and the learned judge sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) THE GREAT EMBEZZLEMENT CASE. William Charles Midden, who stood remanded from last sessions, was indicted for forging and uttering an endorse ment on a cheque for £lO5 ls. 5d., with intent to defraud; also for embezzling and stealing three cheques, respectively for £lOO, £56 18s. 9d., and £36 19s. 5d., the property of John James Russell, his master. There were a number of other indictments against the prisoner. It will be recollected that the prisoner was the agent and manager of the London establishment of Mr. Russell, an iron manufacturer, carrying on business at Wednesbury, in Staffordshire, and that a portion of his duty was to re ceive accounts and remit the same weekly to Staffordshire. but the prisoner contended that he had certain matters to perform which prevented him from doing so, and that the charge of embezzlement against him was altogether un true. The deficiency, it was alleged, amounted to £lO,OOO. The evidence appeared at length in The Sum during the examination of the prisoner at the Mansion-house, and as it was of a very intricate and uninteresting nature, con sisting principally of book entries, a repetition of it on the present occasion is unnecessary. After the examination of the prosecutor the case came abruptly to an end, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. FOURTH COURT. (Before the Recorder.) James Padden, carman, and William Crawley and Henry Thompson were indicted with stealing a leather case and vaiieus pieces of flannel, the property of Lewis Moir, in the dwelling-house of Mary Ann Mackie. The jury found all the prisoners guilty. Padden was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour; Crawley, against whom a former con viction was proved, to seven years' penal servitude; and Henry Thompson, also formerly convicted, to 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. MAMIE T S.---This Day. MARE LANE. Very little English wheat was received fresh up to-day, but the bulk of the supply was offered in tolerably good condition. The trade for both red and white parcels was very firm, and the late improvement was established. There was a fair quantity of foreign wheat on the stands The demand ruled steady, and in all business transacted Monday's advance was firmly maintained. Floating cargoes of grain moved off freely, at the full prices , of last week. Fine barley was in steady reppst, at very full curren cies. Grinding and distilling sorts changed hands to a moderate extent, on former terms. A good business was passing in malt, and prices ruled firm. In oats, sales progressed steadily, and the price s realised were quite on a par with those previously quoted. Beans and peas were firm. The flour trade was steady on former terms. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 530 590 750 260 Irish Foreign 8,130 2,970 7,760 3,050 sks. brls. BOROUGH HOP. Yearlings and old hops moved off freely at full prices. New Kent and Sussex produce changed hands steadily o n former terms. WHITECHAPEL. For beef and mutton the trade is in a sluggish state a fort drooping prices. Fine pork is in moderate request, but veal the demand is inactive. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 4d 3s Mutton ... Od to 4s 10d V ea l 4s Od to 48 10d Pork ...... Bd to 53 Od I THE EASTERN FISHERIES. —The herring fishery is being prosecuted on the eastern coast on remunerative conditions. During the past fortnight the deliveries of fish at Great Yarmouth have been large and prices have ranged high. Fresh fish have been scarce, and have sold at £l7 to £27 per last (13,200 fish). Bloater stuff has brought from £l5 to £24 per last. The operations of the Lowestof t b ea k have also been progressing favourably. Alfred Angel and Caroline Hutchins were called, and the former stated that he saw the complainant and the pri soner struggling Together, and the latter said he heard the prisoner say that whenever he saw the complainant in the street he would cut his windpipe out. . . Sarah Kaill, daughter of the prisoner, said—My father was angry, and asked my brother whether he sent the note. My brother then struck my father. The complainant—l did nothing of the kind. Prisoner—l am afraid one of my ribs iibroken. Tyrwhitt, addressing the prisoner, told him that ho was afraid he was a violent old man, and ha should order him to find one bail iu £5 to keep We peace for six months. THAMES. A BRUTAL SCOUNDREL.-Phillip Moore, a ship smith, aged 19, of 32, James-place, Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with assaulting three women in a very gross manner, and also committing an assault on John Perks, a police-constable, 384 K, in the execution of his duty. Elizabeth Moss, of 6, John-street, Sidney-square, Step ney, said she was passing along the Commercial-road last night, when' the prisoner advanced in front of her and threw a wet and dirty sack across her face. It blinded her for some time, and the dirt and filth on the sack got into her eyes and mouth. Elizabeth Brawn, of 102, Nelson-street, Stepney, said the prisoner also throw the sack across her face, and put her to considerable pain and inconvenience. Perks, 54 K, said the prisoner dragged the sack in the wet gutter, and then forced it into the face of every woman he met. Three of the females came to the station house and complained of the dirty and offensive conduct of the prisoner. He took the prisoner into custody, and was assaulted in the same manner as the women and struck on the breast. The prisoner was exceedingly violent, and made use of very bad language towards the females. The prisoner, in defence, said that ho and another man were larking, and throwing the sack at each other, and it fell by accident on the females. Mr. Paget said he did not believe the p risoner ' s stor y , but he did believe the witnesses. The priso ner was a dirty blackguard, and it was not to be tolerated that decent women were to bo molested in the streets in such a gross manner. Ho sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, LONDON, Oct. 24.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy PLYMOUTH, Oct. 23.—Wind N.—Arrived—lda Dixon, from Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Oct. 22.—Wind N.W—Arrived—England, from Rio Grande. -- - - . BRISTOL, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eliza Maria, from Odessa. CARDIFF,' Oct. 22.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—R. J. Turn bull, for Monte Video. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived,' Oct. 23.—Cassandra, from Genoa ; Adelaide, from Dohouet ; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne; Mait land, from Foo-chow ; Thought, from Jersey ; Otto, from Christiania. Arrived, Oct. 24.—May Queen, Bellona, steamer, and Ottawa, steamer, from New York; Orion, steamer, and Batavier, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Neptune, steamer, from Havre. _ _ Sailed—Souvenir, steamer, for Caen ; Prince Imperial, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Theban, screw steamer, from London for Glasgow; Agamemnon, screw steamer, from the west for London. _ _ Anchored—Revenue, for Bombay; Cedric, for Kurra chee—both from Loudon. THE FATAL OUTRAGE AT ANCOATS.--Joseph Sloane, 20, was charged at the City Police-court, on Mon dhy, on suspicion of having aided in the assault upon the unfortunate man Lee, who was brutally kicked to death by a gang of ruffians in Jersey-street, Ancoats. On the application of . his counsel (Mr. Ernest Jones) the prisoner was remanded for a week. - Manchester Courier. A BRIDAL BED COVER.—Some of the Italian journals state that in anticipation of a marriage between the eldest son of Victor Emmanuel and the daughter of the Archduke Albert of Austria, the city of Turin has ordered from Valenciennes a rich bed cover in the finest lace to be presented to the bride. GARIBALD I'S LOAN. — Garibaldi, at the time he was preparing his ill-starred expedition which ended at Aspro monte, had borrowed from two English houses a sum of 96,000 f. Unable to pay the amount even if he sold his Ptrherea'Rahteazlzaitealy applied to Baron Ricasoli, dministration had seized arms s i s h l o a n w d i n g of t h a a ' t ' and clothes belonging to the Volunteers worth upwards of 100,000 f. Tho baron thought the application worthy of attention, and by his orders the English houses have been satisfied. 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It made a short apparition on the same stage five years ago, and it now again appeals to, I regret to say the word, the patience of a Parisian audience. Some fifty years ago (it is nearer a hundred) musi cians spoke of a Gluckist with the sort of a pitying smile with which men in general nowadays listen to a profession of Hegelianism. Notwithstanding the favour of Marie Antoinette, Gluck, who was an odious coxcomb, had even fewer admirers in his lifetime than Wagner, who is the continuer of his school, has now. But he battled bravely for his idea, pleading his cause in the numerous prefaces which are prefixed to his various works. At the end of a hundred years he might boast, if he could return with .Alceste from Hades, that he enjoys all the honour that he is ever likely to attain. His works have, unconsciously perhaps to the authors themselves, influenced the French school of music, and even in his own time had some effect in check ing the prevailing effeminacy and triviality of the Italian opera, which only after this produced the great masters whose works are the glory of that stage. So far he was happier than Hegel, who in his last years acknowledged that he had met with but one man who had understood his system, and he had misunderstood it, and who would not find even that one man if he returned now. Gluck's system has been at least partially understood, and even adopted, by those who least admire him. He is not and never can be popular, at least with th'e ordinary frequenters of the opera, who go there not for en joyment but for excitement. It cannot be denied that his splendid bursts of passion, love, piety, and terror are accompanied by passages monotonous and sometimes tiresome at a first hearing, although on a better acquaintnnce there are found to be beauties as well as reason even in these. To enjoy thoroughly the music of Gluck one must sit down to it as a scholar would to a tragedy of Sophocles to whose genius Gluck's music is more akin than to the polished verses of Euripides. One must be pre pared not only to give oneself up to the pleasure of hearing, but also to take the trouble of listening. As in some of Haydn's quartette, to miss a single pas sage destroys all the enjoyment of those which fol low, but it is difficult to give such sustained atten - tion when cribbed, cabined, and confined in the narrow space to which the rise of rental in Paris has reduced the stalls of the Academy of Music. With a young gentleman on one side whose restless opera glass ranges constantly from one box to another, and an old gentleman on the other whose measure was cer-. tainly not taken for his stall and whose elbows en croach inconveniently on his neighbours' ribs, it re quires almost superhuman powers of abstraction to enjoy the beauties of this opera. An arm-chair with plenty of room to roll about in is almost an absolute necessity ; the addition of a long Turkish pipe filled with the choicest Jibelee would render the enjoyment perfect. The opera is very well per- Pericles THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. SPORTING INTELLIGENGE.—This Da NEWMARKET RACES—THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES. OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE of 5 sovs ; 3 -yr-olds, Bst ; 4- yds, 5-yr-olds, 9st 51b ; 3-y r - o ld s and aged, 9st 71b -olds, ; O st; allowances. Cambrid gee hi re Stake selling Course. Lord Westmorland' Pamunkey (Kenyon) 1 Baron Rothschild's Loveapple (Peake) 2 Mr. Chaplin's Gulnara (Cannon) 3 Lady Coverdale, Olivia, and Melinda also ran. Betting —2 to 1 agst Gulnara, 4 to 1 agst Loveapple. and Purnuu key, sto 1 agst Melinda. Won by a head. MATCH. Mr. W. G. Craven's Bravura (Fordham) 1 Prince D Soltykoff's Transformed (Mann) 2 Betting-2 to lou Bravura. Won by a length. £5O PLATE. FIFTY SOTS. PLATE ; 3-yr-olds, 7st I.olb ; 4-yr-olds, Bst 101 b; 5-yr-olds, 9st ; 6-yr-olds and aged, 9st llb ; maiden allowances; winners of 500 sovs 71b. Entrance 2 sovs. A.F. Mr. S. Thellusson's Ostregor (Fordham) 1 Baron Rothschild's Dalosman Lord Glasgow's Flutter f (Challouer) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Ostregor. Won:by three lengths. GLASGOW STAKES. GLASGOW STAKES of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-old colts, Bst bib. Last three-quarters of R.M. 13 subs. Mr. Launde's Mandrake 'Morris) 0 1 Sir R. Bulkeley's 0 wain Glendwyr (Goater) 0 2 Lord Glasgow's Maid of Masham c (Fordham; 3 Dutch Admiral Betting-5 to 4 agst Mandrake, 3to 2 agst Maid of Masham c. HANDICAP PLATE. HANDICAP PLATE of 50 sovs, for two-year-olds. Entrance, 2 says. T.Y.C. Prince D. Soltykoff's Bounceaway Sir J. Hawley's Salamanca f (Challoner) 2 Land Tax, Icicle, Prodigal, Sycee, Freemason, Blink hoolie, Sweet Home, Q.C., Rondiuella, Rus in Vrbe, Cunard, .Ailesbury, Phantom Sail, Maid of Masham.filly, Libertine, Violet, Haidee, Lady Blanche f, Bonno Fortune, Master Robert, Little Ben, and Bravura also ran. Won. by three lengths. SWEEPSTAKES. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 131 b; 4-yr olds, Bst 101 b ; 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 71b. The winner to be sold for 70 sovs. T.Y.O. , Mr. Ambery's Mineral (Loa t es) 0 1 Mr. York's Kingmaker (Kenyon) 0 Mineral walked over. Stakes divided. ALL-AGED-STAKES. ILL-AGED STAKES of 100 sovs each, hft ; 2-yr-old; 6st 121 b ; 3-yr-old; Bst 101 b ; 4-yr-olds, 9st 51b ; 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Bretby Stakes Course. 14 subs., one of whom pays 15 sovs ft. Mr. F. Pryor's Friponnier Mr. R. Sutton's Lord Lyon (Custe.nee) 2 Duke of Beaufort's Rustic (Fordham) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Lord Lyon, 2to 1 agst Fripponnier. Won by a length and a half. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each; 2-yr-olds, 7st 31b; 3-yr olds, Bst 101 b ; 4-yr-olds, 9st llb ; 5-yr-olds and upwards 9st 41b. The winner to be sold for '250 SM. If for 100 sovs allowed 51b. T.Y.C. Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Phantom Sail (Cameron) 1 Mr. Chaplin's Tribute f (Murray) 2 Mr. M'Kenzie's Domestic Bliss (Sharpies) 3 Betting-7 to 4on the winner. Won by. three lengths. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE of 50 sovs ; 2-yr-olds, 7st ; 3-yr olds, Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for 350 sovs. T.Y.C. Whitby 1 Goodfellow Mochrie Magpie, Birdforth, Miss Williams, Chatworth, Mr. Pitt, Salamanca f, Slap Bang, Skirmisher f, Sea Rover, and Claymore also ran. Betting-6 to 41 agst Whitby, 3to 1 agst Mr. Pitt, 6 to 1 each agst Salamanca and Goodfellow. Won by length and a half ; three-quarters of a length between second and third. THURSDAY. Acceptances for the FIRST NURSERY STAKES. St lb Viridis 8 10 Pericles 8 10 Flying Scud (late The formed, and has never, perhaps, since Gluck's days, been so faithfully presented to the public. Mdlle. Battu sings the part of Alceste with a genuine pathos which was hardly to be expected, and few artistes could exceed the elegance of her personation of the heroine. To the admirers of what in Eng land is called classical music this performance affords a rich treat, but they must hasten to enjoy it, for it will remain but a short time on the playbill. The boxes yawn over it, and the loge infernale unequi vocally pronounces it a bore. VAUDEVILLE. -" Le Fou d'en Face." Dr. Johnson, or some equally wordy-wise sage, said, or is said to have said, " Sir, if you marry a widow, make sure that her first husband was hanged." Widow Livia's first husband was not hanged, but Hector, who occupies the apartment above her, never heard the oracle of the great lexico grapher. " Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise,' and so being, we must hope for his own sake, already very foolish, his only resource is to be wise after folly's fashion. It can only be in consideration of this that the authors and the audi ence of the Vaudeville allow him to drill holes through her ceilings so that he can watch all her goings and comings. In England such shocking doings would be put down at once. Now, Madame Livia is very tired of her honourable state of widow hood, which it is always to be considered is the greatest compliment she could pay to Husband No. 1, and in this case No. 1 must have been a charming fellow, for not one of all the pretenders to her hand comes up to her ideal of what No. 2 should be. She has the worst of all the ills known to humanity, she is ennuyee. Her only amusement. is to watch the mopes and modes of a madman who lives on the other side of the street. Hector, who knows every move ment she makes and hears every thought which she utters—for it seems that in France widows have a habit of thinking aloud--is at his wits' end for some means of introducing himself to the lady of his love. At last he hits upon the idea, and a very natural one for a man at his wits' end ; it is to force his way into herpresence in the character of a madman on the opposite side of the street. The stratagem succeeds of course, for otherwise the curtain must fall, and in his assumed character of the madness he makes her alternately laugh, cry, tremble, each and all in the most fascinating manner, and mot leaving her a moment for ennui. Finally he affects a lodgment in her heart by opening her cupboard and showing her a " pickpocket," which is the French for a burglar, concealed in it. Single ladies, I must make a parenthesis, this is the virtue of Judases. Having turned out the thief, who had certainly paid dearly enough for his evil intentions by having to listen to Hector's mad ravings, he falls at Madame Livia's feet, assures her that if he is mad it is only with love, and she who is evidently not less mad gives her hand. It is a mad farce,t an amusing one ; the plot is•old, but the dialogue is vivacious, and it will be often played as a lever de rideau. The maddest character in it is not the fou d'en face. Amßiciu.---Les Amours de Paris.—From the mad loves of the Vaudeville we must pass to the Pari sian Loves of the Ambigu, which are both mad and bad. If the reader has ever attended a dra matic performance in China or Japan—the glori ous days of the Sanscrit drama which last a week or more are, alas ! things of the past—he will un derstand the pleasure of seven acts which drag their slow length through six mortal hours. In China the play would hardly last longer, and at least there are the fresh air of the morning, the flowing tea, the two hours allowed for dinner about midday, the cool of the evening, to palliate the infliction. To analyse such a performance would only be wasted time. It begins with a sui cide by drowning, ends with another by the rope, and is diversified by a murder by a shooting in the middle. The authors have kindly omitted poison ing out of regard to the feelings of their audience. But the piece is worth seeing to those whostudy human aberrations on philosophical principles. . A PANIC IN A RAILWAY TWAIN. —A singular panic occurred on Sunday evening on the Versa illes Rail way to a special train heavily laden with visitors from the La Marche steeplechases. Shortly after crossing the river a t Asnieres the engine and carriages came to a stand still, and a sudden terror seizing on the passengers a rush was made to the doors, and in a moment the whole of the passengers scrambled on to the line, somo jumping from the seats on the roof in cause forir hastealao t m . aligh Fortunately n o t, no one, how ever, know i n g of any r other train passed artlsatauhagethtoiinmtghe,e,bcauanutdaet hoef half the g t ashamedt a s r t d o p h p a a v ao i fen,gt their hreey- i s u f tio:Drfp c e th Ea oe llN: ege, C a mbridge, ex pi re d somewhat sudfdaaeblnfoluayst assuredatl:heeii)rassseeantgse, resume D EA TH AT CAMBRIDGE.—Mr. Free man, last 30 years and more has been head port er t o I w f o ; ih o iso l n i wa l s ar o i b st s ' o n Monday night. The d w ec as ea p se a d s , si w n, ho c was returning f rom when he e s r O v o e l ci le t g o e a a vis quarteri visit to some r e re , la o t , i c V l e o s c , k, though in a fit. Assistance was i deceased was conveyed in a fl mmediately rendered, an d Bridge street, where he shortly yto his lodgi ngs in B spoken. afterwards ex • ris.a ge _ pired without having HARDSHIPS OF HOP -PICKERS.—A project :origi nating with the Rey. J. Y. Stratton, the incumbent of Ditto; Rent, for ameliorating the condition cf the myriads of poor creatures who make their way into the large hop growing districts for employment in the picking, has been very warmly taken up, and a memorial on the subject has been most readily signed by owners and 9 . 9cupiers of hop lands and others interested in the social and moral welfare of the county. A meeting of growers is to be held to-mor , rosy at Mailstono, St lb Greenback ... 7 2 Cheltenham ... 7 0 Haidee ... 6 12 Water Cure ... 6 10 Leases 6 9 Skylight 6 9 O. K. 6 5 asy Lovo ... 6 2 ilaCtor) ... 8 9 Innes 8 7 Commissioner ... 8 2 Lady Rosehill... ... 7 12 Lochaber 7 12 Lady Lambton ... 7 11 Atalanta ... 11 Problem ... 7 10 Janua ... 7 10 Tynedalo ... 7 10 Python Sister to Vedette ... 7 3 Tfio Rock ... 6 2 Arcade... ... 6 0 Prairie Flower ... 6 0 Mayouaise filly ... 5 11 Archeress 5 11 Gentle Kitty filly 5 9 Bravura 5 9 )AY. Acceptances for the SECOND dicap) of 25 sous each, St lb ... 8 10 ... 8 7 ... 8 6 ... 8 5 ... 8 5 ... 8 5 ... 8 3 ... 7 8 ... 7 7 .7 6 . 7 6 7 2 . 7 1 . 7 1 7 1 . 7 1 . 6 10 URSERY STAKES (Free Han for 2-yr-olds. R. 31. Flying Scud ... Viridis Vauban ~. Star of India Bismarck Opoponax Hippia Easby Tynedale ••• Foresight ... Lady Rosehill... Kalpygo colt ... Assineboine Policy ... Miller's Maid ... Vendetta ... Haidee Sister to Vedette Greenback ••• Rhymer ... Stokeley Topsail colt ... Gentle Gale ... Trombone ... Leases ... Princess Thyra The Rock ... Arcade... ... fly Love ... Araba Busybody ... Niue Elms ... Bravura ••• CiJutlo Kitty ... ~ 3 8 ~ 5 8 PROGRAMME OF TO-MORROW'S RACES. SUBSCRIPTION HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.M.M• OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE Of 50 soya; 2-yr-olds, 6st 101 b; 3-yr-olds, Bst 10Ib ; 4 yr-olds, 9st 81b ; 5-yr-olds and upwards, 9st 121 b ; selling allowances. R.M. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, or 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bat 71b ; the winner to bo soli for 103 sovs. T.Y.C. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr olds and upwards. T.Y.C. SELLING HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 Says each, for 2- yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. Bretby Stakes Course. NURSERY STAKES (free handicap) of 25 sovs each, for 2-yr olds. Criterion Course. 118 entries. FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sous ea ch, h ft, for 3-yr-olds. A.F. 18 subs. st lb Rustic ... ... ... 8 8 Ceylon ... ... ... 8 7 Mr. Pitt ... ... 8 4 Blue Riband ... ... 8 ,q Vespasian ... ... 7 ~:z, Strathconan ... ... l„` Janitor ... ... ... 71, „ i Mount Palatine ... " 7 10 Mazeppa ••• :.. 7 9 Corsair... TROY STAKES of 50 so yi , c c e a rt c a . L 101 b, fillies, B st 71b1 T.Y.C. 56 subs. h Isles—Splitvote, f by Newminster— rPir enden 31b, us r3lb, Cby Lord ° f " R in Übe Vauban 41b, Irish Queen, ,; l' Sat r La Maudite, Bismarck, Lady Lamb hven, 3' , extra,_ Rut L., flicleide 71b, Lady Hester 71b, Hermit 31b ton, Preface, br Drakes' dam, Surtnylocks 41b, Uncas, King • The 4ib' c by Romulus—Attack 31b, br c by Toxo- Empress, The Duchess, The Palmer 31b, ' ies, The uttatS 1 . 31b C fV 1 on 31b, Rouge ang ier , er o ant, Fakir Freemason - Eric a ' n te r, Birdforth 31b, cby Thormanby—Rogerthorpe's dam 31b, u Marksman, Bombastes 7 1b, Julius 71b, Honesty, Nell Gwynn°, Fair field, julicates_us , Cyclone, flighwood, Londesborough 31b, Noisy, Wild Moor, 41b, f by Wild Lady Rose, Little Ben 31b, Ailesbury 71b, Jasper, Ravioli i n n c a, inn K at id i d 3 o l r b in , inster Dayrell—Rupee 31b, Stradbroko 31b, 41b, sa11 — 0 e C I l i The General, Distin, Foresight, and Assineboine. 3lb , c by Fe o rl d Parmesan — Cincinnati e SWEEPSTAKES of 100 BOYS each, for 4-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst Gib. Last 3 miles of B.C. 4 subs. C by Yellow Jack—Treachery, Don Basilio, Klarinska and The Caloyer. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. Ab. M. 7 subs. Charming May, Caucasus, Coldstream; Dovetail, Mar mite, Fair Weather, Sister to Hippolyta. MATCII.-200 sovs and the Cup ; Mr. Sutton's Elland, 4 yrs, agst Marquis of Hastings' The Duke, 4 yrs, Bst 71b each. B.C. 1 D ~ 7 8 Lecturer ... 7 7 Sealskin ". ••• 7 7 I s chia .1f.0.0d ... 7 5 Robin ... , by 1 , oxophilite, B di - , - „,, by Garneboy— DLbeYos';lVork::: ::: 7 7 2 0 Staghound ... ... 612 Itedan ... ... ... paid h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst a penalties and allowances, EATH OF A SPORTING CELEBRITT.—We regret to announce the death of Mr. James Mason, the celebrated steeplechase rider, which event took place last evening at his residence, Clarendon-place, St. John's-wood, after a lingering and painful illness. The deceased was born at Stilton in the year 1816, and when death occurred he was in his 50th year. Mr. Mason was unequalled in his day as a rider in steeplechases, and some of his greatest victories were achieved with Lottery, The Nun, Vivian, and St. Leger. He was a great favourite with the leading men on the turf, to many of whom ho had been the means of their landing very large sums of money. He possessed invariably maintained greatest confidence o f his employers, and maintained their good opinion and respect. SUDDEN DEATH OF A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR.-- Yesterday Mr. Thomas Newbold, the proprietor of the Derby Mercury, expired very suddenly at his residence in that town. He was about resuming his avocation at ten o'clock when he remarked !;o his wife that he felt far from well. Before medical aid arrived Mr. Newbold expi re d o f i apoplexy. lle was u the 48th year of his ago. FRI 5 10 st lb 1 i