The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The continued active demand for monetary ac commodation has no doubt influenced the directors of the Bank of England to keep their rate at its present value. In the open money market the in quiry is very large, owing to the necessity of pro viding for the bills which will become due during the holidays. The lowest quotation of the brokers is 6 per cent. It has been notified by the directors of the Bank of Turkey that they have received their application to the Stock Exchange Committee for a settlement and quotation, and that the share certificates will be ready for delivery in exchange for the banker's receipts on and after Saturday next. The gold sent into the Bank of England yester day represented the sum of £99,000. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under:— 1866. 1865. Great Western ... £65,631 £63,406 North Western ... ... 107,494 101,386 South Western ... ... 21,344 19,268 Brighton ... 17.617 15,t , 54 Midland ... ... 49,167 44,678 South Eastern ... 19,361 17,696 Great Northern ... ... 34,885 33,161 Lancashire and Yorkshire 41,512 36,110 Bristol and Exeter ... 6,392 6,208 North Eastern ... 65,687 60,774 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 19,780 17,388 Great Eastern ... 32,694 31,714 London, Chatham, and Dover 7,988 6,531 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 £2,225, on the North- Western of £6,108, on the South-Western of £2,076, on the Brighton of £1,763, on the Midland of £4,489, on the South-Eastern of £1,665, on the Great Northern of £1,724, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £5,402, on the Bristol and Exeter of £lB4, on the North-Eastern of £4,913, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,392, on the Great Eastern of £9BO, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of 1,457. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 15c. Flat. The English Stock Market has been firmer, and quotations have advanced about per cent since the decline at the close of business yesterday. Consols are 861 for money, and 86i for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 848 ; India Stock, 209 2118 ; and for Ac count, 210 ; and ditto 5 per Cents., 1024 ; and ditto Bonds, 17s. prem. Foreign Stock are generally at fractionally re duced values. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 371 8 ; Mexican, 211 ; ditto New, 191 8 ; Greek, 13;1 141; Spanish Passive, 26; 27 ; the Certificates, 15;1- 16 ; Italian, 598 60 ; Chilian, 11 I prem. ; Brazilian Scrip, 11 1 dis. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued very dull, and prices generally exhibit in creased depression. North-11Tcstern have declined los. ; and Great Eastern, Metropolitan, and South- Eastern each ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is little change of importance, with the exception of Grand Trunk of Canada, which have improved to 30 31. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue inac tive. Imperial Ottoman are dealt in at 121 ; London and County, at 77/ ; London Joint Stock, at 47i ; Bank of London, at 25/ 26 ; Credit Fon cier and Mobilier of England, at 61 7* ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, at 21 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 151 161 ; Reuter's Telegraph Co. (second issue), are quoted 11/ prem. The Bonds of the Loan of his Highness, Ismael Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, are quoted / i prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, April 5 3 per Cent. Reduced B4l 1 New 3 per Cent B4 1 1 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO — Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 2ll} 9 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 lO7l Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l7 Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd pm Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 po. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 73 Do. Scrip, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do £1(0 Bonds Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Chilian 6 per Cent 931 Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian. Principalities Do Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent. 9Ol Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 9ll Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures. 901 Do. £25 paid creek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, cx Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Civatemala. 5 per Cent. It than 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Maremmana Railway GO Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 l9i Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French llontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l3l Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St . . Do 41. per Cent. 1850 Da 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9O I Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred 37 Do Account Po Passive Do Account 26i i 1 Euanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account lsi i Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account 93+ Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account 66+ Do £lOO Bonds - Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 6B - I 1 I Do .El.OO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account uo. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — V onmela 3 per Cent. Ditto account — Do 6 per Cent, 1864 371 6+ Dividends on the above payable in London. Ar,ustric,n 5 Fm. Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 'elgiai i , 44 per cent., Ex. 251. 27 Dutch ,1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — 1 , Do I per Cent. Certificates — Penci l Rentes 3 per Cent. — htlian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. -... Do Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consol s for money °C) Account !,~~ 'sday. in the Ld drove ascelles. e, in the '3ymour, Lieut.- \railing. sday. ince of and ac- Water- , on the aincs at died in Major- .arriers, visional 111 CC on , de with the an- rjeneral le road, , where Wood. site the te, pro thments About Serene IT en er a 1 n over td pair. Wales apart -3 of art. ►garth's m IV., to then whom outside hunts t field nd, the no- 0 was ttleton, gallop- nce of to take urday, Royal s, with 3 corp.., ;e, left Great at 5.37 L. Hig- s, who 1 a visit tests of sidence ents in I-week Choral The soloists on, and Enders ortly be 700. ew en- opular r, under e scene, Valetta. it of an iothers s of the r. John -hick is musing• ,Nv song B LE.— itor as ,s mado Dr cork eonsi risk of y floats 1, being Lember in the ;terday. a Gold that an :r. 110 1- 3 nomi- .r. Ash lid was ; on be- er's re- lo hon. ety and owing t of his ; of tho uni- ciber for red the ich the Lke its cannot by Lord 3nt can , and of iember, )n what naeietl9 to their a sham yi n g to hi tt) , to 10 meek e lower signi ely act it must ou g h to 1. It is self the a great o wners to Pass" owedlY „ v uers, as Lora ;t W e )nstitti decided favotir t c hlegg ~ Don Childo 0 sat"' a 13k° WI a • or liicd i rn for -es that d fresh Lue s ir, felt at )loridia clear at sea, Lusti O3 IL; i ll ide of, in sua weak" id, aud -ressiva aroug h other g ;0 will Juno. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share I Railways. raid.! Closing Business Price. I dens. Brlstol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..... Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & n b.Junc E.London, Certi DO 92 127 128 55 65 13 15 5 7 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • Do. B stock 118 123 30 41 6 7 Do. IN ew, Is. at 25 pml GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D•,. S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid.—Oxford' Do. Newport I Do. Hereford Lanc:,shire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brig - h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd ]iid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby iid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (I.N•E purehasf, Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... ..„ Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C, ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Li o. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh Eastern Staines, Wok., di Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwell BRITISH Atlantic t St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, A Cen.ln. Du. 5 per cent o. F eshares Buffalo d Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff Brant dcGoderich 6 p.c. 872-3- a• • • • • Calcutta & B. E., lim ,;ape Town & Dock, gu , Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: East. Bengal, gu., 5 do, East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. Extension Grand Trunk of Canada: Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds' 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prct. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I 'o. Qua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent Do Great Wc s. of Canada Do. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4, do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. R I. C ' da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do '4 6. Do. Punjaub 1 Do.lndus 121 123 118 110 90 02 59 60 53 BO 90 42 34 31 101 'O2 11:0 12 94 911 37 39 43 s 5 121 )22 92 93 63 69 132 134 2f 2ip 1 /if., 95 f 7 123 1231 is 92 vi C 8 GO • 8 30 109 110 71 72 109 110 35 37 10 II p 129 121 1y 2p 14 2p 74 76 10 12 150 152 ' 67 0 112 1147 60 5' 73 75 8 01 140 143 3 FP 100 102 51 53 :SSIONS. 53 GO IG2 103 1 4 in 61 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 102 104 29 31 83 90 65 67 55 CO 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 30 33, ?Co 43 108 109 2pl 2 I, 99 100 91 93 18 57 - 31 41 PI eo 86 e 8 1 4u 100 10 c 9t 93 87 89 62 64 8 , 82 99 100 98 99 07 99 100 (100 2 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 lOO 90 91 924 124 1 4 Do. 6g. c. Feb. & Aug lco 90 14 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 90 94 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 7i 80 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ak 100 78 10 Cape G'.lTope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Do.ApL&Oct, 1890-1000 100 105 107 Do. do; 1580-9. 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 IC4 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 32 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 1(2 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1 8 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.16 100 104 (06 Do. 1895, Feb. dic Aug I_QO It 2 104 Natal Goy. 6 per cent 1:00 100 102 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 95 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 871 884 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. O sterling, 1875 l9O 98 103 Queensland Gov. 6p. e. 100 98 100 931 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 105 107 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 106 107 1081 6 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. ConsoL Gold, lira. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 540 680 Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 I East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 East Caradon 2.14.6 8 9 East tarn Brea 34 34 4 4 East Grenville 2.14.0 35 Eart Gunnislake 8.3.6 East Loved 3.9.0 7 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great Lixey, limited all 20 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 4 " 1 4 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 14 G. Wheal Vor 40 25 26 25,1 Grenville 8.18.0 34 34 Herod's Foot ... 8.10.0 33 40 Hing,ston Downs .. ... . 5.10.6 44 5 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, 24 25 ltd New Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illog,an 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United......, 7.1.6 r P_vidence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 390 910 South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 I 4 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park 35,15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clc an,llm , all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskear4 9 8 1 0 West Chiverton ll 75 80 West Seton 474 165 175 Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 51 821 875 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton -- Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 14 16 PitEFEILENOE stiARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 106 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 41 per Cent., SB/ FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 101 Banta and San Francisco, gun. 7 per cent., 151 Great Luxembourg, 151 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 7 1 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, t ISk FOILEIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Um., 111 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 Cobre Copper, 14 Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., BANKS. Anglo EgTptian, lim., 121 Bank of I , ..gypt, 31i Bank of London. 26 51 Consolidated Bank, lim., 9, English and Swedish, lim.. 141 Imperial Ottoman, 121 f Ditto, new. DI- Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London and River 'late, 54 Ditto, issued at 11 pm., 13 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 221 London and County, 771 London Joint Stock, 471 Merchant Bank, lirn, 25 Mercantile and Exchange. Um" 5 1 Oriental Bank Corporation. 52 1 Standard of British South Africa, 14 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 23'1 Bombay Gas, um., Ditto. new, 1 Ceylon Company, Ditto, A shares, 21 Commercial Uniou, Insurance. 611 Credit Fonder and &lobilier of England, 6& 71 Ditto, new, tit Discount Corporation, t 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 41 1 Hudson's Bay, 16) Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., aim., 211 International Contract, 41 International Financial 6ociety, Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour, 9 London Financial Association, 1im.,;91 M dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 17 National Discount ( ompany, 13 Ovcread, Gurney, and Co., lira., 161;15/ GIFT OF A LIFE-BOAT.—Sir John Pollard Willoughby, Bart., has presented to the National Lifeboat Institution £420, being the cost of a lifeboat com plete. He wishes the boat to be named the Oxfordshire, in honour of his native county. It appears that Sir John entered life as a sailor in the royal navy, and suffered shipwreck by the foundering of his Majesty's ship Ata lanta, off Halifax, on the 9th November, 1813. No lifeboat came to their rescue, but Sir John and the rest of the crew were providentially rescued from their perilous position. This, amongst other circumstances, has induced him to feel a deep interest in the welfare of the institution. 3n 40 13'J 5c 1 1213 I 3 132 3111 101 711 71 II ross: 102 104 I 31 30 1 THE SON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1866. ELECTION COMMITTEES—This Day. NOTTINGHAM. This committee resumed sitting at the usual hour this morning. Tho Chairman said that in addition to the returns already produced the committee required the production of the register containing the names of all the parties who wore entitled to vote, and who did not vote in 1859 and 18G1 at the elections at Nottingham. Alexander Watson Lyall said that he was sub-editor and reporter of the Nottingham Daily Guardian, and that he had reported several of Sir Robert Clifton's speeches before the election. He was not aware whether he had not destroyed his notes, and he had no notice to produce them, nor had he been asked for them. Most certainly he had never told Mr. Richards that he had them in his pos session after the election, and there would have been no objection on .his part to produce them, if they were re quired, and were in existence. Counsel for Sir Robert Clifton having waived his right to have the manuscript notes produced, several passages in the Guardian, in speeches of Sir Robert Clifton, were identified by the witness as having been reported by him, and to tho accuracy of which he deposed. These passages contained nothing particular to the allegations against Sir Robert Clifton, although some of them were of a personal character. The hon. baronet denied in toto that either he or any of his friends were instrumental in pro moting the riots that took place before the polling day. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Rodwell, but nothing material was elicited. Charles Butler Duran said that he was assistant editor and reporter of the Nottingham Daily Guardia, and had reported several speeches of Sir Robert Clifton, and amongst others one delivered on the 28th Juno last at the Spread Eagle, Nottingham. On that occasion Sir Robert pointed to Mr. James Sweet, who was going up the street. Mr. Sweet was opposed to Sir Robert Clifton, and for some time antecedent to the elec tion had been •in the habit of using offensive lan guage towards him and his supporters. He attended a meeting held at the " Salutation" on the ith of July last, which he reported. Sir Robert Clifton spoke on that occasion, and strongly denounced the Sheriff's selection of the Exchange for the purposes of nomination. He said that selection was an insult to the respectable voters of Nottingham, strong, but and t itwa h s is e l e o e n r thated. Theocca sion witnesslv as verythen l l o a u n c g ll t y lag identified certain portions of Sir Robert Clifton's speeches, in ono of which occurred the term " damnation to the magistrates." In the speeches reported by this witness there was also a distinct denial of any instigation directly or indirectly on the part of Sir Robert Clifton of any acts whatever leading to riots or the intimidation of the voters. Reporters from other local journals gave similar evi dence. The committee will reassemble on Saturday shortly after tho usual hour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. Punch on the Reform Bill. PUDDING BEFORE MEAT. Earl Gr-v-n-r—" WHY, Jolts ! BEEP BEFORE PUDDING !" Dizzy—" HA ! lIA ! WHAT AN ABSURD IDEA !" • LITTLE BILL (born A.D. 1836), and BIG BILL (born A.D. 1831). A Dialogue. Little Bill—l say, big brother! Big Bill—Brother? how now, Sir? Keep your distance. What liop-o'-iny-Thumb is this, that comes no higher than my shoe ? Little Bill—l'm Little Bill, the child of Russell's age,—l want assistance. So I thought 'twas only natural I should apply to you. Big Bill— I doubt a blood relationship, so boldly though you claim one : Look at my thaws and sinews, my proportions, and my size : You've but ono leg to stand on, and that leg is a lame one, And you've but half allowance of arms and ears and eyes. In short, to judgo you frankly by limbs, looks, and propor- tion, I must decline all brotherhood with such a mere abortion. Little Bill —Oh, cruel brother ! what I want is cheering and not chaff of you! Big Bill—Then go back to where you came from, and fetch the other half of you : hen you're all there—two legs, two arms, a whole head on your shoulders— I don't object to talk to you, in sight of all beholders ; But in your present half-and-half condition of existence I must decline to acknowledge you, much more to give assistance. Little Bill (plaintivoly)-oh, this is hard—it's very hard —and in my heavy need, too ! When I so want an adviser, and a guiding hand to lead, too ! To raise a mero puff of fair wind, like that which filled your sails full, To win a sprinkle of the praise that was showered on you by pails full ! When I ask aid from a brother, so much bigger, wiser, older, Instead of a warm helping hand, to be treated to cold shoulder I Big Bill (contemptuously)--And what right, I should like to know, have you to more from me, Sir ? If you would thrive as I have thriven, what I was you must be, Sir: Sprung, like Minerva armed at point, from the great brains that bore me. Child of truo needs, and furnished for the work that lay before me. What question might be made of me I stood four-square to answer, A. brawny babe, full-limbed and fair, the makings of a man, Sir ! So I was welcomed by the shouts of those who long had waited, With joy proportioned to their hate who my appearance hated ; And in the balanced joy and hate that raged about my cot, Grim Revolution hovered outside, but entered not. As that rude storm my cradle shook serene I lay and smiled, And storm and smile alike foreix)ld I was no common child. Since then my life has well fulfilled the promise of my birth, Till hate and joy have shaken hands, and all proclaim my worth. But you, who crept into the world at a Royal Speech's tail, — As four had done before you, abortions born to fail— Where was the joy or fear that hailed your coming into life? What storm-wind wrapt your cradle in elemental strife ? When they stript off the swaddling clothes that kept you "What this ? why this is only half a thll4( theand c 7 ? still, What was Bill! Be your baby big or little, give us at least a whole ono! As for half Bills, it isn't worth tho trouble to unroll one." " Half a loaf" may be "better than no bread," if you will, But certainly the proverb doesn't hold of half a Bill. You may be, as you say you are, poor little Bill, my brother, But I cant't take one half's word for that until I see the other. So, go back to those who sent you, and ere you ask my aid, Beg them to make your other half, and come when that is made. GIANTS IN COUNCIL. "At an adjourned meeting of the 'Reform League,' pro sent, Captain Rogers, Messrs. Odgers, Bubb, Gill, &c., it was res•lvod that the Reform Bill, though not meeting just expectations, should•be supported as an instalment.— Star. Odgers, Rogers, Bubb, and Gill, Do not much approve the Bill ; Rogers, Odgers, Gill, and Bubb, Will not give the Bill a snub. Odgers, Gill, and Bubb, and Rogers, Go for manhood votes, and lodgers' : Rogers, Odgers, Bubb, and Gill, Wait for something better still. But, meantime, to aid it, club Odgers, Rogers, Gill, and Bubb. An Epigramatist, dating from the Junior United Service writes in reference to the poor little Bill— Helpless and Hopeless, fann'd by no kind breeze, Sinking, yet stuggling hard to look at ease, Gladstone's Reform Bill—dying by degrees— Is killod at last, by fatal Bright's disease ! i 4 An Englishman," writing to a contemporary in reference to what another correspondent of the same journal designates Mr. Bright's " disgraceful letter," exclaims-- "Sir,—From my very soul I hate a coward and a sneak. Most of our famous demagogues have openly taken part in the mobs they have called together. Instead of saying, 'Go and make a riot,' they have said 'Let us go and make one.' Will Mr. Bright have the courage to place himself at the head of the vast assemblage which he hopes to see reaching ' from Charing-cross to the venerable Abbey ?' If he does, I shall at least respect his courage, however glad I should be to see him suffer the punishment due to such an act of rebellion." Atlantic and Great Western Railway. ANNUAL MEETING THIS DAY. The annual meeting of the bondholders of this railway resident in England was held this day, at the London Tavern—Sir M. Peto, chairman of the Board of Control in London, presided. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said he felt much pleasure in meeting the bondholders, because the great under taking in which they had so great an interest was in a highly satisfactory condition. He commenced his comments upon the report by refer ring to the accounts and to the accurate and clear manner in which they were kept. The directors in London, having felt that it would be of the greatest use to have a ready means of reference to the accounts, had given directions to have a duplicate set prepared for England which would be kept closely posted and open to the inspection of bondholders whenever they felt disposed. Ile had determined that on taking the post of chairman of the board of control in England, it should not be a mere nominal appointment ; and, in order to ex ercise his powers, he had directed a second exami nation of those accounts to be made, in order to satisfy some bondholders who were anxious to know the dividends had been duly earned. The ac counts showed most clearly that with 490 miles of line open they had earned more than sufficient to pay the expenses of the bonded debt. (Hear, hear.) When he was in America he found that the means for carrying the traffic were very insufficient, and the great addition of sidings and trucks he had taken the responsibility of ordering were in course of rapid construction and supply, and the best results would follow the completion of the contract, because they would then have adequate means of carrying on their enormous traffic. The revenue derived now was very large, yet they had not yet commenced carrying either corn or cattle. A means of communication had been opened up to Pittsburg, the Birmingham of America, and this would add greatly to their income. The Interna tional Bridge, when completed, the arrangements for which were highly satisfactory and profitable for the company, would be commenced in the autumn ; and, altogether, the prospects from that arrange ment were peculiarly satisfactory. He had been asked about the certificates of debentures. All he had to say was that the amount in the Bank of England was quite sufficient to meet the expenses on that head. (Hear, hear.) The road to Buffalo would be completed within the estimate, and leave Mr. M'llenry a profit, which none would grudge. He should have the greatest pleasure in answering the questions of any gentleman present. A variety of questions were then put with respect to various items in the accounts, the answers given being highly satisfactory. One bondholder went the length of saying the results were perfectly amazing. The proceedings then terminated with a vote of hanks to the chairman. Cotton Supply Association. At the usual meeting of the exeeutive committee, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from her Ma jesty's consul (a son of the martyred missionary Williams) at Apia, lipolu, South Seas, acknowledg ing the receipt of a gin and seed granted to him by the association, and stating that more cleaning machines are needed, which he is prepared to pur chase. He has been urging the natives to plant cotton, and though at first they evinced reluctance, under the apprehension that the produce would not meet with a ready sale, yet now, having been dis abused of that misconception, they have turned to with a will, and instead of 400 or 500 acres, it is expected that this year 2,000 acres will be planted. The country is well suited for cotton, which grows with little trouble, and produces two crops in the year. The first crop of the writer's plantation of 40 acres yielded 55,7991 b. of cotton in the seed (this is low-land). A twenty-seven acre plantation yielded 31,1051 b. The second crop, it was feared, might be injured by the rains of the wet season. The price given by merchants and traders was from 3c. to 4c. per lb. in the seed. The writer has shipped fourteen bales of cleaned cotton to Sydney, with instructions to forward them to the association for sale should it be found difficult to obtain a good price in Sydney. The Brazilian seed is chiefly planted in the Samoan group, but there are four or five varieties ; a sample of each is now on the way for the inspection of the association. A despatch was received from his Excellency the Governor of Queensland, acknowledging the receipt of a com munication from the association, recommending that the bonus in land orders should be continued for a further period, with a view to encourage the culti vation of cotton in the colony, and stating in reply that the Queensland Parliament has sanctioned the continuation of a moderate bounty (that is of £5) in land orders for every bale of good cleaned cotton exported to Great Britain until the end of the year 1869, when the question will be again taken into consideration. His excellency, after quoting from Mr. J. Stuart Mill's work on "Political Economy" in support of the expediency of offering premiums or bounties during a short period, with the sole object of naturalising an important foreign industry in a new country admirably suited for it, asserts that it is upon such grounds that the Go vernment and Parliament of Queensland have de termined to continue the bonus in land orders for a limited period, with the object of encouraging the further cultivation of cotton in that colony. During the six years of his administration the Governor has frequently directed attention to the remarkable adaptation of Queensland for the growth of cotton. The exceptional inclemency of three successive sea sons—the long drought of 1862—the heavy floods of 1863, and of the first months of 1864, occasioned great disappointment and discouragement. In 1864 the export of cotton from Queensland amounted to 38,7301 b., - valued at £4,186. The returns for 1865, though not completed, will, it is expected, exhibit a considerable increase. The Government and Legislature of the colony have done all in their power to encourage enterprising men to per severe, in spite of difficulties, in the cultivation of cotton. The greater proportion of the capital in Queensland is invested in the production of wool, and the capitalists of England must apply some part of their own skill, industry, and money, if cot ton is also to be produced rapidly, or on an exten sive scale. A letter was received, containing de tails of a proposal to establish an agency for dis posing of and developing the cotton fields of South Australia. An extract from the Neu: Orleans Times, forwarded by her Majesty's consul at that port, was received from the Foreign Office, relative to the growth of cotton in the Southern States of America. The writer considers that as much of the rich cot ton lands along the Mississippi are not yet redeemed from overflow by the rebuilding of broken levees, the dependence for a crop must rest chiefly on the highland farms, which are less productive than those of the lowlands. After deducting the labour which must necessarily be devoted to other crops— sugar, tobacco, and rice, for instance, and which will be absorbed by other employments, the writer thinks the cotton crop will not be more than one million and a half of bales. A copy of the peti tion for the decimalisation of weights, measures, and moneys, adopted by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, was received, which concluded the business. We understand that Mr. Goschen, M.P., will be ono of the guests at the banquet to be given in Liverpool to the Chancellor cf the Exchequer. Notice has been given that the application list of the London and Suburban Land and Building Com pany will be closed on the oth April for London, and on the 10th for the country. At a meeting, held to-day, of the Credit Fonder of Mauritius, the report of the directors stated that there was a surplus of profit amounting to £13,001 ; and a dividend was declared of 7} per cent., of which 2i has been already paid, and the balance of preliminary expenses written off amount ing to £5,051. M. FLOTOW has been giving, at Vienna, a new ballad, " Die Libelle," which is said to contain some of his best and most characteristic music. Out of 200,031 emigrants who lauded at New York last year, 4,591 went into the southern states and 2,10 went into Canada. THAMES. A NOTORIOUS RECEIVER IN TROUBLE.—William Childs, a confectioner of No. 192, Pentonville-road, from whose piemises largo quantities of stolen property have been taken, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with feloniously receiving, knowing to be stolen, six paintings value £3O. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution for Messrs. Tingle and Jacobs, lightermen, of Billiter street, City. On the Ist of December, 1863, his clients wore employed to convey six pictures in a waggon from the stores of Messrs. Aldridge and Co. the picture dealers, in King William-street, for conveyance to a ship in the St. Katherine dock for exportation to the Cape of Good Hope. The driver of the van went into the dock house to get his papers signed and left his team at the door. In his absence the horses and van were driven away and were found at a distance on the same day. The pictures were gone. A man named Thomp son was taken into custody the next day charged with stealing the horses, van, and oil paintings, convicted and sentenced to 4 years' penal servitude. Nothing was seen of the pictures until the 21st of February, when a City de tective went to the prisoner's house to search for other stolen property. He saw the six pictures there—three in frames and three without. He made inquiries about the paintings and ascertained they had been stolen. Ho seized them on the 23d of February, and gave information to the Metropolitan Police. A letter was afterwards sent to the Superintendent of the City police force by the prisoner stating that he purchased the six oil paintings for £2O of a person named Cromer, of Lawn-house, Stepney-green. Yesterday the prisoner was arrested by Forster, a police constable No. 207 H, who asked him why ho did not go to the City station-house and demand the paintings, to which he replied, " It's not very likely I should go there. The paintings had been identified by Tingle and Jacobs, and by the servants of Aldridge and Co." Mr. Gomm, for the prisoner, called a woman named Connor, who said her late husband was dead ; she heard him and the prisoner having a conversation in December, 1863, or some other time, about pictures. Her husband received £2O of the prisoner. _ . . Mr. Partridge said the last witness did not remove the ' suspicion against the prisoner. . . Forster—Tho prisoner is a notorious receiver. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner till Tuesday. MARKETS.—This Day. METROPOLITAN CSI`TLE. The supply of beasts here to-day was very limited. It was chiefly composed of 116 Scots and crosses from Scot land, and of foreign arrivals, amongst which, however, was no stock from Holland. The demand for all breeds was in a sluggish state, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday, of 2d per Blbs. The top figure 5s per 81bs. With sheep we were fairly supplied, both as to number and quality. All breeds moved off slowly, and prices had a drooping tendency. The best Downs and half-breds in the wool sold at 6s 4d to 6s 8d ; out of the wool, 5s 2d per 81bs. There were no calves or mulch cows on offer. In pigs very little was doing, at late rates. Lambs were very dear. Per 81b to sink the offal. s de d sdsd Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 3 10 Pme crs-wool shcep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..4 2 4 4 Prime s'thdown 00.6 4 6 S Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 8 Large coarse calves.o 0 0 0 Prime Scots, &c.... 4 10 5 0 Prime small d0......0 0 0 0 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 0 4 8 Large hogs .4 1 4 6 Second quality do ..4 10 5 6 I Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb....hs 6d to 9,6 d. _ _ ..... Suckling calves, —s to —s; and quarter-old store pigs, 308 to 335 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 350 Beasts 234 Cows. Cows. Sheep Calves Calves - ,Pigs • .... 220 iPigs NENVGATE AND LEADENIIALL. These markets aro well supplied with meat slaughtered in Scotland and the provinces. The demand may be con sidered steady, at our quotations : Per 81b by the carcase. sd s d Inferior beef t 10 3 6 Middling do. 3 8 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork 3 10 4 6 sd s d Inferior mutton 3 6 4 2 Middling mutton 4 4 4 8 Prime do 4 10 5 2 Veal 4 0 5 4 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Lamb, Ca O 1 to O od. BOROUGH HOP. Moderate supplies of hops are on sale. The trade is quiet, but no change has taken place in the quotations: — New Mid and East Kents Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings —s to —8 ~ Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. The market opens with a rather better tone. Sales probably 8,000 bales. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Among the many attrae tions for the Easter holidays none will be found to be more instructive than Madame Tussaud's popular exhibition in Baker-street ; and from the patronage which has been extended to it now for more 30 years at the Bazaar alone, will, we feel assured, be again crowded with the holiday felk during the Easter week. Several life-size models of most distinguished persons of the day have been added since the last holidays, and in the (Mambo); of Horrors are effigies of the most notorious criminals. RE-ELECTION OF LORD JOHN HAY FOR RIPON.— Lord John Hay, who has been appointed one of the Dirds of the Admiralty, was re-elected yesterday for Ripon without opposition. His lordship was accompanied to the hustings by a large number of his supporters, but so little interest was felt by the citizens in the election that the crowd assembled in the market-place scarcely out-num bered those on the hustings. The writ having been read, Mr. G. Jackson moved, and Mr. Alderman Kendal seconded the election of Lord John Hay. No other candidate being proposed, the mayor (Mr. P. P. Ascongh) declared his lord ship to be duly elected. Lord John Hay said it was his pleasing duty to thank the electors for having unanimously returned him a second time as their representative Under any circumstances it was a great honour to be elected without opposition to Parliament, but the honour was all the more when it was considered that the electors had had an opportunity of judging of the manner in which ho had performed his duty in the House of Commons. In electing him, they further showed that they had confidence in the present Administration, of which he was now a member. Ho referred briefly to the reform bill, expressing the opinion that it deserved the support of all true Liberals, and his couvictiou that it would be carried in spite of the factious opposition of the Conservatives. A vote of thanks to the mayor terminated the proceedings. The Rev. John Miles, 8.D., Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Paddington, died last night at the par sonage. The living is in the gift of the Bishop of London. The deceased was about 84 years of age. The Late Mr. Thornton. Although we yesterday directed attention to the recent death of Mr. Thornton, the Father of the Reporters' Gallery in the House of Commons—we cannot but give the following earnest and graceful tribute to his memory precisely as it appears in the Times of this morning : Our obituary column on Tuesday announced the death of Mr. Thomas Thornton, who, for the last 40 years, has been a valued member of our permanent staff, and whose disappearance from the Reporters' Gallery has, no doubt, been observed by many members of Parliament. Mr. Thornton entered the service of the Times in 1825, and for many years was engaged in reporting the proceedings of the ecclesiastical and maritime courts—his accuracy and sound judgment obtaining the frequent approbation of the Bench and the Bar. During this period, beyond his con tributions to the Times, he published a valuable series of law reports, which, under the title of " Notes of Cases," are still habitually quoted as an authority. About 20 years ago Mr. Thornton began to write the summary of the debates in the House of Commons for this journal, and few of our readers whose interest in political events leads them to turn their eyes first to that portion of the paper, can have an adequate idea of the rare combina tion of faculties—the patient labour, and the fine ap preciation—required to condense into a space rarely exceeding a column, the essence of an eight or ten hours' debate, which, reported at full length, occu pies, perhaps, three or four pages. Mr. Thornton's sum maries were always remarkable for neatness, accuracy, and comprehensive grasp of the subject. While no space was wasted by travelling unnecessarily into details or re producing mere beauties of expression, no material point, no argument by which a speaker enforced his views or justified his vote, was left unnoticed ; and, however numerous or varied the questions under discussion might be, ho supplied next morning a perfect indux of the debate, by the aid of which every reader could refer to the subject or the speech in which his interest lay. In this post Mr. Thornton continued until far advanced in his 80th year, without any perceptible failing of mental or bodily vigour. During all this period he was only absent from the gallery for a few days in the Session of 1863, and his retirement at the end of last Session was prompted more by the assurance that he had full earned his retiring pen sion than any consciousness of incapacity for work. To the last the all-important faculties of hearing, sight, and quickness of apprehension remained un diminished ; and in the power of enduring the fatigue of a long sitting, and the freshness with which at two o'clock in the morning he would reproduce the pith of a speech in reply, gathering together all the tangled skeins of the debate, his colleagues delighted to com pare him to Lord Palmerston, whom he survived but a few months. His habit was to take his seat in the Gal lery at half-past four, and there ho remained until all the important business of the night was disposed of with Lan unrelaxing attention, which but for the example of *our late Premier must have been doomed im possible in a man of his advanced age. Of his personal qualities a few words may be fitly said here. By all the " Gallery." he was regarded with affectionate respect, and by his owu colleagues with a feeling even warmer, for it mattered little whether the man at his side were within a decade or two of his own standing, or a novice of a few months, —the stores of his long experience and wide infor mation were equally at their disposal, and all were treated with the same unvarying kindness and consideration. THE ART UNION OF LONDON.—The Right Hon. Lord Houghton, D.C.L., has been appointed president of this association, in place of the Right Hon. Lord Monteagle, d ecened. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SCINDE. The half-yearly general meeting of this company, including the Indus Flotilla, Punjab, and Delhi undertakings, was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. P. Andrew in the chair. The reports of these undertakings, extracts of which have appeared in The Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving their adoption, ex plained that the absence of the revenue account of the Punjab Railway from the report was in conse quence of its not being received until Monday, which was some days after the reports had been printed and circulated. If they had received those accounts earlier, in time for the report, he thought they would have formed a more favourable opinion of their line in the Punjab than they could from the report. Their agent had reported on the operations of the company in the Punjab for the half-year ending Dec. 31 last on the 2531 miles open for traffic. The receipts for the month of July amounted to 65,928 r., of August to 45,191 r., of September to 55,414 r., of October to 72,242 r., of November to 77,758 r., and of December to 93,704 r., making together 410,283 r., or about £40,000. During the half-year 24G,052 passengers were conveyed on the line, being about 1,300 daily. The receipts averaged 15,249 r. weekly, or about Gs. 6d. per mile per week. The working expenses were 58 per cent. of the receipts, as against 72 per cent. for the preceding half-year ending June 30. This he thought was a great im provement on the working. The net receipts for the past half:-year amounted to 168,627 r. ,against49,492r. in the previous half-year. The P unjab line was opened throughout, 253 miles in length, in April last year, previous to which only 45 miles were open for traffic, so that the previous half-year included about two months' traffic on the 253 miles, and four months' on the 45 miles, during which time the working expenses were 72 per cent. ; but in the following six months ending the 31st of December last the working expenses were reduced to 58 per cent. of the receipts, which he thought must be con sidered very satisfactory. A very law quantity of cotton was being carried over the line in GO or 70 trucks per day. There had been a large meeting of merchants and others at Umritsur, at which great interest was expressed in favour of the project for continuing the Punjab line from Mooltan to the Scinde Railway, along the Indus Valley. The pro posed railway had been surveyed, and ordered to be marked out, so that detailed surveys might be prepared, and when the proper time arrived the Government might order the works to proceed. A memorial had been prepared by the merchants in Kurrachee, expressing hopes that Government would not delay the commencement of the works of the Indus Valley line, for uniting the Scinde Railway to the Punjab line, thus forming a conti nuous line from the port of Kurrachee to Umritsur. They pointed out that to delay the making of the Indus line would be a manifest injury to the wes tern parts of India. It would not only be of im portance to the railway company to have that " missing link" supplied, but to the merchants of Scinde and the Punjab, and also to the Govern ment for the defence of that poition of the empire. Another project had been surveyed for a line from Lahore to Peshawur, which would bring produce from the salt mines and other places in that por tion of the Punjab, and be essential to the Govern ment for political purposes. The line would be 290 miles in length, would open up the salt mines, and render available several seams of good coal. It would give them access to cheap fuel and an accession of traffic in the Punjab and to Delhi. The works on the Delhi line were pro gressing in the hands of the eminent contractors, Messrs. Brassey and Co., so that before the end of the present year they would have 30 miles of the Delhi end of the line opened for traffic, and also 15 miles from the Punjab Railway at Umritsur to the river Beas, in the direction of Delhi, making about 45 miles of that railway in operation, passing through a rich and densely-populated district, the inhabitants being given to travel. lle then adverted to the Mooltan terminus of the Punjab Railway, which, he said, had been singularly ill-chosen, it being a very unfit place for the steamers to come to, and had not answered the expectations of the engi- neer who had selected it. There had been a new survey made to a lower point on the Indus, below the confluence of the Indus and Chenab, avoiding the most tortuous portion of the navigation. With regard to the flotilla, the Government had acted beyond all praise towards the company in their en deavour to make it succeed. He believed the new steamers making by Messrs. Laird, Messrs. Samuda, and Messrs. Napier would solve the question as to the successful navigation of the Indus. 0 wing to the illness of the Government officers the accounts of the Scinde Railway had not been verified, but it was intended in future to hold the meetings of the com pany later in the year, substituting the months of May and November for March and September, so so as to enable the directors to give full information in future in respect to the accounts. He believed the Scinde traffic had suffered more from the late commercial crisis than that of any other part of India. The improvements made in the harbour of Kurrachee had been entirely successful, and the ships had never met with any accident there. Sir 11. MADDOCK seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. GoEZ said he felt convinced that the value of their property depended to a great extent on the construction of the proposed Indus Valley line, to complete the railway communication from Kurra chee, the nearest port to Europe, to the Punjab and Delhi, and, by means of the East India Railway, thence to Calcutta. It was only by urging on the Government the importance, in a military and com mercial point of view, of completing that route they could hope to receive adequate remuneration on their outlay. He thought a little pressure might do some good, and that it was impossible to esti mate the advantages of shortening the time and distance, by means of the Indus Valley Rail way, between Scinde and the Punjab. They would then have an enormous traffic, which they could not get until that communication was completed. After some observations by Mr. WALLACE and other shareholders on items of account, the report was unanimously adopted. The retiring directors, Mr. T. Williams and Mr. 11. Borradaile, were re-elected, and also Mr. Mackinnon, the retiring auditor. On the motion of Mr. GOEZ, seconded by Mr. AUSTEN, the directors were requested to memorialise the Secretary of State for India to take such steps as he might deem expedient for the construction of the Indus Valley Railway, and thus to complete the communication between the Scinde and Punjab railways. The CirantmAN said he did not expect that the shareholders would have responded so liberally to the appeal of the Bishop of Calcutta for funds, and thought the result must be very gratifying to him. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. DEVON AND CORNWALL. The half-yearly meeting was held yesterday at the office, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street ; the Earl of Portsmouth in the chair. The report stated that the line from Yeoford to North Tawton was opened for public traffic on the Ist of November last, and that a further section — viz., from North Tawton to Belstone-corner—would be ready for opening in July next. The permanent survey for the Bude and TOrrillgtoll Railway w as now in a forward state. When the remaining s h ares in the district had been subscribed for arrange ments would be made for the commencement of the works. The report was adopted. Messrs. F. J. Thynne d Mr. J. were elected di rectors, and A a I n r. Bird, i j t . he retiring director, and Mr. 11. Notman, the retiring auditor, were re-elected. Mr. R. A. Wallington, solicitor and clerk to the Local Board of Health at Leamington, was brought up on remand, at Bow-str ee t , yes t er d ay, c h arge d w ith perjury . 1i he question was whether a document which 31r. Walling ton had sworn ho signed on the 12th March was signed on that day or on the 11t11. Witnesses were c alled on both sides, and their evidence was wholly contradictory. The magistrate committed the case for trial, but accepted Mr Wallington'e own recognioances for his appearance. THIRY EDITION, SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocrc. TATTERSALLS'—This Evening. CITY AND SUBURBAN. Sto 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) TWO THOUSAND. Even Lord Lyon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (taken and offered) TIIE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and wanted) B . to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 0 22 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) Very little betting. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. Bto 1 agst Out and Outer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Delight (taken) 14 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 20 to 1 agst Czar (taken) 22 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 25 to 1 agst Buck (taken) GO to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 8 agst Dalby (taken) 100 to 7 agst Harry Brailsford (taken and offere,l) 20 to 1 agst Surney (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gong (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Saladin (offered)-3 to to 1 taken 66 to 1 agst Salpinctes (taken) TWO THOUSAND. Even Lord Lyon (taken) 9 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 18 to 1 Knight of the Crescent (taken) MANCHESTER BETTING—This DAT, CITY AND SUBURBAN, 10 to 1 on the field (offered) 11 to 1 agst Delight (taken) 20 to 1 agst Czar (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst harry Brailsford (taken) 15 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 20 to 1 agst Saladin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sandal (taken) 20 to 1 agst Redcap (taken) 200 to 9 agst Surney (taken) 200 to 9 agst helen (taken) 25 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 30 to 1 agst Rococo (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 11 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Rustic (taken) YORK SPRING M Weights for the Great North , specie, added to a sweepst miles, over the. Old Course, Ago st lb Regalia ... 4 9 0 Cambuscan ... 5 8 12 Brown Bread ... 4 8 9 Cathedral ... ... 5 8 7 Moulsey ... 5 8 7 East Lancashire ... 5 8 4 Privateer ... 5 8 4 Windham ... 5 8 3 Raglan ... 6 713 Buckfoot ... 5 7 12 Friday ... 4 7 11 Lion ... ... 4 7 10 Salpinctes ... 4 7 10 Dalby ... 5 7 10 Redcap 5 7 9 Copenhagen 5 7 8 Success ... ...4 7 6 Harry Brailsford 4 7 5 *Auditor 4 7 5 5 7 4 Watchbox 4 7 2 Bradamante ... 5 7 2 Ghillie Callum 5 7 0 Cannonade 4 6 11 Valiant ... 5 610 Vanderveldo 5 6 10 Lady Durham ... 4 610 * This horse having beeii entered without the know ledge of his owner, will be struck out at the time pre scribed, unless specially ordered to be left in. Weights published March 28, at 10 a.m. Forfeits to be declared at noon on the 3d of April. .EETING-MAT 10. fern liaudicap of 200 sovs. ir 4 takes of 20 SUB each. TwAl Age St lb Zenobia ... 4 6 9 Bonaparte 4 6 8 St. Magnus ... 4 6 8 Esea 3 6 6 Treasure Trove ... 3 6 5 School Girl ... 4 6_l Dubiety ... ... 4 6 Vanguard .. 4 6 2 S taghound ... 3 6 2 Gong ... ... 3 6 2 Alderoft ... 3 6 0 Miss Haworth ... 3 6 0 Fitzroy ... 3 6 0 The Czar ... 3 6 0 Miss Williams ... 3 513 M.onitor o 13 Cranmore ... 3 5 12 Savernake,by Van _ Galen—Vacuna... 3 512 Lochiel 3 5 12 Hawks well ... 3 5 11 El Cid ... 3 5 7 Dolan ... 3 5 7 Duty Free... 3 5 7 BlackPrince(J.Day) 3 5 7 Dark Agnes ~. 3 5 7 Bank of England Returns.•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to t] p. 32, for the week ending ISSUE D' tee issued ....X28,502,750 £28,502,750 BANKING D: Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div 1 Accounts) 8,375,045 Other Deposits 13,33'2,000 Seven Day and other bills 386,201 £40,535,452 March 29, 1866. is Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Vednesday, March 28, 1866. 'AItTMENT. Governmt. Debt.£ll,ols,loo Other Securities.. 3,981,000 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £28,502,750 :PARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) .... £10,915,483 Other Securities 21,879,302 Notes 6,881,020 Gold and Silver Coin 859,617 X 40,535,452 W. MILLER, Chief Cashier. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 12 '2 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 52} Brussels , m Habur 4, 13 10 ~.. 11 19 12 2E 12 21 25 57k 25 571 13 101 . - 25 30 25 52k 25 55 121 i 11 o 11 291 6 29k 46 47} 25 ti 7. 25 671 25 70 25 7U Paris v Short 25 22 Ditto 3 Months. 25 4i Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vienna - Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan 120/ 10 90 10,, 90 29/ 6 29 461 25 02i -25 62i Genoa 25 62 Naples o 5 GS BANK QF ENGLAND, 186 G, The following is the House-List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England fur the year ensu ing: —For Governors, Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq., Governor; Thomas Newn an Hunt, Esq., Deputy-Goyer nor. Fon D: Clifford ß aon,clValoifcgraokr Ji T io l eh l n o ni n y l l a y s : B l.lvi a ao r ni i li n a g sß , tio E ruc s: E JT C o T hh O oin R I: S Bqa . es. niiilnii.rneylieEatshq,g.Esq; B E l s ake, ES T ta r e a l li vv v ia s i e re i l in . s 1.1 Cave,i exnt Henry Esq. Chapman, h a q_ Kirkmln Daniel Hod son John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq. JAG A ale l me f o r x E re e ga s ;d emdLeoryr ar Latham, at.Eh , cie E s ois Esq• qn. Esq. *Mark Wilks Collet, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. George Warde Norman, Henry Itiversdale Grenfell, Esq. Esq. *Albert George Sandeman, Henry Rucks Gibbs, Esq. Esq. m i d n ' ir E e tt s c ci tOrs John Saunders Gilliat, Esq• N.B. The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed are new candidates for the direction. The elec tion for governor and d e puty-governor will be held at the e fore noonßwaend Wednesday, tei o ns n d Tuesday, iloyu thiue tlhhtahAf t e eprr i ni tohf afternoon. o. April, m 1 OUTWARD AMERICAN STEAMER. —The North German Lloyd steamer Hansa, with th e E nglish, F re nch, and German mails, sailed from Southampton for NOW . York, yesterday. She takes out 110 cabin pas sengers and a large cargo, including Fr enc h j ewellery o f the value of BEd, 500. GOOD NEWS F°ll-- TH E SPIRITUALISM 1 the army estimates f or thi s sum was voted f or disem bodied militia.—punch. THE WIGAN MURDER.—Thom Grimes, a n year a convict in Dartmouth prison, arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of the man Barton, as previously reported in our by th e p o li ce that li ge€l3:- e has mad e a confession as to the p art he took in the columns, has been re moved to Wigan ; and it is stated Th e ends of justice might at pre sent be somewhat frustrated if the confession were pub lished, and therefore its character in detail cannot be given. It is, however, reported that Grimes's statement implicates another man, whom the police aro now in search of. Grimes i s about 30 S ears of age, and was sentenced to three years' Heath Charnock, near Charley. 1 THE SADDLING PADDOCKS AT EPSO3l.—The pad docks, which form such an essential adjunct to the Epsom D ow ns, and which, by permission of Mr. Arthur Heath cote, of " The Durdans," were used exclusively for the saddling and preliminary preparation of the race-horse s penal sere er' engaged in the contests, are now to be converted into rac ing stables and horse training grounds by the o wner o f this demesne, who intends to erect a racing establishment of modern construction and improved principle, with exer , cies ground attached, 100 100 100 all 100 100 1 91 9