The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-15 00:00:00

, sclay. t g with ?rinceSS aded by .e drive .d. dge had r Souse. ord Lon le Ri g ht Col. the renadier unald, in received includ do 11 ° 51 aeral Sir neral Sir 'etheridl, Admira l l o n, COI* lricarde icca dilly, Galway aye an rlington- ct part/ lier3Liam- ~~ NONEf MARKET AND COEUSIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, The first report of the Lion Brewery Company states that the directors advise a dividend for the half-year of 6 per cent. on the preference shares, and 10 per cent. on the ordinary share capital, both free of income tax. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market has been steadily sup- Ported to-day at previous values, and Consols are again quoted 87} for money, and 871 f for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87* ; Annuities, 1885, 13 13-16; Bank Stock, 24 6 f 247 ; India 5 per Cents. ? 102/ 4 ; and do. 4 per Cents., 97f. , In the Fo re i gn St oc k M ar k et quotations have been firmly maintained. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 38-Ireek ; Mexican, 221 1 ; th e N ew L oan, 201 ; G, 12.1 i; Spanish Passi ve , 261 1 ; Certifi cates, 151 4 ; Italian, 601 1 ; Confederate Loan, 5 6 ; Brazilian Scrip, 1/ 2 prem. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, prem. ; United States Government 5-20 Bonds, 67 i 68 ; Illinois Shares, 754 f ; and Erie, 5241. Business in the Railway Share Market has been active, and prices generally have shown increased buoyancy. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Wes tern, and South Western have each improved ss. ; South Eastern, 10s. ; Great Northern, 15s. ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1 ; and Great Western, £1 ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, e xcept Grand Trunk of Canada, which have im proved to 46/ 47f. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive at about previous rates. Alliance are dealt in at 284 ; 6 6 11( '"': , a in t St oc k a t 47i ; U n i on of Australia at es (' Joint-sttnk Discount at 3i ; and Overend, Gur ney, and Co., =.l-, 19/. Charles Lafitte and Co. 1e quoted 3 3i prem. ;and Mont Cenis Railway, prem. ... BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CL OCK , 140 VERNMEN T FUNDS. ' Der Cent. Consols A 1- - ) 0 . Account, March 6 B7l / .. ~,,,,„• New Cent. Reduced B7 1 1,1. --e w 3 per Cent B7 s'e t\ - w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A -"" O . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 4ouities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 ,°••" for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilABBs l3 13-16 tc, ° ("d Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -coequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — dis Do. Do £5OO — d is Ba £lOO and .£200 hi. -4 ` of Engl an d St oc k , 5 per C en t It,1,1)10 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -T,'-tan Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — r.,° Account - -n o . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 1 1 -0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 --',.,°. C ertificates - °. Enlaced Paper 4 per C en t — '`-'°. DO. 5 per C ent., J an. 1872 — " - n* 5 1r Cent., May 1879 -0 . 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — O. . Bonds, £l,OOO — " under .£l,OOO An F OREIGN FUNDS—ONB O'CLOCK. razili an Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Do " • an Ce - 0' A ..I pere Cent., n t 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 4 , 751 i 13 0. Scrip, £35 paid tt,enos Ayres 6 per Cent _. . , .... . . ....... ... an c,,• , - , 0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per bent.) -, 6 per Cent n 4 ', 0 . 4/ per Cent t-'3lMnbian 6_per Cent. Ooa, 6 per Cent. a r ,llish 3 per Cent., 1825 - "n ° 4 per Cent, 1863 — D a -es - 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — llubian Principalities ‘lllador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — tht.2 Provisional L an d W arrant — w'P r , Liszt 7 per Cent — "`)., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds 94} Do 1864 — Do D. %s £lOO Bonds bek percents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 10::. C oupons l3 # B o * Coupons q h _ • Account aliteniala 5 per C en t. — D Accountent, 1865 „o o 1,14'°.• liarenmana Railway — etie art 3 Do, Per Cent c'• Account D o , b o g 1864 Ko lit - per 1864 Anglo-French — 11100„1'"iclean 6 per Cent., X3O paid I'lelip-'Bll I mperial 5 per Cent Gr .1) Imperial 14 b n ° ~2 Per Cent b„ - ,t'eferred Do . I-kiand Warrants (Hectares) boutker Cent, 1864 Perl,,;4, u kranteed, 4 per Cent Dc) Al per Cent., 1865 ti. Ac count ,1) 0 ° Per Cent. (UribarTen) — •ro 1 Per Cent., 1862 rtli.. 4 , ~,„, 451 Dog 3 3 per Cent., 1806 1 , ,, 3 Per Cent 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 11 4,s s es :' ' A ccount ” 4 si i .8 14 4 5 per Cent, 1822, X St N A 4 i Per Cent. 1850 1: 10 '‘i Per Cent., 1860 t io 3 P e r Cent. 1859 — B o 5 Per Cent. 1862 9Ol / 90 k rd4. s l Per C ent. 1864 --.4 ail 5 D 0 ' Ac count Per Cent 00 41(0 B ands — Sp anis h • Per iry, ~. ent Per Cent Do h ' — tio Passive r `a ,..4-c eolnit 26} 7 ...ish r , I) ' - 'ert. of Coup not funded — D01440.c0t 151 T . - , 1 1 4 Per Cent. — 4Arlrishz P e r Cent. 1864 bo A c 6 e cosnt Per Cent. 1854 .. —Do 6 c eotuat 9Ol Do A Pel. C ent. 1858 - 70 13 100 B o 6 onds D A -Per Cent. 1862 — Do° -ceount n infi -.Jo r . ...v Bonds ................... ........... 6/ i i Per Cent., 1863 — too rent., 1865, paid up Scrip --- V B • A ccount pc ne zuel r Cent. Guaranteed — bitto 3 Per Cent. — 00 ~ account D, 'Pe' - ' .0. DCent., 1862 - ' ee clint ....... . N i6i . ........ Italian I)i.videils on . ii;e above payable in London. Li 4 Per Cent 1861 Ex 25L c' 4ccout .. ' ' • ...................... e cils o i , TWO O'CLOCK. I) 48 ' ....................... 87 °' ecount ..................................... att,l3blB4llLtb DANcEßs.___,:ie proprietor of the Al- Of N i ls , ill Leicester-square has taken up the subject kow_ leci ze 6 ' t disabled dancers , and has brought to the . n condition f - °f Ilia company the :Association for Improving the Nall y „ °. Ballet Girls. He has no doubt that all, or ti citl l b 4.1, his dancers will conform to the regulations laid t itne 1 11 . tshe Promoters of the association, and in the mean ho tb . tr angs has given £lO as his first donation to -44,0 general pr9yideut fund. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England directors have held their usual weekly court, and have separated, as was anticipated, without inaugurating any change in the rate of discount. The public did not expect any movement one way or the other, and no dis appointment has therefore been created. The de mand for accommodation has been active, the quo tations asked by brokers have been generally 7-1 and 8 per cent: for first-class short-dated paper. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:— 1866. 1865. Great Western ... £64,795 £61,943 North W es t ern ... 104,302 98.260 south Western 20,79'6 18,769 Brighto uth n • ... 36,923 15,519 Midland ..• ... 48,294 43160 Booth Eastern ... ..• 19,227 17,650 Great Northern .. ... 34,362 33,490 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 40,710 35,190 Bristol and Exeter ... 5,574 5,404 North Eastern ... ... 64,113 58,027 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 20,247 16,735 Great Eastern . 32,805 81,429 London, Chatham, and I3over . 7,998 6,322 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are generally of a satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £2,847, on the North Wes tern of £6,042, on the South Western of £2,027, on the Brighton of £1,404, on the Midland of £5,134, on the South Eastern of £1,577, on the Great Northern of £872, on the Lancashire and York shire of £5,520, on the Bristol and Exeter of £l7O, on the North Eastern of £6,086, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £3,512, on the Great Eastern of £1,376, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,676. At the annual general meeting to-day of the share holers of the European Bank the directors recom mended a dividend of 6 per cent., free of income tax. SHARE his Day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! I Railways, I Paid.! Closing I Business Price. done. 13natol and Exeter l it (Caledonian Q 3 129 70 13 4i 68 70 130 i it (Cambrian ICork and Bandon. W Cornwall it Dublin & Belfast Juno. it Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. 10 E.London, scrip Certi. Do. It Glasgow &S. Western it Great Eastern, Ord. s it Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 it Great llorth of Scotland it Great Northern at Do. A stock at Do. B stock st Do. :';ew, Is. at 25 prr at GtS, and W. of Ireland at Gt. Western -Originco at I) . S. Val. Rail gua. at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.— Oxtord at Do. Newport at 1)0. Her eford st Lann.shire&Yor ir at L.:ndon and 111ackwall et Lon., Brigh., & S Coast et Lon., Chat., and Dove! at Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. et Lou. & North Western at Lon. & South Western at Man., Shel., & Lincoln et Metropolitan to Do. New 10 Do. Extension. 00 Metropolitan District. Do do. do. 10 - Do. and St. John'sW'd it Mid.and 9 Do. £9 Share st Do, Birmin & Del b 3 25 %lid Kent st North British st Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. st Nth. Eastern—Berwia. z 5 Do. G.N•E purehuse st Do. Leeds st Do. York ;t I Do. Carlisle . ;5 Do. Stock. & Darling. ;5 Do. do. 1860-61 It North London .. Do. do. 1864 . 10 Do. do. 1865 . at North Staffordshire 10 N. &6. W. Junction it Scottish Central it Scot. N. E , Aber. stock it Do. Scot, Mid. stack it Shropshire Union it South Devon it -ouch Eastern :0 Staines, Wok., & Wok it Taff Vale to Do C Vale oi Neath :t Waterford & Kilkenny' LO Waterloo & Whitcha it West Cornws►_l !: 38 i 129 f 147 f 591 1 601 122 j I 127 tf 7 94 6t:34 41 1341 4 1261 i BRITISH P )0 Atlantic & St. Lawrence al it Bout * , Baroda, . Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent.. 0 Do. F shares Oi Buffalo & Lake Huron al O Do Preference al O Buff.,Brant, & Goderich / 6 p.c. 872-3- • • TO O Calcutta &8. E., lim lO It e Town & Dock, gu lO O Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 al t East. Ben,2al, gu., sdo 10 t East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 101 O Do. J Extension t Grand Trunk of Canada i _ _ 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al 00 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds al 00 Do. do. deferred .. • 00 - Do. 2d Prof. Bonds.. al )0 Do. do. deferred al )0 Do. 2d Pref. stock—. al )0 Do. do. deferred al )0 Do. 4th Pref. stock 10 Do. do. deterred .... al] it Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 10 !O 10. Gua. 5 per cent.. 1 '0 Do. New gua, sp. c it Gt. South of India . gua. 5 per cent I 10 st D per cent 110 st Do 204 Great Wes. of Canada 204 Do. New .. 00 Do. 6p. c. This. pay 1873 a )G Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 al 0 fndian Branch, limited it Madras, gua. 5 p.o 10 it Do. 41 do lO it Do. 4i do lO ID Do. Filth I(lxteneion st Melb. Cor. 6p. C. Bnds. 1 JO Mel. as Hudson's Bay.. al it N.lll.C'da,6polstpf.bs. 101 It seinde .... it Do. Delhi 1 c, fi , :0 Do. do it Do. Puniaub 1 0 At 4 1 ' it Do.lndus St. Flo, '''' 1, COLONIAL GO VEIL - British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 10 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l,l - Do. sp. c. Mar. Sept 10 - 1 )o. sp. c. Jan. & July 101 - Do. sp. c. inscribed ak 101 - Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 101 - Do.Apl. &Oct 1890-1900 10( - Do. do' 1880-9 101 - Do. Jan.&July, 1690-91 10) - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOl - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 101 Do-- 1878 do [o) - staurititti,'4 p. c:" - m ; Jan. and July - Do. Im7B - Do. 1882, Alayis, Nov..t l O, Do. 1895, Feb. Aug - _Natal , iov. 6 per cent s - N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 10( - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•0.,1866 10( • Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1870 10( - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189? 10( - New Zealand, 6p. cent 10( • Do. 5 per cent lOl Nova So Ala Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9l • Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl • S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1808-9 101 • Do. 1878 & upwards l ,l Vic,Crov. 6 p.c. Ja 6t July 101 Do. do, April & Oct lOl BRITI 2 Cam. Consol. Uold, lim. - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist - Drake walls.. - East Bassett (Illogan) 2l - East Caradon 2.1 - East Cam Brea - East Grenville 2.1 - East Gunnislake 8.3 - East Loved 3.i - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.1 - G am. & StA übyn (G wen. 61 4 Great L ixey, limited al - Great South Tolgus O.l - Great Wheal huny l4. - G. Wheal Vor (Heist 4( - Grenville B.l, - Herod's Foot - Elingston Downs 5.F - Margaret (Uny Lelant 18 . 1 - Marke Va11ey.......... 4.11 4 llwyndy Iron Ore, lim - New Se ton - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United...... 7.1, - Providence UnyLelant - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 1F 1 -- stray Park 435.1 - Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim a - West Bassett (Illogan - W. Caradon (Liskeard - West Chirerton 1 - West 5et0n....... - Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 1 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 1 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. - Wheal Setou Wheal Trelawney (Lis 114 116 39 40 61 7i 128! 129 147 i4B 90 92 59k 592 59 6' 40 42 35 37 tOL IL3 122 123 b 9 01 9i 98 35 37 45 5) 126 :27 94 95 62 64 134 ,35 3 34 1 H 98 10 124 125 li 1/ I 93 P 5 58 59 7 28 111 113 72 73 107 108 37 38 194 114 p 121 a 6 1 21) 1 14 2WI 75 ;7 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 53 55 731 _ . 8 9 147 150 3 I 101 103 51 63 ISSESSIONS. 11 ISJ 69 00 99} 1001 8 id it) 11 74 8 11 10 11 74 78 )0 96 98 )0 65 7U 11 ICO 102 10 100 101 )0 102 103 87 90 68 70 60 63 69 62 53 50 48 61 44 47 40 4! 37 43 )0 102 103 16 6 I 3 P )0 I 93 100 Iv 91 93 di 1 18 4# 4 11 1,2 94 ,11 81 e 6 2 1 4d )0 99 101 )0 90 92 )0 86 88 2 LI 64 66 10 8 82 100 981 994 100 98 99 2 100 9S 99 100 -- - 'MENT SECUIi 10 94 96 0 93 1) 95 97 r 0 82 10 78 80 10 101 103 )0 104 106 10 104 106 i) 101 103 )0 90 92 10 101 103 10 106 1.8 10 1 102 10 103 o 103 10 ) IG4 108 99 101 10 93 95 )0 93 95 10 87,E 88, 10 I 100 - 102 10 1 81 84 lo I vs ico m 98 LOU 104 106 10 1 105 106 MINES. 74 f 94 10 14 16 1 670 600 1.0 :94 19 EL [4.6 64 74 31 44 41 14.0 34 4 3.6 9.0 11 12 .8 J.C, 3 31' )6 5 7 11 20 21 14.6 le 2 .9.6 3¢ {0 3C 32 18.0 3i al 10.0 40 4z 10.6 5} 61 17.6 5 7 10.6 4 4¢ 21 2¢ 14d 40 60 181. • 13 15 1.0 3.t I 1 if Ai 37 39 11 410 430 I.il 2 ti 18.9 8 22 15.6 9 11 9 19 20 al 4 6 1 8 3 4 9 8 10 Ll 774 82 k 7 B 185 195 81 96 ,6 25 274 8 3 5 , 88 210 23 7 lei 178 rREFERENCE SHAItEB. North Staffoidshire, 21 • PREFEItENCE SHARES ANDSTOCIES. Great Eastern 41 per cent.' pt., Ditto, 5 per cent pt, 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 93 London Tilbury, and Southend, 95 FOREJGN RAIL WAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 11} Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., Isi Great Luxembourg, 161 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gna. 7 per cent., 5 Recite and San Francisco (limo, gua. 7 per cent., 12$ San Paulo, Hui., gua. 6 per cent.. 161 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 6 , FOREIGN MIN Kt.. Chontaleg Gold and Silver Mining, 41 St. John del Rey, lim., 64 5} United Mexican, lim., 11 Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto (X 4), 51 - - BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, Urn., 15 41 Alliance, Hai., 271 81 Bank of London. 129 81 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chins, 231 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 91 Imperial Ottoman, 131 Ditto, new, 121 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London and Brazilian (llm.), 45 London Joint Stock, 471 1 London and 1 . 1 estminster, 96 - 51 6} Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 16 1 South Australia, 25 1 Union of Australia, 53 Union of London, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 161 Atlantic Telegraph, B . per cent. gua., 2/ Bombay Gas, lim., 51 Commercial Union, Insurance, 7 13 Consolidated Discount, lim 21 Credit Foncler and ilobilier of England, 81 Discount Corporation, 10/ East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lint, 6 Ebbw Vale, 8 Yore-street Warehouse, lim., 10/ Gen. Credit and Finance of L moon, lim.. 4; 5 Home and (1 •lonial A ssurance, Hudson's Bay, 171 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 5; International Financial z,ociety, 1im.,.51 1 Interational Land Credit, lim., 61 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 31 London Financial Asaociation, Um , 12/ 13 Lyndon General Omnibus Company, lim, / M .dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 171 National Discount Company, 141 131 Northern Assam Tea, lim , Ditto. B, 4 Oriental Financial, lim., 101 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 191 Quebrada Land, gall, and Mining, lim., Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 141 Thames and Mersey ;Marine) Insurance, lim., 7j Union Marine, Liverpool, Um., 31 Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The market opens steady. Sales probably about 8,000 bales. • 10 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 all b 4 741 4 !f 2# 46 7} 61 103} i i .ITIES. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV ENING, FEIMITA BY 15, 1866. This Day. posed theatre, which was manifested by the presentation of petitions in favour of it to the Lord Chamberlain. The site occupied by the building had become a receptacle of decayed vegetables, stagnant water, and other matter of an offensive description. That nuisance had been abated by the erection of a theatre, and it appeared strange that the plaintiffs should object to what had been the means of doing a great ad vantage to their property. Vice-Chancellor Wood, as trustee of the Doughty estate, gave his sanc tion to the erection of the theatre, which was to bo completed within a given time under a penalty of £l,OOO. The defendant also became liable to the Court of Chancery for a rent of £4OO a yeai for 60 years. The excavation commenced in November last, and considerable progress was made before any exception was taken to the erection of the building. The site had been enclosed, and a large board posted outside describing it as the site of the Holborn Theatre, while notices had been served on the different tenants in the neighbourhood apprising them of the - erection of the intended building. In law a notice to a tenant was de facto a notice to a landlord or a landowner. Nethwithstanding that, it was not before July last that any objection was made to the erection of the building. He contended that the plaintiffs had acquiesced in the building of the theatre by not opposing it before, and that they were not conse quently to call the court into action on their behalf. His Honour doubted whether non-opposition up to a certain period could be construed into acquiescence. Mr. Malins said that if his Honour's views were correct it would put an end to the construction of any large build ings in the metropolis. The learned counsel then pro ceeded to cite several cases bearing on the question at issue. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) PJLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -a MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC—CHARGE OF RESISTING AND ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE AT A FIRE.—Mr. Thomas Walton, assistant to Mr. Squires, chemist, 227, Oxford street, was charged before Mr. Knox with resisting and assaulting police-constable Thomas Beal, 119 0, while in the execution of his duty at a fire at Messrs. Laurie and Manner's, the coachbuilders, in Oxford-street. Beal said that on the previous night between nine and ten o'clock he was on duty at a fire in Oxford-street, and saw the defendant pushing his way through, stating that he wanted to see an engine work, as he had never seen one. He pushed the defendant back, when he resisted a good deal, became very violent, and struck him in the mouth, and he was obliged to get assistance to take the defendant to the station. The defendant said that he had been looking at the fire, and walked through between two police-constables, the fire being then nearly out, and very few persons about. The constable (Beal) who was then standing on the pave ment made a rush at him, and pulled him back amongst what crowd there was. Another constable then came up and interfered in his (defendant's) behalf, and told him that persons were not admitted through during the fire. He told that constable that that was common sense, and the way persons should be treated, and not roughly used. He never struck the constable (Beal) at all, and the constable never thought of taking him into custody till he went up afterwards to him, acting upon the advice of a gentleman who was in court, and an entire stranger to him, to take his number. Mr. Woolley, No. 1, Upper Montague-street, said that at the time in question there were about 50 persons standing in Union-street. Several persons pushed their way through, and the constable (Beal) was very insulting to some of them in the remarks he made, saying to a gentle man's footman in livery, "Don't you want to go to No. 7?'' not that he (witness) knew what that meant. The con stable was very excited, and ho believed the worse for drink. Mr. Knox asked the witness whether be understood him to charge the constable with being drunk ? The witness said he did. In fact he saw him leave his post and go to a publichouse with others. He observed the defendant walk in the centre of the road, and the constable then ran after him and handled him very roughly, tearing his coat, and pushed him back amongst the people. The police allowed some persons to go through, and there were plenty of persons walking about the street besides the police. He (witness) went up to the defendant and advised him to take the constable's number for the rough way in which ho had treated him. Shortly after the defendant went up to the constable to take his number, and the con stable then spoke to some other constables, and rushed back and took the defendant into custody. On the way down Bond-street a young man (not a constable) walked by the side of the constable a short distance, and he walked to the other side of the defendant and took hold of his hand (not that he was wanted). About 300 persons followed, and the constable turned round and said, "Now, you go back. You have no occasion to follow me. I am good enough for two any day." He (witness), however, did fol low, and, when near Bruton-street, the constable spoke to 300 A, and ho al No went to the station with the defendant. The constable asked the witness whether he did not see the defendant strike him in the mouth while he was taking his number ? fen t w tiV4 EtintagteZlPtia-sCdfo-li nothing about d- Tho constable asked whether tho defendant's coat was not torn through trying to get away. The witness said the defendant did not attempt to get away, and that the coat was torn through the constable's violence. Mr. Knox asked whether the inspector who took the charge was in attendance. Sergeant Bason, 12 C (acting-inspector), said the de fendant was brought to the station last night, charged with resisting a constable and assaulting him at a fire in Oxford-street. The constable said that the defendant tried to push his way through ; that he desired him to go back, and that then the defendant struck him in the mouth. The constable said nothing about the defendant taking his number. Mr. Knox discharged the defendant, and told the Ser geant to let the case be a matter of report to the Commis sioners of Police, for an inquiry into the constable's conduct. LAW INT: COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) WALKER V. MILNER AND OTHERS. The hearing of this cause, the opening of which appeared at length yesterday in The Sun, was resumed this morning by the examination of witnesses on the part of the Messrs. Milner. Mr. Hopley, the manager of the establishment of Messrs. Milner in lloorgate-street, aes called, and submitted to a long and minute examination to prove that it was not in his power to wai:ant the safes. He slated positively that when the Messrs. Walker came to their house to purchase the safe he never gave them a ivarrantry that the article he was Balling was burglary proof. It was not the practice of the house to do so ; in fact, he was stl:ctly prhibi.ed from stating so. He would nuclei take to swear that when the invoice was rant to Messrs. Walker they had not a circular in use with a different sketch on it. Mr. Seymour (couuLel for Messrs. Walker —When you sold the safe to Mr. Walke- did you believe the property placed in it would be pei:ectly safe ? Witness—l did. I never heard of any of our safes being broken open up to that time. I never ir se-ed the safety of property placed in any of our safes. The lea-and counsel here read an extract from one of the circulars issued by the fi - .11 of Milner and Co., stating that by property being placed ;a their strong holdfust safes perfect safety would be - inst , -ed from fire and thieves. The Lord Chief Just' i did not think that the term "insuracl " in the prospectus bore the meaning the learned counsel for the Messrs. Walker was putting upon it. The circulars issued by the Elea prexious to the burglary represented that " pai:ect safety was hist' - ed" by the use of the safes, but in those issued afterwards it was only stated to be " s; :•tingly secured." The Lord Cl•ief Justice thought that was ra3ing tee much ; after the fact that ono of the" tees I , -d been opened under the circumstances so we" known. Witness, iu answer to further ques.ions, said Mr. Walker told him he was going to place watcaes and jewellery in the safe, but he never said anything about its being left all night on the premises without any 13r son being there. He could not swear he did not go to Mr. Walker's premises and see the safe fixed after it was purchased, but he believed not. He recollected Mr. Berdoe, an outfitter, in Cornbill, bought a safe some years ago. He never said to him it was burglar proof. He never told him that it would hold out from Saturday to Monday, with perfect safety, against any burglarious attempt. He was quite certain of that. He was paid a salary by Messrs. Milner, and also a commission of per cent. He received that commission on the safe sold to Mr. Walker. Mr. Seymour—l perceive in one of your circulars safe.; of this description, " lighter and cheaper than thief-proof holdfasts," what is meant by the last three words ? Witness—l suppose it refers to No. 3in the list. A Juror—What do you say when you are asked by a cus tomer what you mean by the term strong holdfast-safe. Witness—l tell them they are very strong safes. List No. 2 is called " fire resisting," and list No. 3, " strong holdfasts." A juror —What appears on the small plate in the centre of the safe now in emit ? The paint was removed from the plate and the inscrip tion was lead. It contained the words " strong holdfast, gunpowder proof, and picklock proof safes." The evidence of the defendent, Mr. Milner, taken by commission, was then read. It stated most distinctly that Mr. Hopley, their manager, was not authorised to give a warranty for these safes against burglarious attempts. Mr. James, the counsel for Messrs. Milner, said he did not wish to occupy the time of the Cor , t with the exami nation of scientific witnesses; the question for the jury was warranty or no warrantry. The Lord Chief Justice—That is, in fact, the question in issue. Mr. Brown (counsel for Messrs. Walker), said he should like to have it stated whether or no the warrantry was, if one was given, of a continuous nature. It would save time in a higher conri:. The Lord Chief Justice said he should not alter the de claration in order to fix the defendants for a warranty for all time. The evidence being closed Mr. James proceeded to address the jury for the defen dant, to show there was no warranty, and had proceeded 'or a short time, when Mr. Digby Seymour said, the case having terminated so suddenly, he was taken a little by surprise. He should like to put Mr. Burdoe into the box to speak to the circum stances attending the We ho had purchased of the Messrs. Milner. The Lord Chief Justice thought it quite unnecessary to burden the case with going into matters connected with another safe. Mr. James then proceeded with his address for the de fendants. He contended that it had abundantly been proved that no warranty had been given, and that the plaintiff had altogether failed to make out his case. Mr. D. Seymour replied on the whole case. He said "' plaintiff. Ho would ask the jury as mon of common sense, to ask themselves what the term " holdfast thief proof safe" meant. He thought there could be little doubt but that they would come to the conclusion that the conversation implied a warranty, beyond all, question. The circular also went to show— The Lord Chief Justice—Mr. Seymour, if your going to tell the jury that words used in the circular, issued by Mr. Milner, amounts to a warranty, it will be my duty to tell them it does no such thing. Mr. Seymour said he was about to show that the circular bore out the e vidence of young Mr. Walker, who corro borated the evidence of his father, viz., that Mr. Hopley was distinctly asked whether he could warrant the safe when it was purchased, and he then distinctly stated that he could. His client now sought to recoup himself for the loss he had sustained by the reliance ho had placed in the representations of the defendants, and he hoped the jury would think he had done but what he had a right to do in taking this step. The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up the case, said it was now in a very small compass ; the question whether Mr. Hopley had authority to warrant the article would re main for future consideration. What they had to consider to-day was whether he did give the Messrs. Walker a war ranty when the safe was purchased. Mr. Walker said he did; and Mr. Hopley, the manager for the defendants, as distinctly says he did not. The son of Mr. Walker says an affirmative answer was given his father when he asked Mr. Hopley if he could warrant the safe as thief proof, and that Mr. Hopley further said his father would be perfectly safe in leaving his property in the sate. It was clearly proved that Mr. Hopley had no authority to warrant the safes on the part of his principals ; on the contrary, it ap peared most distinctly that he was strictly prohibited from doing so. The learned judge then carefully went through the evidence, and dwelt particularly on the convarsation which took place when the safe was purchased. The de fendant's manager, it would be recollected, taking Mr. Walker's evidence into consideration, in reply to the question whether he could warrant the safety of the property placed in the safe, did not reply that he could warrant it, but that Mr. Walker could rest perfectly secure that the safe he had purchased was a good ono, and that it could not be opened without the key. It would be for the jury to de cide whether there was a warranty, and that was the only I question they would have to decide. The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of twenty minutes returned into court with a verdict for the defendant. The Lord Chief Justice—You find there was no warranty. Foreman —We do, my lord. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. P. Stuart.) ARDEN V. PARRY.-EDWARDS V. PARRY.-THE HOLBORN THEATRE. Mr. Bacon and Mr. Dickinson were for the plaintiff Arden ; Mr. Greene, Q.C., and Mr. C. Park for the plaintiff Edwards ; and Mr. Malins, Q.C.,and Mr. Angelo Lewis for the defendant. • The plaintiff in both these cases moved for injunctions to restrain Mr. Parry, the proprietor of the Holborn Theatre, which is nearly completed, from erecting a wall at the back portion of the theatre, which, it was alleged, would obstruct the free admission of light and air to cer tain houses, of which E. Arden is the landowner, and the other defendant the landlord. The hearing of these motions has already occupied two days, and was resumed this morning. The evidence, which consisted of affidavits of several architects on both sides was voluminous and conflicting, and in support of the plaintiffs' case there were also affidavits of the tenants of the premises, which, it was contended, would beinjuriously affected by the proposed wall. The counsel for the plaintiffs having been heard in behalf of their respective clients, Mr. Malins this morning proceeded to argue the case on behalf of the defendant. He contended that there was no evidence to show that the intervention of the court, either by interlocutory or injunction, was rendered necessary. Of its nature a more important case had never been brought before a court of law, and it was one which so deeply affected the interests of his client that he was anxious that it should receive the most careful consideration of the court before it was to be finally adjudicated upon elsewhere. The law bearing on the question in their motion had under gone considerable modification lately, and he trusted the court would give his client the benefit of that modification. The building was nearly finished, and, being 66 feet wide by 100 long, it involved the defendant in considerable ex pense, amounting, as he was informrd, to £lO,OOO already. The defendant was a gentleman who had for a long time been connected with theatres, and had been very success ful in some of • the theatres which ho had erected. It was suggested to him in 1864 that a theatre was required in the neighbourhood of Holborn and that it would b e popu l ar an d pro fi ta bl e. Th e defen. dant, who was a man of enterprise as well as success, im mediately availed himself of the suggestion, and, having canvassed landowners and tenants in the neighbourhood, he feud there was a general feeling in fayour of the pro- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. CATTLE PLAGUE BILL. Sir G. GREY moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. HUNT said he should not object to the second reading of the bill, but he should reserve to himself the right of moving, if he should think proper, any alteration of the bill. He calculated that the Government bill was not made to effect the object intended. Concessions had been made to certain towns to the great detriment of others. Ho considered the bill a bad one, and he did not move its rejection, because ho was too much alive to the danger of delay. Were he to move its rejection the Go vernment party would at once say it was a party metier, to bring about a Ministerial crisis and produce a state of chaos in that house. He had supported the Government on many occasions, but since the removal by the hand of death of the great master mind, his opinion as to the existence of the present Government was by no means heightened. He consented to the second reading of the measure, bad as it was, solely to prevent further delay, but in commit tee he could not see that it could pass without the first 20 clauses were omitted. He thought, struggle how they might, the bill even to be in the slightest degree effective, must be made to stop all carriage of cattle for the present on railways, and more stringent regulations enacted for the moving of cattle on the high road. Mr. BRIGHT thought there appeared to him to be a good deal of party feeling mixed up with hon. gentle men's anxiety relative to the existing calamity. (Hear, hear.) He thought the house was doing that which was unwise; they were legislating in a panic. The great object of the Government appearedto him, afteran attentive perusal, to be an attempt at isolation, in which the hon. gentleman opposite did not go far enough. The next was that there was to be a Government permission to slaughter all cattle attacked with the disease, or suspected of being ill ; and the third point was compensation. Ho thought that grant ing power for indiscrimate slaughter would tend to set aside all attempts to arrive at a curative for the disease— (hear, hear)—and farmers would take no steps, but would quietly allow the cattle to be killed, because they would receive compensation. In the Irish bill it was thought possible that dogs might carry about the disease, and therefore all humble curs--(laughter)—were to bo kept in close confinement. Now, he should like to know from the hon. member for Northampton whether the coun try gentlemen, who were so strongly represented in that house, would stand well with the country if the sport of fox-hunting was carried on for the next month or so ? In the paper that contained a report of the great meeting held at Northampton, at which about 2,000 persons were pre sent— Mr. HUNT—Five hundred. Mr. BRIGHT was sorry that there was not greater interest taken in the measure; but in tho paper to which he had alluded ho found there wore no less than fifteen packs of hounds fixed for meet ings during the week, and who could tell the number of miles and extent of country those hounds would traverse ? (Hear, hear, and laughter.) If the disease is carried about by everything that flies—by everything that creeps—why not things which run ? (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He could not approve of the compensation clauses, because the compensation was to be paid to rich men in that house and out of it—(hear, hear, and oh, oh)—when nothing of the kind was ever thought of in the cases of those who lost so much by the cotton famine. (Hear.) He had been told that the cattle disease had not killed more animals last year than had died of the lung disease in 1860, and he should like to know if that could be contradicted. That circumstance showed the want of agricultural ,statistics, and who had been more indisposed to allow such to be collected than the farmers themselves. Ho objected to voting money out of the funds of the country to pay compensation to rich and well-to-do farmers ; and what they should do was to strike out this indiscriminate slaughter, and those by which compensation was to be voted out of the taxes wrung from the poor and struggling artisans, in order that rich men might be compensated for that which they could well afford to bear. He wondered they were not ashamed to pass such a measure. • Col. LINDSAY supported the bill of the Government in preference to that of the hon. member for Northampton, as he looked upon the latter as too stringent and unwork able. The farmers had never expressed a wish that fox hounds should not run. If they had the country gentlemen would at once cease from such sport. The hon. member for Birmingham had transgressed the rules of that house in speaking of that which he did not understand. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) A fly might carry the disease, and a bird do the same, but a foxhound did not do so. (Loud laughter.) He should support the bill of the Govern ment. Mr. LOWE said the hon. member for Birmingham had endeavoured by his speech to get up a fight between the humble cur and the lordly foxhound, and to manu facture a grievance. (Hear, hear.) He denied that the bill was brought forward to benefit the rich and large landowner at the expense of his less fortunate brother farmer. The compensation was to be given to farmers for nrer — purkuu gut.ou, vas,. ~aua t.zao money otrgut to be taken from the general contribution. He pressed on the Government to reconsider the question of conveyance of the cattle by railway, because it was impossible to clean the railway trucks so thoroughly as to render them free from contagion within the time allotted. The bill, he be lieved, without these alterations were made, would share the fate of many excellent people—namely, it would die before it was thoroughly understood. (Laughter.) He hoped the Government would withdraw the 18th clause, which would remove a matter of much dissatisfaction from the bill. Mr. J. S. MILL said he agreed in tho main with the member for Birmingham ; but there was a point in the bill which he could not assent to, and that was the compensa tion proposed by the bill, which he looked upon as exces sive; because by the bill as it stood the farmer would be a gainer by the compensation if two-thirds the value of the animal slaughtered was adhered to. He did not lookupon the producer as the great sufferer—the consumer would have to pay an increased price for his meat according as the producer increased his price, which he would do as his losses increased, and in that way the consumers would be those who would suffer most, and therefore were the best entitled to any compensation. (Hear, hear.) He thought an aristocracy should have the feelings of an aristocracy, and that they should not be the first to come in and set up a claim for compensation. They bore all the honours of the country, therefore they ought to bear the brunt of any emergency that might arise. Viscount CRANBOURNE thought compensation would be looked upon not as an agricultural but a national ques tion, but he felt'certain that the superstitious reverence of the Government for local authority would utterly destroy the bill, and therefore he hoped the right hon. gentleman would even at that late stage reconsider the conclusions he had arrived at. Mr. AYRTON wished to know from the Government how the compensation was to be levied on animals slaugh tered in the metropolitan markets. It might arise that the animals would be hurried from certain counties, where they were attacked by the disease, to the Metropolitan Cattle Market for slaughter, and the compensation would there fore be cast upon the metropolis. He thought to become entitled to compensation the animal ought to have remained in a certain locality somo time before the owner of it could receive compensation for its slaughter. He should like to hear the opinion of the right lion. gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department on that point. Mr. ACLAND hoped the Government would adhere to the present provisions of the bill, because a departure from them would, in hie opinion, prove fatal to the mea, sure. Mr. N. GRENVILLE supported the bill brought in by Government. Sir G. GREY thought as there was a general agreement with respect to the bill of the Government, it should be now read a second time. He should not object to the bill of the hon. member for Northampton passing tho same stage in order that the question, upon which there was a diversity of opinion, might b 3 raised in committee. The bill of the Government, as also that introduced by Mr. Hunt, wore then severally read a second time and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The house then adjourned. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Mir. 6. Ditto, by French packet .. Feb. 2.?. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. —Feb. 22. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles . Feb. 27 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 23. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Feb. 22 Mauritius, via Southampton Mar. 10 Ditto, via Marseil Mar 10 . Newfoundland , Feb. 14 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork .. Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Feb. 16. West Coaht of Africa. Madeira, and 'remelts ...... Mar. 12 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico F. Cuba and Mexico •• * Feb. b. 2 2 8 8 . Bahamas, via New York. Mar. F. Bermuda, ditto Mar. 4 . THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS. —Foreign Office, Feb. 14.—Further information has been received from Mr. Rassam, to the effect that he had reached Matemma on the 21st November, and was there expecting an answer from King Theodore, to whom he had written. The pri soners were in good health by the last intelligence, dated October 17. MARRETS,--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts, which commanded a steady inquiry, at an advance in the quotations compared with Monday of 2d per 81bs. The best Scots and crosses realised 5s per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was limited, were in good request and rather dearer, the best old Downs and half-breds having sold at 6s 10d per 81bs. The few calves brought forward produced very high rates, viz., from 5s 8d to 6s 8d per Blbs. Pigs moved off steadily on former terms. Mulch cows were very dull. • Por 81b to sink the offal. d s d s dsd & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 4 Second quality do ..1 0 4 4 Prime u'thdown 00.6 6 610 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 8 La-ge coarse calvcs.s 8 6 2 Prime Scots, tze....4 10 5 0 Prime small d0......6 4 6 8 Crse. and inf. sheep.l 2 4 JO Large hogs 4 t. 4 6 Second quality do ..5 0 5 8 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb....os Od to 0., Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 21a; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts Foreign supply. Cows. .. I, ( 7 0 Beasts.... Sheep 9O Cows... 4 , 10 0 Sheep Calves 1 750 Vigs lO Ca vex 4u 4•• 190 rigs 850 MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENUALL—The supplies of meat have fallen off, and the trade is steady at very full prices ;—Beef, from 2s lOd to 4s 4a ; mutton, 3s lOd to 5s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. HAY, SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, ;£4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to 16 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A moderate supply. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL.--311340V1 hay, £4 48 to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £7 Os Od; and:straw, £ 1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade inactive. DEATH OF SERGEANT HOWLEY.—Sir John How ley, first sergeant-at-law, died yesterday, at his residence in Fitzwilliam-street, Dublin. Be was one of the oldest members of the Irish bar, and had been for 30 years chair man of quarter sessions of the county of Tipperary. It t d h e is red offi pr ee oba th b a le t Sergeant a o on t t h u e o w c l c e a y s i was n a s of k his m t e e t r . e m l e t n i t s f c r o o n m s that Mr. Barry, M.P. for Dungarvau, and law adviser to the Castle, will be appointed sergeant. PRACTICAL FENIANISM.—ADVICE OF THE " NEW YORK HERALD."—WiseIy directed, the vast machi nery of the Fenian organisation, the fervid faith which its followers have in it, and the liberality with which all classes of our Irish people contribute to its funds, may be turned to excellent account, and may accomplish more for down-trodden Ireland than revolution ever accomplished for any people since the world went round. Fenian ener gies should be directed entirely to the single object of bringing the Irish people out of Ireland into this country. The Fenian brotherhood should become, heart and soul, an immense emigration society, and their grand purpose should be to further this exodus of their countryinen. By acting with this view through all its agents, and spending its great accumulations of money in this way, Fenianism will do mere for Ireland than it could have hoped to do in that country. It will give the Irish people a republican government, and to every Irishman a comfortable home. This it can never do in Ireland. Republicanism cannot flourish on that soil. Already, in several Western States, a movement to further emigration on a most extensive scale has been set on foot. This originated in Minnesota, but is widespread. These emigration societies propose to choose available lands, and locate the emigrants as they come ; and it is probable that some States will assist the measure with funds. This is' practical assistance to the Irish. Let the Fenians give up their bitterness and curses, plots and plans and squabbles, and go to work in the spirit of these societies, and all Ireland may yet with reason bless the organisation as the real salvation of the people. Archaeological Association. The Good Earl of Shaftesbury and the Poor Street-boys of London. A novel and highly-interesting spectacle, growing out of the recent disclosures respecting the treatment of the casual poor, was witnessed last evening at the Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Children, Parker-street, Drury - lane. In consequence of the facts brought to light by the late visitor to the casual ward of Lambeth Workhouse an effort has been commenced with a view to rescue the boys who are accustomed to sleep in the casual wards of our workhouses from the contaminating influences of the men who frequent those places ; and to the committee managing the above refuge we owe the philanthropic demonstration under consideration. As a means of collecting these miserable waifs and strays of society into a focus, it was determined to issue a notice to the officials of the casual wards of the various metro politan workhouses, stating the wish of the committee to give "a supper of bread, moat, and pudding" to those homeless boys, inmates of the casual wards, who might wish to come, it being the desire of the gentlemen inte rested in the fate of this helpless class to attempt the orga nisation of some plan by which they might be rescued from crime or destitution. The Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. Hanbury, M.P., and several ladies and gentlemen inte rested in the refuges for the homeless and the destitute, gave their adhesion to the movement. It was expected that about 400 boys would have presented themselves in response to the invitation ; but although it was ad mitted at the meeting that the workhouse officials of the various workhouses had, with one exception, readily promised to acquaint the boys with the invitation, there seems to have been a feeling on the part of many of these voun: "casuals" tkat it mi! h _be intee.l.o /-.Fr a ap or em, an. a it would be prudent to stay away. About 170 lads actually made their appearance, in addition to the 100 boys who are the regular inmates of the refuge in Parker -street. A good many friends of the m ovement were present to witness the despatch of this public supper. The lads be longing to the refuge sat on ono side of the room, and the specially invited on the other. The spectacle presented by the latter section was very affecting. Many of the boys were without shoes or stockings, most of them in rags and tatters. Many of them had that air of cunning and preco city which comes with too early an acquaintance with misery and vice. Here and there a fine head and intellec tual countenance stood out sharply from the general mass. Whatever might be the daily miseries of these poor young creatures, they were dispelled for the time by the good cheer provided. The repast was ample, almost to a fault. Each had placed before him, in succession, half a pound of cold beef, with plenty of bread, one pound of ex cellent plum pudding, and a pint of coffee. When the plum pudding came the decorum of the lads quite gave way, and they set up a terrific cheer. After the supper the lads and visitors repaired to another room, which is the workshop of the Parker-street Refuge, and the boys were addressed in turn by Mr. Williams (the secretary to the refuge), the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. Hanbury, M.P., and others. The boys were at once taken into the confidence (f their well-wishers, and the consenta neous readiness of their various responses to the interroga tories of the speakers was remarkable. Mr. Williams, after stating some statistics .with respect to the operations of the Parker-street Refuge, detailed the causes which had led to the present gathering ; adding, that it had struck himself and friends that some means might be devised for rescuing these boys from the career of crime and misery which awaited them, and by the institution of some scheme of employment prevent them from becoming tramps and vagrants *nd a pest to society. He had no definite plan to propose, but it was clear that most of the assembled - • lads only wanted some friendly hand and a fair_ start_— in life. The Earl of Shaftesbury next addressed the boys, in a series of direct questions, having first enjoined a truthful and fearless response to his interrogatories. The answers came promptly and decisively, and constituted a most interesting feature in the proceedings. The first poser was, "Let all those boys who have over Leen in prison hold up their hands." About 20 or 30 hands were held up. Then "Let those who have boon in prison twice hold up their hands." About ton were hold up. " How many in prison three times ?" Five hands were upraised. "Is it the case that the greater part of you boys are run ning about town all day, and sleeping where you can at night?" A general response was made to this query. "Dow idnogyohuolgseets3:”ou,,rßleivgegliinhgo,v? "C 7, some boys called out , "Hold like to get out of your presentle l a i n u ien of g life, boots." an d ea " t W er o i u n i t d o you of honest industry ?" A general and enthusiastic "Yes" was the reply. " Supposing that there wore in the Thames a big ship, large enough to contain a thousand boys, would you like to be placed on board to be taught trades, or trained for the navy and merchant service?" A forest of upraised hands settled these alternatives in the affirmative. " Do you think that another 200 boys out of the streets would say the same ?" Answer, "We do." Proceeding with words of encouragement to the assembled boys, tell ing them that they had a great duty to perform in this life, and that although they might be poor God held them in esteem—that although some pooplo might be rich and others poor, all classes wore dependent on each other —the noble earl said that all classes, b o th rich and poor, must work together, to make good men and good citizens of Queen Victoria. The noble earl concluded b y exhorting the boys to " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," —a sentiment which was received with deafening cheers by the lads. e t r a p n u g r e poTsehbeybmoyre. gwaenrebuaryftmalarodtshaorddvriessitsoerds:oantdhtothseams assemblage broke up. way be drafted however, paved f into or t hsometa the e perhapsp ar lodging for er_sst some comprehen sive hiena Parker-street Nothing of a pos itive character was determined on with respect to these poo r outcasts, but it was felt that the g roun d had m been s,ihtioon b ea l be It o n y sa was and i might hinted,theh t b 40 additional R e Ng°. We may add that every lad on leaving th e meet ing had 4d. given to him to procure a night. A TRUEPRIEND OF TUE POOR SOIIOOL-CITILDREN OF LONDON !—The annual treats to the scholars of Claylands Sunday School took place in the school-rooms, Clapham-road, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings last. On Monday there was a social tea-meeting of the children's parents. On Tuesday the elder scholars, after partaking of a substantial tea, assembled in the lecture-room, where Mr. W. H. Miller (whose namo has been known and honoured throughout London as one of the most energetic promoters of the Ragged School move ment) gave a very amusing lecture, entitled "A Journey from the North Pole to Spain," illustrated by a moving panorama. The school children sang at intervals a selec tion of music, concluding with " God Save the Queen." The entertainment provided for the younger scholars on Wednesday consisted of a series of beautiful dissolving views, Yesterday evening an ordinary meeting of this association was held in their rooms in Sackville street—Mr. Syers Cuming in the chair. A great number of curious and interesting objects were ex hibited by several members. Two pieces of earth enware found under highwater mark on the coast of Lincolnshire were shown, which were con jectured to have been the implements used in mould ing the clay in ancient potteries. They bore on parts impressions of the rough skin of the hand of the workman who had pressed the clay together in forming the implement, but no clue has been ob tained to the date. Mr. Gaining expressed the opinion that they belonged to the Roman period, and he thought that if further search were made near the place where they were found some traces of a Roman pottery would be discovered. Mr. Greenshields and Mr. Cuming exhibited three ancient doigtiers of bronze that had been employed, like the medixval moulines, for bending the cross bow. An archer's thumb-ring of Aventurine paste, the material made at Murano in the 17th century, but the ring itself of Oriental manufacture, was exhibited by Mr. Cato. Long oval guards of bone for the left thumb of archers, from Kamtschatka, were exhibited by Mr. Cuming, and a somewhat similar thumb guard of bone from au excavation in Lombard -street was shown by Mr. J. W. Baily. It was stated by Mr. Cuming that the Asiatic archers were accustomed to pull the bowstring with the thumb, and it was for protection against the friction of the string that the first thumb guard was used, while the object of the others was to protect the left thumb from the blow of the string. Some specimens of earthenware Roman pottery, found at a depth of 18ft., in digging the foundation of a house in Grace church-street, were exhibited by Mr. Roberts. A curious plaque of impressed horn, bearing the Ber nini bust of Charles 1., and the badge of the Stan leys, an eagle and child, was exhibited by Mr. Kendrick. It is believed to have formed the lid of a box once the property of the first Earl of Derby, who was beheaded at Bolton in 1651. Mr. Gordon Hills read a notice of a manuscript compiled with great labour and research by Mr. Walton, contain ing lists of the deans and other dignitaries connected with Chichester Cathedral from the 11th century to a recent period, with occasional entries of the most remarkable of them. These details, he observed, threw great light on many parts of the cathedral and its history. Mr. Walton, who was present, expressed his thanks to Mr. Hills for giving interest by his exposition to the facts he had collected, and he complimented Mr. Roberts on having detected by his examination peculiarities in the structure of the building, which thefacts since collected from various records had fully established. The meeting then adjourned. ar SPORTING INTELLIGRNOR.—This VICTORIA CLUB BETTING —Tins DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Copenhagen (taken) 100 to 9 agst Valiant (taken) 100 to 7 agst Caithness (taken) 100 to 6 agst East Lynn (taken) 100 to 4 agst Lucky Star (taken) 100 to 4 agst Mephistopheles (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Student (taken) HARROW RACES—This -DAY. EBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] The Two-year-Old Race. Half a mile. Run at Lady Pam, Bonny, Fortune, and Transformation are here. Bedhunite and Pelorine expected. Handicap Plate. Three-quarters of a mile. Run at 1.45.—L0rd of the Manor, Peignoir, Llangolan, balker, British Tar, Oxygen, Queen Bee, and Leah aro here. Several othors expected. Selling Stakes. Five furlongs. Run 2.3o.—Duchess of St. Albans, Oxygen, Leah,. Finale. The Gem, and Killar ney, all to be sold for £3O. Harrow Steeplechase Plate. Two miles. Run 3.30. Polly Hopkins, Dune Brown, Sinite, and Arlescott are here. Maiden Steeplechase. Three and a half miles. Run at 4.ls.—Sacramento, Bolingbroke, Geraldine, Amazon, and Knighton Belle aro hero. THE LATE BIRMINGHAM MEETING.—In the Hunters Plato of 25 sovs, run on Tuesday, at Birmingham, Tiger was returned as the winner instead of King Tom. Tiger did not pass the post. RACING FIXT FRES FOR 1866. FE BR Lincoln 2O 'ART. Nottingham Spring 27 :C H. MA. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Creston Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B API Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Wo o l w i c h 2 1 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring MAY. Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spicing l6 Liverpool Hunt (hip 2O Chester Curragh 24 Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring JU Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer Windsor Summer Newton Hampton Odiham Bibury Stockbridge Chelmsford 1 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hun gerf ord Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh I Worcester rL Y. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Brighton AUG Brighton Club Lewes Egham Wolverhampton Stockton. Oxford.... Hastings. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l SEPTE Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester Doncaster Brecon Canterbury Northampton Newmarket 2d October... 8 Curragh OCTO. Lincoln - Liverpool NOVEL .... 1 I UST. York August .. .. 21 Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer • 29 Weymouth 3O :MBER. ~21 Richmond Hendon i Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall ,BER. Newmarket Hougliton Worcester 22 . 30 :BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 COURSING. GREAT WATERLOO MEETING-WEDNESDAY. FIRST COURSE. The Waterloo Cup, value £1,600 in specie, by subscription of £25 each : 64 subs ; the winner to receive £5OO ; the second, £2OO ; two dogs, £5O ; four dogs, £3O ; eight dogs, £2O; and 16 dogs, £lO each. The winner to give three dozen of claret to the dinner. Mr. Armistead nd Little Grey beat Mr. G. Gregson's nd (Mr. Clark's) Curiosity. s__Colonetitathurat xrd (Lord Garlies') Godiva beat Mr.W S. Garnet nd Golden Hair. Mr. Strachan's Marquis beat Mr. W. H. Clark nd (Mr. Spinks's) Sea Fly. Mr. Brocklebauk's Isaac beat Mr. F. Bartholomew's Bonus (1). Mr. W. Long's Lagrange beat Lord Lurgan's Muter Burleigh. Mr. Malloby nd (Mr. Blanshard's) Bocce beat Mr. Hay_ wood nd (Mr. Racstor's) Revelry. Mr. Jones's Jan Mace beat Mr. Borron nd (Mr. W. Wal ker's) Boll's Bank (late Torn). Mr. D. Bateman nd (Mr. Muster's) Robe beat Mr. D. Croft nd Whitehall (late Brush). Mr. Williams nd Good Gracious beat Mr. Russell's nd Stockwell. Mr. J. Johnstone nd (Mr. F. Johnstone's) Fieldf are beat Lord Eglinton's Waterloo (1). Mr. Bland nd (Mr. Goodlake's) Gaudy Poll beat Mr. Cloudesdale's Wideawake. Mr. T. D. Hornby nd (Mr. Robinson's) Rover beat Mr. Barber nd Dick. Mr. Callender nd (Mr. Ewing's) Lovo Bird beat Mr. J. Gibson nd (Mr. Ewing's) Liddington. Mr. J. Blake nd (Mr. Punchard's) Prime Minister beat Mr. R. Jardine's Constance. Lord-Grey do Wilton's Glendower beat Mr. G. Blan shard's Bye-go. Lord Bective's Lady Alexandra beat Mr. Doan's Despe rate. Mr. J. Jardine nd (Mr. E. Jardine's) Annaballa beat Mr. Knowles' King Tom. Hon. Captain Molyneux nd (Lord Sefton's) Saturn boat Mr. Green's Queen Mary. Mr. W. Massey nd (Mr. W. Forrester's) Cauld Rail beat Mr. Chesshyre nd (Mr. Shittler's Simon Pure, 2 (drawn). Mr. J. Savage nd (Mr. Bouverie's) Blue Eye boat Mr. J. Cunningham's Bess. Mr. C. Randall nd (Mr. Marileet's) Monkshood beat Mr: J. H. Blundell nd Gipsy Girl. . Mr. Deighton ud (Mr. Evans's) En Route beat Mr. D. Lloyd nd (Ur. Evans's) Eyes Right. Mr. T. Hyslop nd (Mr. Dunlop's) De Morny beat Mr. T. L. Reed's nd (Mr. Morgan's) Marcus. Mr. G. Thompson's Theatre Royal beat Dr. Richardson's nd (Mr. Jamieson's) Johnny Cope. Mr. N. Saxton's Samuel beat Mr. Hodson's Hydra (1). Lord Binning's Basil beat Lord Sefton's Scapegrace (1). Mr. Blackstock nd (Mr. Holmer's Belle of the Cottage beat Lord Stair nd (Mr. Harrison's) Black Boyd. Mr. J. Spink's" Sea Ranger beat Mr. Lister ud (Mr. T. Smith's) Cassiope (1). Mr. Mather nd (Mr. Carruther's) Meg beat Mr. A. Graham nd Sixty-two. Mr. Wise's Wee Bob beat Mr. J. Brundrill's Black Topsy. Mr. Stocker lad Heroic beat Mr. J. Dunlop's Marshal Forward. Mr: Gorton nd (Mr. Foulke's) Brigadier beat Mr. J. Campbell nd (Mr. Hyslop's) Naworth. LATEST BETTING ON THE WATERLOO CUP. LIVER£OOL, Wednesday, 11.15 p.m. 12 to 1 agst Isaac (taken) H to 1 agst Annabella (taken) en) 1 1 11 8 6 66 t t tt o o : 111.1 agstaaaessB t tt ES Marquisl3 enaasßoute Basil (t Ranger k(ea a (taken) t e n t k n ) ) 18 to 1 agst Lovo Bird (taken) 18 to 1 agst Theatre Royal (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Alexandra (taken) 25 to 1 agst Becca, (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rebe (taken) 25 to 1 agst Saturn (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fieldfare (taken) 25 tc 1 agst Cauld Rail (taken) BO to 1 a gs t Jem Mace (taken) • 30 to 1 agst Brigadier (taken) . 33 to 1 agst Glendower (taken) DEATH OF A GLASGOW NEWSPAPER.--The Glas gowwh ose He fi ra n l a d l a i : s n u o e u a n y c p e e s a t r h ed e d o e n m T i s h e o o r f s d t a h y e . la G s l t a . sg i o ,h w e Courier, ier at one time occupied an honourable and prominent posi tion in Glasgow, but for some years had almost passed out of sight. It was established as a tri-weekly paper in 1791, but was afterwards reduced to a weekly, and was through out a stanch supporter of Tory principles, and was re garded as the principal organ of the West India interest. THE EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE POLITICO -ISIS-• TORICAL LIBRARY of the late Joseph Parkes, Esq., Taxing Master in Chancery, formerly of Birmingham, is about to be sold by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and 'lodge. The library comprises Parliamentary history and statistics ; curious and rare Tracts of the times of Charles I. and II.; singular early Trials and interesting Reports ; Parliamentary History and Debates ; Treatises on Crimi nal Law, the Peerage, Episcopacy, and Reform ; Tracts on the South-Sea Company, Roundheads, and many other subjects. The extraordinary gathering of books, tra c t s, and MSS. relating to the famous Junius cent writingo e d a b s y t the fo r d t h e c o e r a si inquiry oiry gentlemannto thisfor m the yst e r p y u , r io v i su e :: Yoo not be sold. They are to be retained until the projected work is published. p ~'~ ~` _ 59 1001 I n 8 141 981 9