The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-16 00:00:00

DTONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market presents no new feature of interest. The supply of capital afloat is abundant, but the rates remain at 51, and 6 per cent. for first class short dated papor. What is contributing to wards the hardening of the quotations is the out flow of gold to the continent, and of silver to the east. In the bullion department of the bank on Satur day the operations comprised £120,000 withdrawn for exportation, and £20,000 received. The report of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company has been issued. The net profits for the year,lafter making all deductions and reserves, leaves a disposable balance of £127,243, out of whi c h a dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent., is recommended, leaving a reserve of £81,177, and an amount to be carried forward of £16,588. We are informed on good authority that the directors delegated by the board of the South- Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railway C°mPanies have determined to recommend an arrangement for the fusion of theinterests of the two companies. This arrangement cannot fail to be beneficial to the shareholders, while it will afford increa sed r facilities to th e pu bli c . The advices from most of the principal manufac turing districts for the past week state that busi ness generally has been very inactive, the unsettled state of foreign policy having caused a suspension o f export operations. At Manchester cloths and Yarns have been at reduced rates, while at Leeds, ,Bradford , and Huddersfield, there has been little business reported in any description of woollen Foods. In Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolver hampton also less animation has prevailed in most departments of business. Two o'CLocK. the 3 per Cent:R entes were 67f. 20c. Fi rm. The English Stock Market opens with an appear ance of hea v i ness, but subsequently there were some BPeculative purchases, and prices' improved k per nt. The tone of th e mar k e t i s , h owever , f ar fro m! r e encour ag i ng. Consols are now quoted 86k 1 _money, a n d 8 6/ k for the account. The New t ilr ees are 841 I, and th e R e d uce d Annuities, 844 ; ,ank o f Engl an d S tock, 246 248 ; and India 5 per kients., 10 34 In the For e i gn S tock Market a little fluctuation has occurred, but there has been no material change 21,prices. T urkish 5 per Cents. are 33/ ; Mexican, /; ditto N ew, 17/ 181 ; Greek, 13 + ; Spanish 5 Pa ssive 251, ; the Certificates, 15/ ; Italian, 54 ,i 5; Egyptian R a il way L oan, 4 2 d i s. U n i te d States Government 5-20 Bonds, 68/ 69k ; Erie Shar • es) 52 531 ; and Illinois, 79k 80. IQ the Railway Share Market business has remai ned very qu i e t , an d pr i ces genera ll y h ave 'nown little change of importance. Great Western an d i Met ropo li tan have each declined 55., while B righton Eastern (B erw i c k)h ave i mprove d 5 5., an d ' r ighton £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no change Worth recording. Grand Trunk of Canada are flat at 24k. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull. Imperial Bank have receded to 28 ; London Bank of Mexico to 12/ to 13 ; London and County to 77 1. General CAdit and Finance are dealt in at 4 4 k. London Fi nanc i a l at 151, and Overend, forriey, and Co., have re ce d e d t o 131 ; the Pasha Egypt's New Loan Scrip is quoted at I.lk prem., a nd London, Chatham, and Dover Scrip 2 2/ Prem. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 865 5 6 5 5 3 per Cent. Consols 861 4 1 . Do. Account, May 9 841 5 °,,,Per Cent. Reduced 845 1 i i mew 3 per Cent lie r w 25 Cent. Jan. 1894 •'-'O. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 kelluities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188_0 — , no. for 30 yrs, aspire sth April, 885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1208.- MTtgh rch. June. Do c•-•euer Bills, £1,000,3 per C en t . 3 dis Pr .£5OO 3 dis Par 3 dis Par R ' Do £lOO and £2OO 246 4 - atdc 01 England Stock, 5 per Cent D° Account — /„'",eIDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. "o,ian Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 — D. Account 1031 I V. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ,'' - ' O . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ,JO. Certificates O. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent 1011 1: ', 0 . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 "'„o• 51 per Cent., May 1879 — 1-',O. Deb., 4 • per Cent., Aug. 1866 "0. Bonds, £l,OOO _ 1)0- under £l,OOO Pm A arm FUNDS-- PRICES. --rgentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — Pen mBustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 raznian per Cent uo. 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 D° Do. 1865 , Account ........ - `'eteu uO. Scrip, £45 paid Dnos Ayres 6 per Cent o £ICO Bonds -- 9„ Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) lilian 6 per Cent 1 ).,0 Scrip, £25 paid , - 1 -)0. 45 per Cent ;oloinbian 6 per Cent. 1 3 144 .'1 6 per Cont. 1 ,11181 1 3 per Cent., 1825 ua,ttubian Principalities tad Jo. Account or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... 6gy()., Pro visional Land W arran t ran 7 per Cent -- ) ) 0 0 , £SelOO Bonds — Do Do • 1861 875 85 £lOO Bonds B9l 5 9 , V• Governalent Railway Debentures — dig th:uo. £35 paid k 5 Per Ce t 1824-5, ex Coupons .640 A,ccount ns" 131 1 tit °' C °4o 11, 0 ,1• te h raala, ,5.l;Z r Cent. blac;-Au Per Cent 1865 bo'l,,.""ttoluit ke.,..":,threitimana Railway be "It 3 per Cent • Account D o _ 1) 0 6 1864 _ tlo llt Per Cent. Anglo-French koo evidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Newroshraitria' 1 5 per Cent D o na _ D ° 2 Per Cent 1)0 tDeferred be.% alul Warrants (Hectares) D Xer Cent, 1864 Periluvrnle:erall teed, 4 per Cent D o 3 - ' Per Cent., 1865 DoDo „Per Cent (Uribarren) — '9 - per Cent., 1862 porti; A ccount _ I.) P es e 3 per Cent. 1853 , b°o.7lPer Cent., 185 6 , '7, , 9 , '6O, '62, '3, 4-51 eellsBi,,„ep,llnt D o "- ' Per Cent, 1822, .£ St — Dob3 It per Cent 1850 3 Per Cent., 1860 ' 6 P e e Cent. 1859 D o , Per Cent. 1862 a,,,iii,ui,l,:.er Cent 1864 8 9154 ii z D o : 5 Per Cent -pa4isi, e:-•011ut 0 0 i ' Per Cent — 4ll D ° ..,.ccount t° A eVir Deferred uou ~Aocount Dui as r siv e r , A __ , i 10_T;e0C/M, /41)0 84 Cert. of Coup not funded — 7. Account . 15i 16 ea, i , A Do Per Cent. Turki:j4lPer Cent. 1864 DDo AO , Per Cent. 1854 — 0 6 11rit D o A Per Cent. 1858 11)3,01 iteocoounnotn..a..; _62 1 D o A Per Cent. 1862 D.. 4xeconnt ... 634 3 3 5 ,o 0 .zi or , ~...otid.. .......................... 651 6 51 " 6 uI/ D o r Per Cent, 1863 D o citßer Cent., 1 865, paid up Scrip — ,Do le(innt .(t ezu e r r Cent. Guaranteed bitt o e a 3 Per Cr Do r ac c°fint ...... . , 1)0 )4per Ceut., 1862 ********** becollat ..... ............. 0118t6.1 1/1401 ‘:sliividencts ou the above ._. payable in London. pbo 0 Pet' Cont., Ex. 12 Guil _ i. re lith fe,er Cent. Certificates utli to -, pontos 3 per Cent. IJO .ikt.,,cpc,eurtOt eut 1 861, Ex. 25f. •••• — s3i THREE O'CLOCK. k,s o b., r 861 3 1) 0. ''' A !or money - "''couttt ........ ._ IEAT, 'ent. ter(' th e ll OF LADY PONSONBY.—We have to t re i 4% death of Vieountess Ponsonby, aged 80, on Sa ur ( Itkil a kt i her residence in London. The deceased was a " el. of George Busey, fourth Earl of Jersey. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share' Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & b.Junc E. London, scrip Certi 8) 127 128 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow tt S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. K Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 2) 15 cf , 114 116 40 41 6 7 1 121 12! 17 133 Do. New, ls. at 25 pip Gt S, and W. of Ireland' Gt. Western -Original. Do. S. Val. Mail gua. Do. South Wales Do. IV. Mid.— Oxtord 594 57 59 39 f 1 31 Si 1W) IC2 Val :21i Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lancashire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 5.5 97 29 :+2 1201 !211 92 93 61 63 1331 1332 2 t 3 I, 1 * 1 11' 92 16 Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd liid'and Do. £9 Share 1221 (2 92 11 • Do, Birmin.. & Derb) Hid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. E astern— lierwiek Do. G.N•E pureham Do. Leeds Do. York Dc.. Carlisle ..... ..„ t 7 t 8 6 27 ICBI 10vb 71 72 1(81 1(9 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E „Aber. stock 354 564 10 It p 122 121 1 2p 1 2p 74 76 . 108 112 149 351 60 GS t , o. Scot, kid. stJok Shropshire Union South Devon south R,stern italnes, Wok., Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 49 51 744 75 8 9 140 113 2i 3i , 100 103 51 53 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 4cl i I I 122 137 i 5n 81 121 2 i 01 931 2i 109 I 711 109 36} 6 741 4 71i ; i z I Paid./ Closing I Business Price. done. iii 30 1 3 ( 201 li 92 I .33 i I BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 10 0 Atlantic & St. Lawrence all 55 57 et 5 Bom.,Baroda, k Cen.ln. 100 102 103 1021 gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. F shares . . 8 p 1.1) 201 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 51 66 10 Do. Preference ... .. . all 96 106 too j Buff.,Brant, & Goderich ( 6 p.c. .872-3- lOO 76 80 st Calcutta &S. E., lira 100 96 98 st :at c Town & Dock, gu 100 65 70 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 100 102 3t East. Ben al, gu., sdo 100 101 102 l 4 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 102 103 1026 1 I 20 Do. J Extension l5 et Grand Trunkof Canada 100 9 9 31 29, 1 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 85 87 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 63 66 1 0 0 Do. do. deferred ail 55 60 100 Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds all 57 59 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 45 49 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 109 110 1081 20 Po. Gua. 5 per cent l6 16 2 p 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 16 2 p st Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D. , . 41 per cent lov 91 93 el Do 2 201 Great V 7( s. of Canada all 151 16 lg 201 Do. New .. 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 all 81 V 6 10C Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 83 r 5 10 fndian Branch, limited 2 1 4 0 et Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 99 100 991 at Do. 46 do lOO 90 *2 et Do. 41 do lOO 86 88 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 et Ifelb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnda. 100 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. all 62 64 et N.lll.C'da,6pclstpf.bs. 100 8' 82 et Scinde 100 99 100 , , st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do " ... 4 2 ft. st Do. Punlaub .... p_m, 100 97 99 9 _ . et Do.lndus St.Floz, lOO COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872.... 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 lOO 02 94 941 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1.,0 00 14 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 90 94 sp. c. Jan. & July 100 74 80 77 81 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ak 100 77 b 0 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 164 121 Do.Apl. &Oct 1890-1900 100 105 107 —• Do. do; 1880-9. 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-0 i 100 102 It 4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1000 lOO 90 22 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.( 100 1( 2 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1 8 Itauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1..78 Do. 1882, Slay 15, Nov. it 101 104 106 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1,20 It 2 104 Natal 4iov. 6 per cent DO 104 102 N.B.Gov. p.c.Ja.&.l uly 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c., Het 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187; 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.! 100 871 886 8 7 1 1 1 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 Do. 5 per cent... . Nova Soutia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 98 100 ctueensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 99 1 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-0 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c:la & July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 1021 1031 103 5 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Cold, lim. 1 - - Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlat 1 510 580 Drake walls 2.1.0 f 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 296 2 t 23 East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9. East Carn Brea 3l 31 46 m ast Grenville 2.14.0 34 4 East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 6 1 East Love,' 3 . 9 .0 8 9 _ g. WI Russell (Tavistk 10,8.0 3 31 Gram. & StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L tzey, limited all 20 21 211 Great South Tolf.r,us O, 4,6 I ii Great Wheal Busy.- a Wheal Vor (Heist , L 1 40 25 26 Grenville 8.18.0 36 31 Herod's Foot .. 8.10.0 33 40 Hingston Downs ..... 5.10.6 4i 5 Margaret (Uny Lelan .. 13.17.6 4 6 Mar ke Valley 1.10.6 4 41 i r on Ore, Um 21 24 ltd - Nor th Roskear - 4 NneviwYndSeYton ........ Nl O 2.13.0 N..3rVthli'vvl Bah:sHeitetraolfltoygan 4.4.0 1 t Prosper United.. • 7.1.6 32 Pruvidenee IJnyLelant 10.6.7 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 375 900 South Condurrow 3.2.0 14 3 -- S.Wheal Fran. (M . 15 20 (Illogan 1818.9 35 15.6 4 6 -- Stray Park Tin Croft 9 13 15 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 3 5 West Bassett (Mogan - 14 1 2 W. Caradon (Ltskeard 9 8 West Chiverton ll 724 77 9 4 West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 58 EO 85 Whcal Buller (Redruth 16 20 2 2 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton - Wheal Trelawney (I.is 7 13 15 eItEFERENCE StIARZ3 (It. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford Ist guaranteed stock, 1171 PREFERENCE SaA IiES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Stc., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 64 London and S.-Westorn 4i per cent., 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. • Graat Luxembourg, 13i Sambre and Meuse. 7 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15 4t West Flanders, 5} per cent. pt., 91 FOREIGN MINER. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3 / 2; Cobre Copper. 14} Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, / St. John del Rey, lim., 52 3 Ydanan.utana of S. Australia, Rm., 3/ DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 71 Surrey Commercial, 109 BANKS. Agra and Misterman's. Um., 51/ Alliance, lim.. 241 3 4 1. Anglo Austrian, 51 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 11 Anglo-Italian. lim., 141 Australasia, 70 Bank of British Columbia, 21 Bank of ctago, Bank of New Zealand, 184 British and Californian, lira., 4% Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 20 4 20 English Joint Stock, lim. 71 I English, Scotch, and Au stralian Chartered, 2) European Bank, lira., 8 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 15 Imperial Bank, Um., 28 Imperial Ottoman. 01 1 Ditto. new, 10 94 let Lutd Mortgage Bank of India, Ilm., 34 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lira., 121 13 London and River _Plate, 53 Ditto, issued at 14 pin., Ditto, new, 6% London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 London and County, 78% 74 London Joint Stock, 461 London and 11 estminster, 1 Midland Bank, lira., 20 Oriental Bank Corporation, 474 % Union of London, 521 14 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 / floa,bay Gas, lira., Ditto. 3d isisue, Ditto, new, z Commercial Union, Insuran2e, 6% Company of African Merchants, lim., 3/ Credit Foncler and Mobilier of Englanu, 614 Ebbw Vale, 71 1 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 3% 3 English and Foreign Credit, 31 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 121 Gen. Credit and Finance of Luiaoa, lira., 4 IA- Hudson's Bay, 10% Imperial Mercanthe Credit Asso., lim., 21 2 International Financial :rociety, lim., 4+ 1 London Financial Association, lim , 15% Madras Irr.gation and Canal, Ditto (all), 17 Mlllwafl Freehold Land and Dock, 7 milwall Iron Works. 2% National Discount i moony, 13 1 12; Ditto, issued at 5 prem., of winch 31 is to pay, 515 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 141 1 1 4 I Rio de Janeiro Gas, 211 UnlYereitl Marine, InaurmicelUDl., MARKETS.--This Day. MARK-LANE. The wheat trade in the county markets, held on Satur day, was firm, and fine samples changed hands, at rather higher prices. Barley was very dull, and the trade for other descriptions of spring corn ruled quiet, at rather drooping quotations. Flour sold slowly, at late rates. On the continent, the wheat trade is steady, at full prices. At New York, the business doing in wheat and flour for export to Europe continues very limited. The arrivals of English grain, &c., up to our market last week wero very moderate. Tho imports from abroad consisted of 10,182 quarters of wheat; 22,217 barley; 29,216 oats; 587 beans; 300 peas; 50 tares; 1,047 linseed; 14,416 rapeseed ; 7,078 maize ; 565 sundry seeds ; and 1,967 sacks of flour. Fre h up to our market to-day, the arrivals of home growd wheat were only moderate, and in but middling condition. For the best samples, the trde was firm, and prices advanced ls. per quarter. Inferior qualities of wheat moved off slowly ; nevertheless, last Monday's cur rency was supported. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was, mode rate. For most descriptions there was a fair demand, but in some instances prices were the turn in favour of sellers. .Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, and the quotations ruled firm. The supply of English barley on sale was very mode rate, but the market was well supplied with foreign quali ties. _ Sales, generally, progressed slowly, at about late rates. Malt was in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Beans were in short supply, and the trade ruled firm on rather higher terms. There was a fair demand for peas at late rate rates. In flour, about an average business was transacted on former terms. _ _ The supply of oats on sale was moderately large. Most qualities were in fair request at fully late rates. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old 46s 51s Do., white, old 5 be Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— parley—Grinding Malting 36s 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21s 28s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 213 27s Cork, white 23s 28s Scotch, Feeding 22s 27s Beans—Tick Pigeons .... 46s 50s Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers "t 3Bs 42s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel French, per sack 34s 38s Agricultural sends have been in but moderate request, on former terms. The cake trade has been firm. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was an increased sur ply of beasts on offer in our market to-day. It was composed of 800 Scots and crosses from Norfolk, 283 from Aberdeen, 70 from Dundee, and 300 from Ireland. The remainder was composed of foreigners, in fair average condition. All breeds met a heavy deznaud, at a decline in the quotations of 4d per 81bs. In the early part of the morning a few very superior Scots sold at 5s 4d, but subsequently the quotations declined to 5s and 5s 2d per 81bs. The whole of the supply from NOr folk was received per railway. The new Order in Council forbidding the removal of sheep without the Board of Works' District, caused great heaviness in the mutton trade, inasmuch as buyers from Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, whose attendance was good, wero unable to make purchases. A fall, there fore, of 4d per 81bs took place in prices. Prime Downs and half-breds, in the wool, sold at 6s 8d to 7s; out of the wool, 5s 4d to 5s 6d ; and clipped Lincolns, 4s 8d to 5s per 81bs. Lambs were in fair average supply and sluggish request at from 7s to 8s per 81bs. The few calves cu show wero disposed of at from 5s 4d to Gs 4d per Sibs. Pigs moved off heavily, at depressed quotations. The top figure was 4s 30d per Blbs. Per Sib to sink the offal. s da d Crse. & inf. beasts... 4 0 4 4 Second quality do ..4 6 4 8 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0 Primo Scots, &e.... 5 0 5 2 Crse. and inf. sneep.4 2 4 8 Second quality do ..4 10 5 o s ds d Pmeers-wool sheep 6 U 6 4 Prime b'thdowa u 0.6 8 7 o Large coarbe ealves.s 4 5 10 Prime small d0......6 u 6 4 Large hogs .3 8 4 0 6mall porkers 4 2 4 10 Lamb.... 78 0(1 to 8i ocl. Suckling calves, —s to —8 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t) 3.e each. _ _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 2,990 Beasts 1 9OO Cows. — Cows. sheep • 27,210 sheep 8 9lO ... Calves O( ICa.ves 53 rigs O5O 'Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 8,438 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 4,914 . ; in 1864, 4;525 ; in 18G3, 3,716; in 1862, '2,539 ; and in 1861, 3,211. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp — ... 4123 ... 144 ... 50 ... 27 Boulogne 362 ... 1333 ... -" Bremen 427 ... 396 ... Aarhaus 378 ... Cadiz — Beasts. ... 3 ... ... 2 Calais.. — Corunna — Dordt. Dunkirk Delfzyh. Hamburg lO9 ... 519 ... Harlingen - ... Havre — ... Ostend l4 ... Oporto Rotterdam — ... 1/ ... - ... 100 ... - ... 63 .--.. • • • ...". • • • "."' • • • '.... -.... •• • 4 ... 18 ... - - ... 186 Total 1,332 ... 6,573 .. 148 88 ... 297 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 1327 2104 ... 1 337 ... 756 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, April 17, 1865, and this day, Monday, April 16, 1866. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. April 17, 1865. April 16, 1866. s d --- -- s" d s d s d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6t03 10 4 oto 4 4 Second quality do. . 4 0 4 4 4 6 4 8 Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 8 410 5 0 Primo Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6lO 7 0 6 8 7 0 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 2 410 5 4 510 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 4 2 410 Beasts 3,170 2,990 Sheep 14,050 27,210 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 18, 1861.—Beasts, 4,290 — sheep, 19,020—calves, 149—pigs, 490. April 20, 1863—Beasts, 4,39 o—sheep, 20,540—calves, 149—pigs, 470. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale here to-day are moderately good. Tho trade generally is heavy, on lower terms. rer 81b by the carcase. sdsd s d s d Inferior beef 3 6 310 Inferior mutton.— 3 8 4 6 Middling do. 4 0 4 2 Middling mutton.. 4 8 5 0 Prime large do 4 4 4 6 Prime do 5 2 5 4 Prime small d0....4 6 4 8 Veal 5 0 5 10 Large pork 310 4 4 Small pork .....4 6 5 0 Lamb, 6s Id to 7s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in hops is but moderate. Prices, however, are steadily supported. Last week's im port was 109 bales from Antwerp, 58 Bremen, '6B Rotter dam, 46 Hamburg, 23 Dunkirk, and 90 bales from Boulogne. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings —s to -8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of potatoes on sale is moderato. The trade for nearly all qualities is dull at barely late rates. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 6os to 100 s „ Flukes 7os to 1103 „ Rocks 4ts to 60s WOOL. Owing chiefly to the hetWyfall in the value of co tt on, the trade for English wool has ruled q uieter, an d there has been a tendency to lower prices. In colonial Woo ], b y private contract, sales have p ro g ressed slowly, on former terms. Last week's import was about 10,000 bales. Current prices of English wool per lb. Sd pd Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 9 i 1 10i Half-bred do 2 0 2 1 Cont' fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7i 1 8 Leicester do - 2 0 Sorts—Clothing Combing SEEDS. Very little bu iness has been passing in linseed, but no change has taken place in the qutations. Rapeseed has ruled quiet, at, in 59pa9 igtAftuceo, rcqher less money. TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet, and P.Y.C. is selling at 48s to 48s 3d perucwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 46s net cash. Rough fat, 2s 5d per 81b. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 41,825 52,116 37,005 81,232 Price of Y.C. j42s 9d to 41s Od 39s 9d 48s Od to 1 —s Od —s Od —s Od 48s 3d Delivery last week 1,312 1102 2,152 1,386 Ditto from June 1 72,688 68,370 86,148 96,179 Arrival last week 307 50 376 135 Ditto fr( in June 1 76,252 82.639 78,132 94,928 Price of Town ELECTION COMMITTEES . .This Day. CAMBBRIDGE. The committee assembled this morning, under tho presi dency of Mr. IL Lowe. The scrutiny was proceeded with, and some names having been struck off, the petitioner's counsel said it would not be of any use to proceed further. The committee deliberated, and then declared the elec tion void. NOT TINGIIAM. The committee reassembled this morning, and further evidence was taken. It is impossible to fcresce when the inquiry will come to a close. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COMMENCEMENT OF TERM. The commencement of Easter Term, and congequently the resumption of business in the supreme courts of law, at Westminster, was celebrated this morning by the Judges. Her Majesty's counsel and the leading members of the legal profession breakfasted with the Lord Chan cellor. At the splendid repast the Judges proceeded in procession to their respective Courts, in Westminster-hall, where a large number of persons had assembled to witness their arrival. The business in the Court did not commenco owing to this circumstance until two o'clock, and then it was con fined to Motions and other matters totally devoid of in terest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. • MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WIFE INCITING A MAN TO ASSA ULT HER HUSBAND. — James King, of No. 7, Porter-street, Soho, described as an engineer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with as saulting Mr. John Jennings, a dairyman, of No. 5, Porter street, Soho. W. E. Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the complainant, and said that a few days ago the complainant, who lived unhappily with his wife in consequence of her dissipated habits, was charged at this court with assaulting his wife, that Mr. Knox, who heard the case, seeing that it was a trumped-up charge, dis charged the complainant. On Saturday night the defen dant went to the complainant's shop and demanded a shawl belonging to his sister-in-law., which he alleged had been lent to his wife. Ho was told by the complainant that he would not get it, and he left, but returned in about an hour accompanied by the com plainant's wife, and, without saying a word, struck the complainant in the face, there being little doubt that he had some sharp instrument in his hand at the time, as the complainant's face and hand were cut, the complainant's wife standing by all the time inciting tho defendant to assault her husband by crying out, "Give it him, give it him well." The complainant gave evidence which fully bore out Mr. Lewis's statement, and he further said that his hand was cut in protecting his face. lie believed the prisoner had assaulted him at the instigation of his wife. The defendant said he merely went to the house to ask for his sister-in-law's shawl, which had been lent to the complainant's wife to enable her to attend the court last week. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a violent assault, and he should fine the defendant 40s. or a month. Mr. Lewis said he had to apply for a summons against the wife of the complainant for assaulting him. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought as she had incited the defendant to assault her husband she ought to be sum moned, and granted one. THAMES. A PAINFUL CASE SCANDALOUS TREATMENT OF A LUNATIC PAUPER.—SuEan Poulson, a poor and wretched looking woman as pale as a spectre, was brought before Mr. Knox, charged with attempting to commit self destruction. Police-constable William Furnish, No. 674 A, stated that yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock the prisoner came to him in the Mile-end-road and said that she had swal lowed a quantity of oxalic * acid, and was determined to destroy herself, for she was quite destitute and tired of her life. He took her to the station-house. A doctor was called in and an emetic applied ; the poison was dislodged from her stomach. Mr. Knox—Had she swallowed oxalic acid ? Witness—Yes, sir; she was very ill, indeed, and wo sent her to tho Union-house. The prisoner, who was straining and in great pain, here called out, " I want Sir George Grey to hang me." Furnish—The doctor and the people in the union house say the prisoner is insane. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the poor woman was committed by Mr. Partridge to prison for 21 days about a month ago for refusing to do work assigned to her in the workhouse. lie had then to watch her, and had great trouble to prevent her strangling herself. She was before Mr. Paget last week, after she came out of prison, and complained of neglect and ill-usage, and the magistrate ordered an inquiry to be made about her. Mr. C. Young, the solicitor, then stated that Mr. Par tridge carefully investigated the case, and, upon the evi dence of the surgeon of the Stepney Union that she was not insane, and was capable of doing the work assigned to her, he committed her for 21 days. Mr. Knox said the unfortunate prisoner was no doubt insane and very ill, and she must be taken care of and treated with the greatest humanity. The best course would be to send her to Stepney Union-house. Mr. Parker, the master of the Stepney union at Bromley, said he should be most happy to attend to the suggestions of the magistrate. The case was a peculiar one. The surgeon of the Stepney union said she was not insane, and other surgeons said she was a lunatic. Mr. Knox—lt is an absurdity to say she is not insane. You hear what the gaoler says, and you have heard the statement of the police-constable. She made an attempt to strangle herself. She had taken poison, and you can see the state she is in now. For the credit of the Board of Guardians of tho Stepney Union, see to her and treat her tenderly. Thu Prisoner—Hang me, sir. Mr. Parker would take care that every attention should be paid to the woman. Roche—She is very weak, your worship. The poor woman cannot walk. Mr. Knox directed that a cab should be hired, and the woman taken at once to the Stepney Union. The poor creature was then discharged, and lod out of the court. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. This Day. LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. PILL, April 15.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailod—Klasina, for Baltimore. PORTSMOUTH, April 15 —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Valparaiso. LITERXOOL, April 1 5.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Fort George, from Calcutta. DARTMOUTH, April 15,— Sailed—Star of the Ocean, for Ichabol. NEWPORT, April 15,—Wind SX,—Sailed—Perseverant, for Bombay. FALMOUTH, April 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tbyra, from Mauritius. BuisToL, April 15.—Arrived_ Barbara, from Africa; Aulla, from Mauritius. THE COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT, it is said, intends to leave France next June for a tour in the United States. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Da Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of oases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as— cough, asthma, also diarrhm s, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fetmrs, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, l i c r ic r n i t e t a b s il letvye, even le i n e pl preg nancye s s Influenza, noses in the head and ears., iheum stism, gout, nese, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debi li ty, im purities, eruptions, hysteria,nau nsbeerauornalsenlhgdiitai,ss, scrofula, tightness of the at sr 4 .pmapi s ea,ns Nsl:i sinking the i u nspasms, o g te f I pitat t awof the :—Curestomach No. 4 and 0,276. between mr Ia the m e s shoulders, Roberts, timber merchant, of Primley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord lieut. of Waterford, of manyfi sasteuairesn'e77Bsppaespsmisa.o-I:oLsts9,,aBn32d. dyspepsia, nervousness, n ß er e v v o , u j s a n m es e s s , 64,816. The and torpid- Fit ty years' indescribable ago re n fo y Nl f ko r , o .o m sti d i vomiting —Maria — h t: a C°N ; rno resisted all medical treatment.— In tins, lib, 2s fid ; 21b, 4s 61 ; 51b, lls ; 121 b, 22s ; 211 b, Ms.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; 63, 150, and Harvey, Oxford-street ey N o Notting-hill; n g ; . 3 h 3 , 0 1 , 1; Strand c Close e ; also Phillips, tea d2alers, 8, King William-street ; likewise at 61, Gracechurch- street; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate er-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 96, s s 4 t , re u et p W per ith i3 in ak ; Upper -s g t t re n e ' t N. ; a,ll d Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood, London; and all respectable grocers anti che ruism—ljoyare of spurious imitations. The Assassination of President Lincoln. REMARKABLE STATEMENT OF STERLING KING, A PRI SONER CONFINED IN THE LOUISVILLE (KY.) GAOL. A man named Sterling King, an inmate of the gaol in Louisville, Kentucky, has confessed that he was the person who attempted the life of Secretary Seward. No faith whatever can be placed in the truth of the statements, but as a matter of interest we condense the following further particulars from the Louisville papers of the 22d of March : "We chance to be personally cognisant of the antecedents of this pretended conspirator. He claims to be a native of Virginia, and states that he was a cousin of Horatio King, formerly Assistant Post master- General. "In 1863 he figured as a lawyer in Cincinnati, and also obtained permits for the shipment of goods to Memphis. While thus engaged he was arrested by the military authorities, charged with uttering disloyal sentiments, tried by court-martial, and sentenced to six months' labour on the fortifications back of Covington, with a ball and chain attached to his leg. For some reason the sentence was not carried into effect. " Some time afterward he appeared in Abingdon, Virginia, where he was sporting the uniform of a Confederate colonel. General John H. Morgan arrested him as a spy ; he was tried by a court martial dud sentenced to be hung. But in this case, as in so many others, good luck attended him, and he managed to escape to the Federal lines. " We know nothing of King's operations sub sequent to his escape from Virginia, until he was lodged in our city gaol on the charge of stealing horses and buggies." The Democrat says : " King states that he was the man who killed President Lincoln. He says that he entered the theatre as any other person, purchasing a ticket and paying for it. At the appointed time he entered the private box in Ford's Theatre, Washington, where Mr. Lincoln was, and he shot hint with a single barrelled pistol, which he let fall at the time he leaped from the box. He gives as his object for using a single-barrelled pistol that he was compelled to leave it behind him, and if it had been a revolver those in the box might have used it against him. He further says that after he shot the President and leaped from the box he passed by several per sons, but one of whom he knew—Miss Laura Keene—and she did not know him. According to his statement, J. Wilkes Booth, whom it is said was the murderer of Lincoln, was in the rear of the theatre awaiting with horses. " From the vicinity of Ford's Theatre he states that he went to the residence of Secre tary Seward, and, after forcing an entrance, he made an attack upon the Secretary himself, cutting him in the throat with a bowie-knife. He says that after young Seward was knocked down, the old man begged not to be murdered, and that he struck the blow to silence him. His only re gret seems to be that he did not kill the Secretary. He says that the statement published in the papers that there were two persons in the affair is false, as he is the man who shot the President and made the attack upon Secretary Seward. He says that there was another person in the affair who has not yet been apprehended, who was to have killed Stanton, but he failed to fulfil his pledge. "In regard to Booth, he says that Booth had nothing to do with the killing, with the exception of assisting him to make his escape from the city of Washington. He gives in his written statement, which is now in the hands of the military, the route he pursued after leaving Washington. He says that the man killed in the barn, and who is said to have been Booth, is a pri soner who escaped from the Ohio prison. He claims to have, in company with Booth, went from Washington to Canada, and from thence to the island of Cuba. He states that his object in re turning to the United States was for the purpose of releasing Jeff. Davis, the President of the Con federate States. "In regard to Mrs. Surratt, who was executed as oue of the conspirators, he says that she knew nothing of the conspiracy. The parties who planned the affair, three of whom have never been heard of, met regularly at the house of Mrs. Suratt, but she knew nothing of their design. He says that he was stopping at the house of Mrs. Suratt some ten or twelve days previous to the execution of the plot. " There are two prisoners now in gaol, Llewellyn and Grimes, who say that they know something of the affair, and it may be that the tale has been con cocted for the purpose of getting the three released from the charges now against them, and have them turned over to the military authorities. " The above statement was made to Generals Jeff. C. Davis and Watkins, at the gaol, on Tuesday, after having been related to two or three of the pri soners and policeman Bligh. Finding that his statement was likely to get him into very serious difficulty, King determined to put an end to his .miserable existence. He asked the privilege of hav ing a small penknife, which was granted him. With this he opened the veins of the left arm, and would have bled to death had it not been that the attempt was discovered by his cell-mate, and an alarm given. We yesterday paid a visit to King in his cell, and found him too low to speak. The alarm in regard to his attempt to commit suicide was given about four o'clock in the morning, after he had bled for several hours." GEORGE PEABODY.—The following sketch of the successful commercial career of Mr. Peabody is given by the Weekly Press, Philadelphia Mr. G. Peabody, the well-known millionaire, who has been in business in London since 1837, as a merchant and money-broker, and previously had in Philadel phia and New York branches of his Baltimore house, is as liberal as wealthy. In 1848 he largely contributed to restore the credit of Maryland. At his own proper cost he supplied the arranging and garnishing of the American department of the Crys tal Palace Exhibition of 1851. 'He contributed libe rally, in 1852, to the expense of the American expedi tion fitted out under Dr. Kane, to explore the Arctic regions, in search of Sir John Franklin. At Danvers, New England, where he was born in 1795, he founded an institute, now bearing his name, de voting $70,000 to that purpose, and also gave over $590,000 to found an institute in Baltimore for the promotion of science, literature, and the fine arts. On retiring from active business, a few years ago, he presented the city of London with the muni ficent gift of $750,000 for the benefit of the poor of that modern Babylon, which has been expended in the erection of comfortable and convenient lodging houses for the working classes ; and he has lately supplemented this with the additional gift of $500,000, making his donation $1,250,000 in all. There are men in London, scores of them, who could have done as much as this—but none of them has done it. The humane liberality of the American merchant stands by itself—its own record, as it were. THE DEAD OF THE AMERICAN WAR.—Slowly and sadly the records of the late war are being completed. Since the overthrow of the Rebel lion, the statistics of the army have been made up by patient investigation, so that as near as pos sible the cost of the dreadful conflict may be ascer tained. We have now a partial revelation of the loss of life, in the summing up of the medical and hospital records, by which it appears that no less than 253,000 Union soldiers died on the battle-field and in hospitals. There are not included in this ac count the number of officers and soldiers who died at home, either from wounds . or the effects of dis ease contracted in the service. The latter may be safely estimated at 47,000 more, so that the entire mortality by the Rebellion in the armies of the North, by the casualties of the war, may be put at 300,000. The remains of these gallant men are scattered all over the South ; thousands of them sleep their last sleep on the field where they fell ; many have been exhumed with care and reinterred in cemeteries near their former homes. The debt which the nation owes to these martyrs in the cause of freedom can never be paid. The Ame riean p eo peo ple have a legacy in their exam ple for the with encourage ment of future generations that will brighten time, and teach their descend ants that patriotism is the first duty, and that t o his country_ee-vbelroyodo.ne owes his strength, his co ura g e, and NEWMARKET RACES—'This DAY, PRINCESS OF WALES STAK.ES. Salliet do. .. •.. 1 31cestissiraa filly 4 2 HANDICAP PLATE. The Duke 4. 'l Elland ••••• Sister to Ascham 7.Fourteen ran. Won by three parts of a length; three lengths between second and third. PRINCE OP WALES STAKES. Broomiolaw.... Effervescence . Endsleigh Prodigal Primrose. Ratty ... J Ten ran. Won by a neck. MAIDEN PLATE. Twelve ran. Won by a neck. SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOPS: Problem Water Cure 2 Bugle E ye 3 Won by three parts of a length. SPRING STAKES. TY C King Hal ....... • • R A e t i a g l a n n i n t a g ......... . . 2 1 ty ..n....n. ... ................. ..PLATE ....... .... 0 .. ... ........... .............. .. L Ec .g lry i Mint LATEST:~ppeI do i lv e r ran. .17 . . s . A . N . D . O —liar: BETTING. 7 to 4on Lord Lyon I: N or G d . scratched. CHESTER CUP VICTORIA CLUB BETTING —Tins DAr. TWO THOUSAND. 6to 4 on Lord Lyons (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Janitor (taken freely) 100 to 9 agst Freedom (taken) 15 to 1 agst Student (offered) 33 to 1 agst Apsley (taken). 6t04 on Janitor-1, 2, 3—(taken) sto 1 agst Student- 1 , '2, 3—(taken) CHESTER - CUP. sto 1 agst Redcap (taken) 6to 1 agst Delight (taken) 9to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 25 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (offered) 25 to 1 agst Lion (offered) DERBY. 9to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 5 to 1 agst Rustic (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken), 100 to 1 agst Apsley (taken) 900 to 400 agst Rustic and Lord Lyon coupled (taken) - - THE NORTHUMBERLAND. MILLWALL, MONDAY AFTERNOON. It was arranged that the great attempt should be made this afternoon at half-past 2 to launch the Northumber land, and thousands of persons embarked on board the different river steam-boats to witness the attempt. Un fortunately their curiosity was not gratified, as owing to the lashings of the after starboard camel not being perfected the directors were compelled to forego the attempt to get the Northumberland afloat. The Admiralty had sent two powerfnl steamers, and early in the morning it was confidently expected that success would attend the exertions of all, but such was not the case. It cannot be said that failure of any de scription occurred to-day, the failure being simply that owing to the cause above stated, no actual attempt to move the huge vessel took place. It is fully expected that by to-morrow afternoon all will be complete, when the great attempt will be made. The disappointment to the thousands of persons who had availed themselves, and that too to a dangerous extent, of the Greenwich steamboats to witness the launch, was extreme, especially as many of them had to enduro for hours the pelting of the rain and a biting cutting wind from the south-east. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time : —West Middlesex Water, Devon and Somerset Railway (capital), Morayshire Railway, Dublin Corporation Water, Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum, and Central Wales Extension Railway. The following bills wero read a third time and passed : Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Ryde Gas, and Alder shot Gas and Water. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS AMENDMENT BILL. Earl RUSSELL rose to move the second reading of this bill. The noble earl, who spoke in a very low voice, said that the bill proposed to substitute a uniform oath for persons who were entitled to seats in Parliament, and to repeal existing statutes on the subject. The present oaths taken originated in the reign of Charles 11., and was decided upon as being calculated to confer permanency on the Protestant succession, and the Pro testant religion in this country. LLEFT SPEAKING.] IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT -.0- HOUSE OF LORDS--THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TIE in EDITION. SUN OFFIsfJE, 7 o'CLocK. PETITIONS. The Marquis of WESTMEATII presented a large num ber of petitions against the abolition of Parliamentary Oaths by members, and the reading of the names of the places from which the petitions emanated occupied a quarter of an hour. Lord SONDES also presented petitions to the same effect from Felthorpe, Boston, and Easton, in Norfold ; and against the' appointment of Roman Catholic prisons and workhouses. Earl DERBY presented petitions from different parts of the United Kingdom against .the Parliamentary Abolition of Oaths Bill PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. On the motion of Earl STANHOPE, returns relating to Parliamentary Reform, which had been presented to the House of Commons, were ordered to be laid on the table of their lordships' house. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tnrs EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Aldrington, Hove, and Brighton Gas; Bridgnorth, Wol verhampton, and Staffordshire Railway ; Newcastle and Gateshead Water; and Sheffield Water. THE REFORM BILL. A number of petitions were presented in favour of the Government bill for the amendment of the state of the re presentation of the people. Mr. OTWAY gave notice that to morrow he should ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Govern ment intended to adhere to their deterinination with re spect to the disfranchisement of the dockyard artisans. Mr. MARSH asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government had come to any Anal determina tion with regard to the promised bill for the redistribution of seats. What bcgoughs, if any, were to be amalgamated with others; what, if any, were to be totally disfranchised; what were to be partially disfranchised; and how the seats taken from those boroughs were to be disfranchised. And whether it was the intention of the Government to keep its views on these subjects concealed from the members of the House of Commons until after the division upon the pre sent bill ? • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, with respect to the threefold question of the hon. member, it was not the practice to state the final determination until the proper time arrived. With respect to the second ques tion, that could not be answered viva voce, but would best bo discovered from the bill itself. With respect to the third portion, it appeared to him to be asking the Govern ment whether they would do that which they said they would do. (Laughter.) He would, however, take the op portunity of restating the intentions of the Government on the opportunity h e s h ou ld have in speaking to amendment of the noble lord the member for Ch e ster. ARMY SURGEONS. Col. C. LINDSAY asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would state the reason of the proposed change of system in the promotion to the rank of surgeon in the Brigade of Guards ; whether the existing system of regi mental peomotion had ever been known to fail, and that member for public advantage was likely to be derived from the pro posed change ? The Marquis.of lIARTINGTON said ho couldhardly i n discussion un til the limits of an answer to a question exp h la o i n n . the resort for the °hang:ls from that of 1860. The Fifeshire bad given notice of his intention of bringing matter under the attention of the house, and thereforethhe thought it would be better to postpone the di CHANCELLORhew would do consent otnhseenEXCHEQUEßtto postpone, asked Sir F til that time. if necessary, THE MALT TAX. standing for o i ; e se Ti t i b hY l motiono7e whethert id the eib, o tli n tteh on malt the duty, a view to the continuance on that evening Tuesday, Representation now of the People Bill ? He was afraid there was no hope of concluded th a t even i ng, ant i the debate on the 114, form Bill being member to postpone kissole rea '- - son in asking the hon. that the debat e might his motion was proceed Sir F. KELLY said he without interruption. moment of his should much regret the post motion, but he w 9 1 1 14 not stand in the way of the Government, provided the right hoe. gentle man would give him an evening on which he could bring forward his motion previous to the Budget being brought forward. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said ho could not give the right hon. gentleman a night previous to his making his financial statement, because he stood pledged to the house to bring forward the budget the first GoVernment night after the second reading of the Reform Bill. Sir F. KELLY said that, under these circumstances, he should bring forward his motion to-morrow evening. IMPORTATION OF DISEASED CATTLE. Sir G. GREY said with respect to the question pnt to, him relative to smuggling in of some diseased cattle, at tho instance of Earl Granville and Col. Talbot, he led tr, i d n the inquiries promised. With respect to the part of the charge that related to Earl Granville, it appeared that the cattle had been taken to a farm of his left entirely to the management of his bailiff, a licenca having been obtained by the dealer for the moving cur tain cattle ; he used it for the purpos e of driving the cows brought by the Dutch steamer to his lordship' s farm. An information had been laid against Earl Granville, and it had been hoard that day by the magistrates at Edgewara but they wore unanimous in dismissing it against his lord -ship, but it was held that the bailiff and the dealer had, broken the law. The cattle had been killed, snd there wa g no reason to suppose they had spread any infection. With respect to the cattle taken to Col. Talbot's, they had been moved to his farm on speculation by the dealer, and had he driven them back he would have contravened the law. Ho had not heard the result of the magisterial inquirx into this case. It had not been concluded since his formation left. . THE REFORM BILL.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The adjourned debate on the amendment of Earl Grosvenor to the motion for the second reading of this bill was resumed by Mr. MACUIRE,'who in the course of his observations said both sides of the house stood deeply pledged to the question of reform, and he thought that the present was a very favovrable opportunity for settling the mater. He was of opinion that the bill then before the house was a fair compromise, and a moderato, measure which would be accepted by the working class as a settlement of the question for some time to come. He did not think there was any reason for the lanic that had been raised in some quartersin cousequenca of the proposed reduction of the borough franchise to £7 —(hear, hear)—because the house had had on former occasions proposals for reducing it to the extent of £ 5 . (Ilea; hoar.) There need not be any fear that the bill would weaken any of the cherished institutions of w t h h o e u_.i c a ou b i ev it e r r 3 c - n . :i i te hoped the Government would carry thet e b a rn —hear, b_ fo e ol a lir r .a ) um the—gehnmtoeb member that ho cared' much for o P f a t r h h e am rig en h t t . honour)r. thbeunt of alluded h t h o e g h r o et i a :e t hoped he assemblyt o h it io b 40 i t l s hon. lih member forC i t s t u lne, who, he said, had related journey seenr'lie li e vas them legisla'ang i n his experiences obt a i ned b y h ° to Australia, w her e to use his own expres s i on , he had g their shirt-sleeves. (He ar , hear.) l posed to the views propounded by that hon. altogether op n. entleman, i Which b e cause his (Mr. Maguire s) information, - elated to the colony of Victoria, was quite opposed to that of the hon. member for Caine. He had said that tho proceedings were conducted in a way which was highly objectionable. The voting was by ballot, there was no corruption, and the lowest voters were high above the roughs of Kidder minster and the lambs of Nottingham. (Hear, hear.) I t was ridiculous to suppose that the free trade policy would bo swept away if the house adopted the £7 franchise, and he could only say that he was greatly surprised when the hon. member . for Wick made the declaration the other evening. He considered the amendment proposed an insiduous amendment, because it meant death to the prospects of reform during the present year, and death to the honour of Parliament. He hoped the house would give its assent to the bill ; at all events, he should give his vote in favour of the second reading. [LEFT SITTING.] THE CAPE MAIL. PLYMOUTH, April 16. The mail steamer, Norseman, has arrived here with the above mail and 123 passengers. SPOUTING NOTES. The field for the Two Thousand will be made up from the following : Apsley, by Arthur Wellesley—Daisy .. J. Goater. Auguste, by Monarque—Etoil du Nord H. Grirathaw Colt, by Brother to Bird on the Wing—Rapid Rhone's dam - Colt by Young Melbourne, darn by Tedding ton—Maid of Masham T. French. Freedom, by Newminster—Licence A. Edwards. Jack-in-the-Green, by Gleumasson—May day Cannon. Janitor, by King Tom—Mrs. Hobson Wells. Knght of the Crescent, by Knight of St. Pat rick—Besika Norman. Lord Lyon, by Stockwell -Paradigm J.Osborne, or J. Daly. Magician, by the Flying Dutchman—Magic Hibberd. Monarch of the Glen, by Stockwell—Glen gowrie T. Challoner. Mount Palatine, by Newminster—Pauline Robin Hood, by Lord Lincoln—Blooming Heather J. Daley. Sealskin, by Skirmisher- -Doeskin, or Ley bourne, by Musjid—Harlequin's dam J. Mann. The Student, by Oxford—Blanche of Mid dlebie II Covey. The support awarded to Lord Lyon will reduce the field for this ()Vent to a very small compass. In fact no instituted. th,iesevhleo a.ustti Intfwgl.ol”o or T s jh h tao a iniu t rile t td h oe rwe has eciteihsbie;Deausenurdcbs,hty would a fa horse has seen s uc h a s h or t pr i ce ever • since the race was in u m y l doas: anything hoa l i rinitdgeoodlvin,ekvor bu in t "shouting." t the within ne form he showed at Ascot, it would not surprise me to see him beat Lord Lyon. August, the hope of the French division, is said to have been beaten in his trial. So was Gladiateur last year when he came out and won this race, as well as the Derby and St. Leger. Knight of the Cres cent will represent John Scott's stable, but I do not think suCcessfully. Freedom came with a rush last week into the betting, bOth for this event and the Derby, but judging from his last year's form he can have no chance. Student has been having too many Turkish baths to be formidable: However he may just run into a place. Lord Glasgow's lot has met with some support, the best of whichis the Maid of Masham colt. If Sealskin is better than Ley bourne, who is in the same stable, he has an outside chance after the latter's easy defeat of Beelzebub and Crown Prince at the last Newmarket meeting. In closing my remarks I must give a plumper in favour of LORD LYON, and if he is 'defeated it will be by JANITOR. The Newmarket Two-Year-Old Plate will be won by Fitzroy or Knight of the Garter. The • One Thousand Guineas I expect IscHia or REPULSE to win. A FRESH MAN. JOHN STUART MILL ON THE WORKING CLASSES.— A writer in the Morning Herald says: —ln tho preface to third edition (1852) of Mr. Mill's " Principles of Political Economy" will be, found these words : —" The only objec tion to which any great importance will be found to be attached, in the present edition, is the unprepared state of mankind in general, and of the labouring classes in particular ; their extreme unfitness at present for any order of things which would make any considerable demand on either their intellect or their virtue." It will not dilute the severity of the quotation if I point out to the thousands of the labouring classes who read your paper, that whereas Mr. Lowe has, for his criticism of certain constituencies, been denounced as a malignant reviler of the non-voting population, Mr. Mill, on the other hand, has published, without compunction or reservation, a most sweeping condemnation of working men in globe. It strikes me that the deliberate wr itings of a public man demonstrate his real opinions more truthfully n o y f than any oral statements he may see fit to ma ke G laas one dstones the most fervent apostles of Messrs. Brig ht and s h a o r s a p t i u ta i l , Franchise Bill. under distinguished T h G e R m E l e members b N e r ° s ß o T f ri t E h R e promised a first-class entertainment,iio Saturday, 28th inst., for l o o f f L a o p n p d li o ca n. tion E s till for d R a n i' : NAlliexoaSuPdlTraA 331.,ICumALuEuDCOINul:LR,e0.1L--1-y refusal poor Cases. gh of Lancaiter. thein patronage, t b h o e n e e x fi t t r a e of t this 3 o i Y t :c o d h r e t a i r t i ° t charity . lla Thisye years i s . ts tethdhowoohnnolysg,iretanidle general ya l last . otmu:riucgssserliinYtinlrby.eli:n:Devneeudodreirsndgettotstashharin'eoirblcesavtosheouttneflindlt4ebi:::eetlrri:atthheer d o e f at N ia lr O . in favour of the Government . Franchise Bill was one signed 1,300 i n habitants theurittions presented of Mr. S s t t u u r r t t: M.P. for Dordetshire, and Colonel Napier Sturt, M.P. for byl A v r e no r n e Dorsetahire. ~ regret to CONSERVATIVE MEETING.—On Saturday after noon upwards of 40 peers, supporters of the Earl of Derby, met at the Marquis of Salisbury's residence in Arlington street, Piccadilly, by invitation. The meeting was appointed for three o'clock, and a few minutes after that hour the Earl of Derby arrived. The noble earl addressed his political friends at some length. The meeting broke up at about a quarter past four o'clock, and, we under stand, had reference to the Oaths Bill. ASCOT RACES.—AS it is found that the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, cannot be got ready for the recep tionßßaces of the Prince and Princess of W A sales by a tion of Fir his Royal Highness is in treaty for the ocenuepar the Lodge during that week. This house te is neighbourhood._ race course, and is one of the best in h A Court Journal. travelling mena gerie, LAST PERFORMANCE. C genie, belonging to a pa representation : ma n fl named Hermann, has f or afront place to place in G ermany , • sen t a tion at Tuli n , i n A us t r i a . There andl on l g atel time y gteen numberePl of people collected, and the proprietor, ser p e nt and twisting it round his body, entered d h e t, ekingo a e dell, into whose mouth he had been in e were t i a Onthis crashed t occasi on ho man'sthe beashead.t To prevent misfortune any future from the same animal, rnlidable h j i a 's w h s . ead. and closedth habit its of f putting o orders were given to shoot it, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1866.