The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for accommodation is moderate, and the rates remain the same as yesterday. The Stock Exchange markets are rather depressed, and Consols have declined i per cent., the prices being 868 for money, and 864 for the May settlement. Gold, to the amount of £lOO,OOO, was taken to the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. The following is our usual analysis of the Bank of England return : Active Circulation Increase Bullion ....C22,332,615 • 710,885 ▪ 14,521,947 110,450 ... 3,888,391 Deereaso . " 812 7,602,911 , ... 682,134 ... 13,351,065 ... 19,065 ... 443,857 ... 57,653 10,915,105 378 ... 22,094,787 ... '215;485 ... 6,153,215 Rest Decrease Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits ... Increase Seven Day and Other Bills Increase Government Securities ... Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes Unemployed Decrease ••• ••• '727805 The Forei gn an d C o l on i al Produce Markets, re opened on Wednesday last after the Easter holidays, but business generally has been very dull. Sugars have been on limited request, at about previously current rates. For coffee there has been a fair en quiry, at steady prices ; while in rice, fruit, spices, and tallow little change of importance can be reported. The Bank of France shows that the usual quar terly operations have affeoted to some extent the status of the establishment. The bullion has been reduced £140,000, while the notesin circulation have been increased £1,186,000, the bills discounted £ 1 ,180,000, and the advances on stock £56,000. The current accounts are £BOO,OOO, while the trea sury balance has been decreased £1,040,000. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, this morning, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 60c. Quiet. The recent advance of 4 per cent. in the market able value of Consols has brought forward a num ber of sellers, and the consequence has been a re action amounting to 4 per cent., the latest prices being 861 / for money, and 864 4 for the account. The New Threes are 841 4, and Reduced Annuities 841 1. Exchequer Bills for March ss. dis. Bank of England Stock, 245 ; India Stock, 212 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1021 4 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1014 ; and ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds, 14s. premium. Foreign Stocks are in some instances a little flatter, but the changes are not very important. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 364 4 ; Mexican, 204 4 ; ditto New, 1811 ; Greek, 134 141 ; Spanish Passive, 274 4 ; the Certificates, 164 4 ; Italian, 564 57 ; New, 724 734 ; the Confederate Loan, 6 8 ; Chilian Loan, 14 prem. ; Brazilian Scrip, 14 1 dis. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, 2 1 dis. ; and ditto New Loan, 14 prem. United States 5-20 Bonds are 734 ; Erie Shares, 561 ; and Illinois, 814 82. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather dull, and in one or two instances prices are a shade flatter. Metropolitan have declined 155., Great Western 10s, and Great Eastern and Lanca shire and Yorkshire each ss. ; while North Western, Midland, and North Eastern (York), have each ad vanced ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there 15 little change of importance, except as regards Grand Trunk of Canada, which have declined to 30f. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in very moderate request. Oriental Banking Cor poration have declined to 49 ; Union of London are steady at 52i ; Bank of London, at 261 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, at 71 ; Imperial Mercantile Credit 31 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 161 171. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Acco un t , M ay 9 87i 61 3 per C en t . R educed 841 i i New 3 per Cent B4l i 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. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. Do. £5OO 5 dis Do .£lOO and .£2OO B ank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Acc ount — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 212 Do. Account D o. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — • Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd p m Austrian Bonds, 5 pe r C ent, 1 859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 721 3 Do. Scrip, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 p er C en t dis xd Do £ICO Bonds — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent 97 Do Scrip, £25 paid Do. 4pm 1 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities Do. Account Ectuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent 1)0., Second Issue B9 Do £lOO Bonds 93 Do. 1864 BBf 8 Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures 9O Do. £25 paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account Do. Coupons (maternal°. 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Monteindean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada 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 4/ per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per C en t. , 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St BBf Do 4i p er C ont. 1850 Do 4/ per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 271 Srqinish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account 161 I Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4/ per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account ........... Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lO9 Bonds ...................... 1 De 6 per Cent., 1863.......... Do Account Do. 4 p er C ent. Guarantee d 3 61 7 61 Venezuel a 3 per Cent. Ditto account - Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — D o Account Do. 1864 — Do. li per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Preach nentes 3 per Cent. _ Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 26f. Do Account Congols f or money TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Account:, 861' 000000000000000000000 00 861 SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways , P a id. Business Price. g dens. 1 Clos in g Brlstol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June t.London, ecrip Certi 90 92 127 128 55 6i 13 15 5 7 67 70 70 72 1)0. 1 Glasgow S. Wc stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 20 15 cll 118 120 i 40 4t 6 7 - Do. E. Angl. St. No. x Great North of Scotland reat Northern D,). A stock Do. B stock 122 123 I'B JO Do. New, is. at 25 pa , G tS. and W. of Ireland Gt. WeEtern Do. S. Val. Rail gua., Do. South Wales Do. W. Iticl.—Oxtord 10 02 69 CO 53 60 40 42 31 33 .0 ) 02 LO 122 Do. Newport Do. II e; eford . Lane ctthire& Yorkslitrel L.,ndon and Illackwall Lou., Bri4 - h.,& S Coastl Lon., chat., and Dovil Do. 3.letrop. Kx. A Lou. & orth Western Lou. & South Wester', Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension 91 96 34 36 43 (5 121 )22 92 t 3 63 61 133 I:'s 21 I 1i1• 94 9d sletropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'alrd Mid,and Do. £9 Share 123 123 h ISlei 92 15 Do, Birmin.. & Derb' ►iid Kent .. North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N •E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York r 7 16 27 109 110 71 72 109 110 D&. Carlisle ; Do. Stock. & Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. (16.1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eu stern 35 37 10 II p 122 124 14 21)1 IA 73 73 108 112 150 152 67 70 112 114 50 5 ' 74 75 8 9 140 143 3 fp 100 102 Staines, Wok., lz Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale or Neath 'Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 51 53 BRITISH Atlantic & St. Lawrence Beim., Baroda, & Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3-1.- • • Calcutta & S. E., lim Cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Betual, gu., 5 dol East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. ' Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada) Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pra. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D. , . 41 per cent Do Great W. s. of Canada..l Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1)o. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 fndian Branch, limited) Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4I do Do. 43 do Do. Fit th Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's tiay N. 111. C'da, 6po Ist pf.bs Scinde ..... • Do. Delhi Do. do " 94 2 . Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St. Flo `"" SSIONS, 53 60 102 103 P iP 64 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 102 104 29 St 83 90 65 67 55 60 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 30 33 SO 33 108 109 14 2p 1 2p 99 100 91 93 15 17 3 311 9 Q 6 N e 8 1 41 MO 10 9 93 87 89 62 64 8 82 99 100 93 99 97 99 31i IC9 f lei i i 1001 99! COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug luo 90 )4 2 D p o. 5. c. Mar. & Sept 100 90 94 00. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 74 80 791 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 78 10 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 Do.Apl.& Oct 1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do; 1,80-9 100 105 107 Do. Jan.&J uly, 1890-9. 100 102 104 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1000 lOO 90 12 Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6 p.e 100 1(2 104 Do. 1878, do. 100 106 1 8 Mauritius, fp. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. :6 10) 104 106 Do. 1895. Feb. & Auct I,QO 1(2 104 Natal , iov. 6 per cent lOO 101) loz N.8.G0v.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 1891 100 874 884 88 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 91 95 Do. 5 per cent... . 100 79 81 --Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 98 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 105 107 'Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 101 101 103 BRITISII MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lim. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 30 14 16 Devon G. Cons. (Taviat. 1 540 580 Drake walls 2.1.0 4 1 East Bassett (Illogan).. 294 18 20 East Caradon 2.11.6 8 9 East earn Brea 34 34 4 4 31 East Grenville 2.14.0 34 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 East Loved 3.9.0 7 9 W'i Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 35 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 60 5 7 4 Great L ixey, limited all 20 21 205 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 a 15 Great Wheal Busy-- 14.9.6 1 15 G. Wheal Vor (Heist q ( 40 23 26 264 Grenville 8.18.0 34 34 Herod's Foot ihugston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 4 8 51 a rke Valley 4.10.6 4 45 4 Ylwyndy Iron Ore, Urn 24 14d New Sewn North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13.) i Prosper United.. •• •• . 7.1.6 Pr.,vidence Uny Want 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l5 390 410 South CondurroW 3.2.0 2 .t 5 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 14 16 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard 9 8 10 8 West Chiverton ll 775 80 West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 824 874 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Setou -- Wheal Trelawney (1,1 8 . 7 14 16 CUNFEKENCE Great northern, 5 per cent., 110 Great Northern, 4} per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., ICOI Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et., al LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 54 N'OREJGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 151 Sambre and Meuse, 91 tt~s. FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor.h Del Rey, } Port Philip, 1 St. John act Rey, lim.. 52i 3 Yudananiutana of S. Außtratia, lim., 11 BAN 11 B. Australasia, 601 Bank of London, 261 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 231 City, 20 1- European Bank, lira., 101 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm.. Ditto. new, 151 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 London and County, 771 Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 5 Midland Bank, lira.. 191 N ational Provincial of England. Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, 46 Oriental Banx Corporation. 49 Oriental Commercial Bank, Um., late N. F., 1/ Union ofjLondon. 52, 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira., 5/ City of Moscow Gas, lim., 41 City Offices, lim. 5 Credit Fonder and liobilier of England, 71 Ditto, new, 6/ Credit Fonder of Mauritius, Bra., 71 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 41 Fore-street Warehouse, lim.. 121 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim.. 41 Imperial Mercantile Credit Ass°. ' 31 1 International Financial z , ociety,',lim., 41 London and Caledonian Marine, lint., 31 London Financial Association, lim.,;111 12 Lon on and Provincial Marine, 21 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 71 Milwall Iron Works. 31 National Discount ompany. 13 Ocean Marine Insurance), 2i Ottoman Financial Association, lira., 6 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lira., 171 161 Tho restoration of the exterior of Salisbury Cathedral is now nearly completed, excepting the west front, which will now be proceeded with. Nothing has yet been done to the interior, but Earl Beauchamp has offered £l,OOO to be expended ou the erection of an altar screen between the choir and the lady chapel, as a memorial of his ancestor, Bishop Beauchamp, who was translated to the see of Salisbury in the year 1450. As soon as the external reparations are carried out, the whole of the churchyard, which was raised several feet when interments were discontinued, will be lowered to its original level. This will enable the base moulding, hitherto completelyburied, to be seen. Itis also intended, under the direction of an eminent landscape gardener, to plant the grounds in a picturesque manner, due regard being had to the preservation of the best points from which the Cathedral may be viewod. 40k i 1221 3 59i 122 1 99i 63 F 4 ;33j t•Z 911 1091 P 7141 601 ross: 32 301 ITIES. THE SUN, LONDON, FhIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Lovejoy.) CARRIERS' VANS AND STREET BLOCKADES.--A NO TEL ISSUE. -MOSES Y. BAXENDALE (PICKFORD AND CO.). This was an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained through non-delivery of certain goods within a reasonable time. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Joyce repre senting defendants. Upon the part of the plaintiff it was stated that he gave notice to the defendants to collect four packages of goods for carriage to the country. Upon the note delivered with the goods were the words, " Must go by this night's mail." The goods wore handed over to the defendants' van on Wednesday afternoon, and should have reached their des tination by half-past seven on Thursday morning. They were not, however, tendered until the Friday morning, and so plaintiff lost the sale. lie therefore claimed damages from the defendants. Mr. Joyce contended that his clients were not insurers, nor did they guarantee any particular train. In the pre terit instance, however, the delay was caused by a circum stance over which the carrier could have no control. Ou the way to the railway station the van had to pass through Whitechapel, and at one particular spot a blockade delayed its progress for some time. Mr. Beard thought that some delay ensued through the mode adopted by defendants in collecting parcels, and then repacking them in other vans for conveyance to the sta tion. Mr. Joyce said he should rest his case upon the cause " Hadley v. Ravendale," and urged that carrriers were not liable for delays. His Honour said the case was ono of great public im portance, and he should reserve judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BON-STREET. SELLING 6D. FOR 4n.—Three ill-favoured yOung fellows, named John Bilsborough, Henry Baker, and William Franks, were charged with conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences. Sergeant Gordon, of the C division, deposed, about half past 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon I was in Garrick-street, St. Martin's-lane, in private clothes, when I saw the pri soner standing on a box addressing an assembled crowd, chiefly of children, and offering for sale some rings, pro fessing to give a 6d. with each, and only charging the customer 4d. He was crying, " Who'll buy a 6d. and a ring for 4d." The other prisoners were standing by and handing him the rings as he wanted them. Several boys paid him 4d. each, but in each instance ho folded up the ring in the paper, and by sleight of hand dropped the Gd. into his sleeve. As he appeared to fold it up in the paper the customer thought he had really obtained the Gd. as well as the ring for 4d., but on opening the paper found that it contained only the ring. One boy, now present, had only Id. for which he purchased, as he supposed, a ring and 2d., but as with the 6d., the 2d. was passed into the prisoner's sleeve. Several of the boys complained that they had been cheated, and several bystanders, myself amongst the rest, took the matter up, upon which they all ran away. I don't think they knew that I was a policeman. When they ran away Bilsborough snatched up the box, and after they had got a little distance, handed it to Franks. I pursued them and overtook them near the Charing-cross Railway station. I took Bilsborough in custody, and he resisted so violently that but for the assistance of Sergeant Monckton, the detective officer on official duty at the station, I could not have secured hint. Monckton took Baker in custody, and I afterwards took Franks at the door of the station-house, whither he had followed us. There was a fourth man, whom they call their cashier, but he got away. Bilsborough—Did not the policeman tell us to go away ? Witness—No ; there was no policeman there but myself. Bilsborough—Do you mean to say that anybody com plained of being " taken in ?" Witness—Yes, and one poor little fellow, about 7 years old, was crying because his mother had sent him with 4d. to buy bread, and he could not get the bread because you bad " done" him out of the money. They were remanded for further examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STABBING BY A VOCALIST.—SamueI Mockford, a young man, described as a vocalist, living in Warren-street, Fitz roy-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with violently assaulting Mrs. Emma Foster, of 9, Charlton-street, Fitz roy-square, by stabbing her in the arm with a dinner knife. . _ The prosecutrix said—While out with my husband last night, we called at the Marquis Cornwallis, Warren street, to have some refreshment. The prisoner came in and called for a glass of soda-water. The landlord served the prisoner, and left a knife on the counter. The prisoner abused the landlord, and took up the knife from the counter to stab at the landlord. A person came out of the parlour and tried to prevent the prisoner using the knife, and the prisoner then stabbed her right through the arm, and threw the knife across the bar. Mr. Knox—Was the prisoner drunk ? Prosecutrix—lie was tipsy, sir. The knife went through my shawl and dress. I went to the hospital last night and bad my arm attended to, acid I ado co go there again wnen I leave here. My arm is cut right through. The prisoner is a stranger to me. The Prisoner—l have no questions to ask. I was tipsy, and had been out all day, and went into the public-house to get a glass of soda-water. _ .. Mr. Wm. Harding, landlord of the Marquis Cornwallis, Warren-street, said—The prisoner, about ton o'clock last night, came into my house and called for a bottle of soda water, and I served him. I loft the knife on the counter, and directly after the prisoner called me a fool. I asked him why he did so, and he replied, " You are not only a fool, but a fool," and he took up the knife and stabbed over the counter at my face. A person came out of the parlour and tried to take the knife from him, but the pri soner jerked his arm, and stabbed the prosecutrix in the arm, and then threw the knife over the counter, it just missing my daughter. The prisoner was then given into custody. Mr. Knox—Was he drunk or sober ? Witness— He was a little the worse for drink, but no so much but that he knew what he was about. Police-constable J. Strickland, 91 E, said—About half past tou last night I was called to the Marquis Cornwallis in Warren-street, and the prosecutrix gave the prisoner in charge for stabbing her. The prisoner, who had been drinking but was not drank, said he would fall on his knees for mercy. The Prisoner—l think I must have boon drunk. I have ved in the neighbourhood four years, some time opposite the witness's publichouso. I have no recollection of having committed the offence. I do not know the prosecutrix, and I have no animosity towards any one. I will make the prosecutrix any recompense I can while her arm is bad. Do not send me to a prison. Mr. Knox—lt is a serious charge, and I must see the prosecutrix out of danger before I decide in the case. I shall remand you for a few days, and the doctor can then rep ort in the case. WESTMINSTER. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE BY A BM—James Holman, a rough-looking boy, was charged with breaking every window in his parents' house, and violently assaulting his mother by throwing large stones at her. The mother, who is a very respectable-looking woman, said that her husband, who is a working man, had gone out to his employment early this morning, when, feeling herself very unwell and apprehending a necessity to have the room to herself, sho requested the defendant to leave it, which he refused to do. She then put him out, when he first broke every pane of glass in the windows, and then the sashes likewise. The rest of her children were very much alarmed, and she went out to prevent further mis chief, when he pelted her with stones, and followed her to a shop where she took refuge and waited to attack her again when sho came out. She sent for a policeman, and he was fortunately secured. She was hurt Tory much by his violence. Mr. Selfe—llow old is he ? Complainant—Fifteen years. Mr. Selfe—What does he do for a living ? Complainant —Nothing; ho won't work. He was appren ticed to the sea, but ran away, and his conduct was so bad that the captain would not take the trouble to look after him. We have put him to several things, but he is quite idle, and so violent that he is the terror of the neighbour hood. People shut their doors that morning while he was breaking the windows for fear ho shouldattock them. Mr. Selfe—Has he ever been here before ? Complainant—Yes, twice. Once for taking money out of my pocket, and another time for robbing a man. Mr. Selfe (to defendant)— What have you to say ? Defendant—She hit me three times with a poker. Complainant—lt is not true, and I can prove it. A witness was called who confirmed complainant. Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—You are committed for one month with hard labour in the House of Correction, and I can only express my regret that the law does not em power me to order you a good whipping. RECEIPTS OF Corrox.—lt is curious to observe how American cotton is regaining its old ground in the British market. In the two months ending Feb. 28 this year the United States sent us 570,735 cwt. of raw cot ton, out of a total import of 1,154,122 cwt., leaving a balance of 583,387 cwt. supplied from other sources. In the cor responding two months of 1865 the United States sent 5,719 cwt. out of a total import of 811,601 cwt., leaving a balance of 805,882 cwt. supplied from other sources. The receipts from the Bahamas and Bermuda declined from 69,094 cwt. in the first two months of 1865 to 2,551 cwt. in the first two months of 1866 ; those from Mexico from 49,645 cwt. to 1,391 cwt. ; those from Turkey from 23,345 cwt. to 13,616 cwt. ; those from Egypt from 322,663 cwt. to 148,268 cwt. ; those from China from 45,652 cwt. to nil; and those from miscellaneous countries from 39,398 cwt. to 87,926 cwt. On the other hand, the receipts from Brazil increased from 69,981 cwt. in the first two months of 1865 to 93,728 cwt. in the first two months of 1866 ; and those from 13riti*li India from 186,10.10 wt. to 305,9070 wt. Extraordinary Charge of Abduction. Yesterday Christian Olifiers, aged 65 years, who was de scribed as a general merchant, of No. 14, Tredegar-place, Bow-road, but who is alleged to be an extensive pickle merchant, with a manufactory in Crispin-street, Spital fields, and who has offices in the City, was brought before Mr. Partridge, at the Thames Police-court, charged with taking an unmarried girl named Elizabeth Tolley, under the age of sixteen, from the custody and possession of her parents, and against their consent. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and said the young lady who had been induced to leave her parents and home was 15 years and nine months old, and the daughter of people of high respectability. There was no doubt the prisoner, who was a man of wealth and in a good position, had induced the young lady to leave her home, that he knew where she was, and that she was being concealed with his knowledge and consent. It was a most aggravated case. The prisoner was a married man with a family. his wife was living, and he had a daughter 26 years of age. He had told Miss Tolley he was to be divorced from his wife, had sent the young lady a valentine on St. Valentine's-day, and various presents, and at last induced her to quit the home where she had been brought up under the care of kind parents. The charge was made uudcr the 55th clause of one of the Consolidation Acts of the 24th and 25th of Victoria, which stated, " Whosoever shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any unmarried girl, being under the age of 16 years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of anyother person having the lawful care or charge of her, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour." Mr. C. Young then went over all the facts of the case as proved in evidence. The young lady had not been found since she left her parents' house, and they were in a state of great affliction. Mrs. Elizabeth Tolley, of Addington House, Addington road, Bow, said her husband was a collector of Queen's taxes for the district, and they kept a fancy repository, at which hor two daughters assisted. Her youngest daughter was born on the 12th of July, 1850. She saw her for the last time on Good Friday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, and missed hor about five. * Her daughter loft her home without her consent. Mrs. Elizabeth Buton, a widow, of 14, Tredegar-place, Bow-road, raid the prisoner lolged in her house, and had done so for nine minths. She knew ho was s married gen tleman. She saw the prisoner go into Mr. Tolley's shop on Good Friday. Sho had heard the prisoner say he had a fair young lady, and that ho intended to marry her as soon as he was divorced from his wife. She know Miss Eliza beth Tolley. She was a fair young lady. She had seen Mr. Olifiers wave his hand as he passed up the garden. He waved it to the young ladies in Mr. Tolley's shop. Mr. Geo. Macrae, nurseryman and gardener, of Bow-road, next door to Mr. Tolley's house, said—l know the prisoner well. On Saturday night week ho came to my house and said, " I come to see your wife and thank her for telling such lies about me." I said, " What of it ?" and he said the dear girl told him that my wife, Mrs. Macrae, told her that he was the associate of all the low girls in the neighbourhood, and that ho was always about with them. I told the prisoner I did not believe anything of the kind. The prisoner said, " I can show it to you in her own handwriting. You can take my word as a gentleman for that, and there are three letters for you to see." The pri soner also said it would not matter, as the dear girl had gone away. The prisoner was very much excited about Miss Tolley, and said " The dear, dear girl wants me to take a house for her at Brompton ; it is rather a gay place, but I think I will let the dear girl have her wish, and take her to Brompton. lam going to get a divorce on Tuesday week from my wife, and then I shall marry the dear girl." Cross-examined—When he came to me on Saturday night he was decidedly drunk. I had to take him home and remove his boots. They were elastic boots, and he could not put them on again while lie was intoxicated. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Bail refused. MARKETS.---This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat wore moderate, but of poor quality. The trade for all descriptions ruled quiet, at Monday's prices. The market was fairly supplied with foreign wheat. The amount of business transacted was very moderate, at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late prices. The market was scantily supplied with barley. The trade was firm for all qualities, at fully late rates. Malt was in slow request at late currencies. Oats were in moderate supply and fair request, at full prices. Beans and peas ruled firm, at full currencies. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. SKIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2150 520 2490 990 1870 Trish - -20,340 2140 sks. bls. Foreign 12,260 7710 NEWGATE AND LEADENITALL. Only moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. The trade rules firm, at full prices. Per 81b by the carease: ad s d Inferior beef 3 0 3 6 Middling do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large d 0... —4 4 4 6 Prime small do 4 a 4 10 Large pork 3 10 4 6 Lamb, 7s • ad s d Inferior mutton 3 8 4 8 Middling mutton 4 10 5 2 Prime do 5 4 5 6 Veal 4 8 5 4 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 Id to 86 Od. BOROUGH HOP. Very few transactions have taken place in hops : never ;heless previous quotations have been fairly supported. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings —s to —s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate business has been done in the pri vate market for home consumption, and there has been a fair inquiry for shipment at fully late rates. The public sales of Assam are announced to commence on Tuesday next. SUGAR.—The market continues very dull, and prices generally exhibit little variation. In refined goods the operations have been to a moderate extent, common lumps and titlers are quoted 44s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been a fair inquiry for superior qualities of both plantation and native Ceylon, and late rates are supported. RICE,—The market is quiet ; holders, however, demand fully late prices. TALLOW.—OnIy a limited business has been done. PYC on the spot is quoted 48s ; Juno delivery, 48s 3d ; and last three months, 49s to 49s 3d per cwt. A Russian artist is preparing for the Paris Exhi bition of next year an allegorical representation of the events in the reign of the present Czar. A group of agri cultural implements denotes the progress of the country in that branch of industry. A broken chain typifies the abolition of serfdom. Figures of Hope, Faith, and Charity commemorate the publicity of judicial proceed ings, religious toleration, and the abolition of corporal punishment. There seems in this design to be no refer ence to Poland or Circassia. A MYSTERY AT THE HAYMATIKET.—Apropos of public amusement, I was told, on the best authority, a curious circumstance the other day in connection with the Haymarket Theatre. It seems that for the last 20 years and upwards two individuals unknown to each other have been in the habit of visiting the theatre in a very eccentric manner. Stranger No. 1 presents himself regularly every night the moment the doors are opened, and proceeds to the portion of the house called " the slips." Here he takes a seat, spreads a white pocket-handkerchief over his knees, and, taking a silver watch of turnip dimensions from his pocket, places it on the seat beside him. He rarely pays attention to the play, but keeps his eyes, for the most part, fixed on the upper boxes and gallery. The moment half past 8 o'clock arrives ho puts his watch in his pocket, and leaves the house, not to return until the following evening. The other eccentric play-goer (Stranger No. 2) is Mr. H—, a well-known tea-dealer in Holborn. Ho repairs to the boxes every evening but Saturday, at half-price, and, as he is a constant patron of the drama, his place is reserved for him. For more than 20 years he has thus attended night after night ; but, unlike stranger No. 1, his attention is fixed on the performance, which he enjoys with the keenest zest. His appetite for the drama is unsated by the sameness of the repetition, for he seems to relish the one-hundredth performance of a piece quite as much as its first representation. It is remarkable, too, that he should be so much amused with the termination of plays, the com mencement of which ho has never witnessed. Possibly Stranger No. 2 in the boxes compares notes with Stranger No. 1 in the slips, for the latter has never seen the termi nation of the play, the commencement of which has never been witnessed by the former! Several attempts have been made by garrulous box .keepers and others to ascer tain the name of the mysterious visitor to the slips, but to no purpose. He may, however, be identified at once by the white pocket-handkerchief on his knees and the silver watch by his side.—Londen Correspondent Belfast News- Letter. THE THROAT AND LUNGS.—Dr. W. Abbott Smith, physician to the Metropolitan Free Hos pital, and the author of various valuable medical works, has published a second edition of his book " On the Treatment of Diseases of the Throat and Lungs" by in halation, to which is added a paper on " Whooping Cotigh." The book well maintains the value of the treatment by Dr. Smith, and the arguments brought to bear on the subject seem to be unanswerable. The cases cited in which inhalation has been followed by the best results at all events demand a calm and dis passionate consideration from those of the medical profes sion who yet question the efficacy of the treatment, as it would be a most regretable circumstance if sheer prejudice was allowed to stand as a barrier between inhalation and those suffering from affections which, it is unhesitatingly affirmed by Dr. Smith, would succumb. if not entirely yield, to that treatment. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMM—At the beginning of the Easter recess Mr. Bright exhibited himself oscillating violently between his own most passionate instincts and the politic moderation which was doubtless enforced on him by his more prudent friends. We know not which was the less agreeable to listen to—his de nunciations of all who differed from him, or the transparent flattery by which he sought to avert influential opposition. At Rochdale on Wednesday evening Mr. Bright had come to rest in his usual mean of illiberality and injustice. A foreigner who knew nothing of our history and political life would be led to believe from Mr. Bright's language that half the House of Commons, and a large section of the more prosperous and educated inhabitants of England, were as much alienated from the national interests as the Jacobites of a hundred and fifty years back, and that there existed in every part of Queen Victoria's kingdom a numerous and power- Iful public enemy. What purpose is served by drawing such falsely-coloured pictures of an honest and legitimate difference of opinion —a difference which regards methods and details rather than principles—we cannot conceive. But it is fair to believe that one who can so misunderstand or mis represent the opinions of a large section of hi s countrymen cannot be a safe guide for the rest of them. Mr. Bright speaks in lofty terms of the share he has had in the production of the bill, and in rousing the present agitation. " I regret to say that while the advice I gave to Reformers in general has been in the main followed, that which I gave to her Majesty's Government has not been followed so exactly as I could have wished." He, however, allows that her Majesty's Ministers have a right to some opinions of their own, and that if 14 or 15 persons form the Cabinet, and are respon rible for the measures which that Cabinet lays be fore Parliament, it is but fair that we should allow them to exercise their judgment, make allowance for difficulties. and give a favourable consideration to what they produce. It may prove that if Mr. Bright's advice had been less followed than it has been, if some of those 14 or 15 persons had insisted on abandoning his programme and on dealing with Reform as a whole, according to the reiterated ad vice of the soundest liberal politicians, the prospects of the Ministry and of their measure would be con siderably brighter than at present; but as the scheme, though altered in details from that supplied to the Government by Mr. Bright, agrees with it in the principle of dealing with Reform by a series of un connected Bills, there is nothing left but to defend it as it stands, and to denounce everyone who opposes it. The Tories are declared to be either exhibiting a " more than usual depravity or else a desperate reso lution to withstand every proposition of Reform." Now, itis no business of ours to defend the Conserva tive party, which is quite able to take care of itself. But we may ask what purpose is served by this senseless railing. Of late, Mr. Bright can never open his mouth without some invective on " the Tories" 'and their criminality. Are we really to believe that nearly 300 members of the House of Commons, with the majority of the inhabitants of our agricultural districts, a large proportion of the metchants in London and Liverpool and a respect able minority, even in such places as Manchester and Leeds, are depraved, and that in wishing to have one Reform Bill instead of half-a-dozen they make a conspicuous display of this depravity ? Does anybody believe this ? Does Mr. Bright believe it ? And if such language does not express the truth, what but harm can come from the use of it ? No one who reads the Rochdale speech will have a worse opinion of his tory neighbours, but if he be a man of refined feeling he will be apt to conceive an undue prejudice against a cause -which is advocated with such violence and injustice. " Depravity " is of course not only the quality of Tories. They have " a consistent and persistent " hatred of popular institutions." Their conduct on the present occasion is " factious to the last degree." Or else it is " something, if not more immoral, more selfish and stupid." All this is grounded on the cir cumstance that the Tories brought in a reform bill seven years ago, whereas now they oppose the pass ing of a piece of a reform bill. The reform bill of 1849, which it is now generally allowed might have been amended in committee into an excellent plea sure, owed its defeat eminently to the present Pre mier, and it is rather hard that any body of men should be abused from presuming to criticise in turn the production of their leading opponent. We may dismiss, as unworthy of serious notice, the specula tions of Mr. Bright as to whether the opponents of the Government measure would be convinced or merely yield to fear if the working classes were to throw up their work for a few days and imitate their fathers in 1832. Mr. Bright lingers fondly round the idea which he gave to the world in his late let ter, but as on this occasion he is purely hypothetical it is useless to argue the matter. For the present, at least, all.menabers of the House of Commons, as Mr. Bright justly observes, may walk among the working people unharmed. Should platform speeches produce a departure from this happy state of things, it may then be necessary to take more practical account of the new method of influencing the Legis lature. We believe, however, that working people know very well they are not 4, vilified," and that they have no desire to mob the House of Commons, or to assault individual members. The speculation s of Mr. Bright on thi s su bj ec t are as baseless as his expectation that the Tory party will plunge England into the Austro-Prussian war, or attack the Ameri can Union on the fishery question, to get rid of the reform bill. POST. —The returns en which the ministerial bil for the redistribution of seats will be based will be found, as we have reason to believe, to furnish some very striking arguments to those who insist upon the great comparative importance of that point of the scheme of reform which has been postponed to the other. We are pretty well ac customed to hear of what are called " anomalies" in our institutions, but there appears to be such a crop of anomalies in the distribution of members of Parliament as comnared with the population elect ing them, as will suffice to startle even those who are most averse from any change of institutions whatever; and, without going so far as to assert that population should be the sole basis for the dis tribution of members, it must be admitted that, as the matter stands at present, representation and population bear to each other not only less relation than they should do, but no sort of relation what ever. It would seem that of the 202 cities or boroughs which are represented in Parliament, no less than 70 possess a population of less than 10,000 ; and of these, 9 have a population of less than 5,000. Thus there are 132 represented boroughs with populations above the 10,000 limit, and 193 with populations above the 5,000 limit. On the other hand, of unrepresented towns there are 39 having a population exceeding 10,000, and no fewer than 126 having a population exceeding 5,000 ; or, in other words, out of 419 towns in Eng land and Wales of the same class, the advantage of representation is conferred upon 193, and withheld from less than 126. This is the general result, but on entering into the details they appear still more startling. Thus, Ashburton, with a population of 3,062, and Arundel, with a population of 2,498, have each a member ; and Honiton, with 3,301 in habitants, has actually two members ; while neither Torquay, with 16,419 ; Burnley, with 29,700 ; Chelsea, with 63,009, or Kensington, with 70,000 , inhabitants, have any share in the borough franchise at all. Many counties, too, appear to be unduly favoured as compared with others. The boroughs of Cornwall, with an aggregate population of 63,000, have 10 members between them ; while the York shire boroughi, with a population of 617,000, or just about ten times as much, have but 16 mem bers altogether. The Wiltshire boroughs, again with 95,000 inhabitants, have 14 members ; the Devonshire boroughs, with 214,000, have 18 members ; while those of Middlesex, with 1,800,000 inhabitants, have but 12 representatives between them. This, too, it must be remembered, only shows the difference of treatment of such boroughs as are now represented : and if those at present without any members at all were added, the contrasts would be more striking, since the more favoured counties have in them very few of the unrepresented towns, which by far the most part lie in the less favoured districts. It may, however, be said that, for pur poses of comparison it is not the population, but the number of registered voters that should be taken. In that case the results will be found equally startling, Wells, with 277 voters ; Thetford, with 224 ; Leominster, with 337 ; Honiton, with 228 ; and Tewkesbury, with 312, return two members each ; while Manchester, with 21,542 electors ; Tower Hamlets, with 34,115 ; and Lambeth, with 27,754, return no more than two ; and Birkenhead, with 4,563 electors, and Salford, with 5,327, only send one member each to represent them in Parlia ment. It needs no argument to deduce from these figures the inference that redistribution is impera tively called for, and the Government will gain from these returns more support for the scheme of their second bill than was afforded by the same means to the first. At the same time this is not a question which can be treated on purely arithmetical ground ; and it is neither reasonable nor desirable that the bill which is promised should aim at an exact pro , portionment of representation, either to the aggre gate or to the elective population of each boroug • Such an attempt, if it were made, would certaimnh. bl ly • end in failure, even if submitted to an ass more enamoured of abstract principles ofjheucsptiecyde than the House of Commons, and it is to h L that the Government will recognise the pr e opr s i h e a t l y l of introducing a measure in which moderation appear sufficiently mixed with justice to enable it to lincl favour with practical politicians. Naval and Military Intelligence. Yesterday Major-Gen. A. J. Taylor, Inspector- General of Royal Artillery, attended by his aide-de camp, Capt. S. J. Nicholson, commenced his annual inspection of the forts, batteries, and other fort;sca dons and defences in the Chatham district, in whicb he will be occupied for some days. The inspection yesterday was confined to the works comprising the defences on the northern Kentish coast and on the Essex shore, both commanding the entrance to the • Thames, and this occupied the entire day. Accom panied by Col. J. B. Riddell, C. 8., commanding the Royal Artillery forces in the Chatham district, Col. A. P. G. Ross, Col. S. Freeth, and Col. C. G. Gordon, C. 8., commanding Royal Engineers at Chatham, Sheerness, and Gravesend ; Colonel Stewart, Royal Engineers, and other officers, Major- Gen. Taylor inspected the batteries and forts at Gravesend and Tilbury, proceeding down the river afterwards to the fortifications now in progress at Coalhouse-point on the Essex shore, and those at Shornmeade on the Kentish side of the Thames. Both these works are very extensive, and when completed and armed with the powerful artillery they are intended to mount, will effectually bar that part of the Thames against the passage of any hos tile vessels, even supposing they could have suc ceeded in escaping the first and still more power ful line of defences at Garrison-point and the Isle of Grain, which command the lower entrance to the Thames, where it is joined by the Medway, with the flank fire of the heavy long-ranged artillery on the Essex side, at Shoeburyness. The fortifications at Shornmeade and Coalhouse-point, now in course of erection, have been rather more than two years in building, and are nearly completed. Both forts occupy the same sites as the small batteries erected some years since, but which were ultimately re quired to be taken down to make way for the pre sent structures, which, when fully armed with the description of ordnance they are intended to mount, will be among the most powerful of their kind on any part of the coast. • To-day Major-General Taylor will continue his inspection by visit ing the works in progress for the defence of Chatham dockyard and arsenal, including the powerful batteries, with the Martell° tower, erect ing on Grain-spit, on the w estern bank of the Medway, as well as the fortifications on the oppo site side of the river, at Garrison-point, together with the formidable works which have been for some years in progress at Folly-point and Bishop's marsh, midway between Garrison-point and Chat ham, for the better protection of the dockyard and other naval and military establishments at that point. Capt. Cairncross, Lieuts. Fortescue and Parker, and 70 non. commissioned officers and privates, Royal Marine Light Infantry, despatched from Woolwich to reinforce the detachment at Deptford during St. Patrick's festival, having been recalled, yesterday returned to head-quarters, Woolwich. Lieut.-Col. Freeth, Inspector of Ordnance in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, assumed the duties of Assistant-Superintendent of theßoyal gun factories, in succession to Mr. John Anderson, appointed su perintendent of the machinery department, the Ordnance department having been amalgamated with that of the Royal gun factories. The appoint ment of Col. Freeth will be again void at the close of the present year, at which time his full period of five years' special service will terminate. Col. Clerk, Superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department in the arsenal, will be superseded at the end of June by Lieut.-Col. Shaw, the present Assistant-Superintendent of that department ; and Col. Boxer, whose term of service as Superintendent of the Royal Laboratory has expired, yesterday entered on a second term of five years, to which he has been appointed by the Secretary of State for War. The Pallas, 6, iron cased screw corvette, 2,372 tons. Capt. Matthew Connolly, which has been completed in Sheerness dockyard-from the designs of Mr. E. J. Reed, was inspected on Wednesday last by Ad- miral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in- Chief at Sheerness. previously to her being taken to Portsmouth on Saturday for a series of trial trips. The Ariadne, 26, screw frigate, 3,214 tons, 800- horse power, left Sheerness yesterday, accompanied by the Medusa steam tender, for Portsmouth, where she is to be brought forward for-commission- The Challenger, 22, screw corvette, 1,462 tons, 400-horse power, which since her last commission has been undergoing extensive repairs and refit ments in Sheerness-dockyard, is to be commissioned on the 9th inst., by Captain R. Maguire, for the Australian and New Zealand service. The Mullet, 5, screw gun-vessel, 430 tons, 80- horse power, which has been undergoing extensive alterations and repairs in Sheerness dockyard, was yesterday taken for a short preliminary run pre- ViOUS to the official trial of her engines. We have to record the death of General Frederick Campbell, Col.-Commandant 6th Brigade Royal Artillery, which took place at Woolwich on Wed nesday last. The deceased obtained his commis sion and entered the service in January, 1797, was First-Lieut. in 1799, Capt. in 1804, Brevet-Major in January, 1814 ; Lieut.-Col. in November, 1828 ; Regimental-Colonel in 1838 ; Major-General in 1851 ; Col.-Commandant of Artillery in 1852 ; Lieut.-General in 1854, and General in 1859. Gen. Campbell served in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, including the actions of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, the capture of Rosette, several engagements on the march to and canture of Cairo, and after wards at the capture of Alexandria, and bore a medal for services in Egypt. He was in the 85th year of his age, and during the last twelvemonth he had become much enfeebled and totally confined to his house. His death had long been anticipated. Mr. J. Thompson has been appointed principal purveyor at Chatham garrison, succee ding Mr. T. 0. Nagger, who proceeds on foreign service. The Cattle Plague. We are requested to state that a separate department has been formed for the transaction of business relating to the cattle plague, under the superintendence of Colonel Harness, RE., C. 8., to whom all communications on the subject should in future be addressed, as follows :—Col. Harness, RE., C. 8., Cattle Plague Department, 7, West minster-chambers, Victoria-street, S.W EDINBURGZ A meeting was held on Wednesday of the Chambers of Agriculture and Scottish Farmers' Club, for the purpose of considering the legislation on the subject of the cattle dis ease. It was resolved that, in the opinion of the Chamber, the act, if carried out in good faith by the local authori ties, would effect its object in stamping out the cattle plague ; but that the Chamber had learnt with surprise and regret that in various counties large numbers of cattle had been allowed to die, notwithstanding the provisions of the act requiring immediate slaughter, thus neutralising the efforts of other counties and endangering the stock of the whole country. It was their opinion that the conduct of the local authorities in these counties should be inquired into, and means taken by Government to compel them to supplement the provisions of the act, and that the slaugh tering and compensating clauses should be continued as long as the disease exists. The appointment of a central board for England and another for Scotland to socure uni formity of action and see to the enforcement of the law was recommended. With regard to sheep it was thought that healthy sheep should be allowed to be removed under licence, by ;railway or highway, excepting where they have been on premises where the plague has existed .within 28 days previous to removal. The opening of the ra 1 , 1 Ways after m after 15th of April, for the conveyance of fat 6 d t:e i s red. clean districts to market, with licence, was also LIEUT.-COLONEL GEORGE famous artist and veteran volunteer, C" w ilc r S i g te A s N i K n ' a let terthert t o i f s the Volun teer that tonethveiewTimaetzßasrigfholtloonwosn:—Eas"lt:rtarheonrra) . tried to mend matters by and by the allusions my command these re an officer belonging to a well known corps, having forgot tb oe madenw to o s,from salutet the e with choirsp hi s s sau s d wi ee r ,r d, tuteiniteo andstat e place,th a t mar k s ar e evidently i n tended for me, and, as it i s a • - allow avewtiothbenglyt s h w a t o r d y o at v, thei will properm3ake, I h sa lute was graciously a c k now l edged by his R atln o dd y i ri a t l iis i tl ig te hness the Duke of Cambridge, the Commander in-Chief; and that I also passed, at the salute, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,the Staff, and the Royal party As I learnt my military exercise when a boy of ten years of age, which Lknow nearly 64 years ago, and as I was in the ranks of a rifle company attached to the "Loyal North Britons," under the command of his Royal Highness the late Duke of Sussex, more than 55 years ago, and as I have been in command of a Volunteer Rifle Corps for about six years, I think you will allow it is not very like that such a simple part of my military duty as to salute with my sword should have been forgotten." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tins DAY. QUEEN'S PLATE. Archimedes , . (Edwards) 1 Strachmo 2 Guinevere Five ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Brick Oberon Wild Thyme Fourtuen ran. BENNINGTON STAKES. l'amunkey Lincoln Green , Zamuta Three ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Gas Haphazard bis ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN, sto 1 agst Delight (taken and offered) 100 to 15 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 7to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) Bto 1 agst Vandervelde (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Buck (offered) Very little betting. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newtuarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Currugh 2/ Y. MA Ascot Spring ..,... 1 I Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden ' lO York Spring JUN Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 _____ Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Liuugerford Newcastle oh-Tyne 26 Curragh Yd Worcester .Tl3l Carlisle Newmarket L July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Stamford . 19 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24. Southampton 26 Huntingdon - 26 Goodwood 3l Brighton Brighton Club ......... Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton Stockton l5 Oxford Hastings SEP TI York August 2l. Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O Warwick September 4 Curragh 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB .. IMBER. Richmond 20 Hendon ....... isiMonmouthsteanehe 20 Manchester Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall OBER. I Newmar ket Houghton 22 Worcester . .. 30 Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE Lincoln Liverpool IBER. Shrewsbury ll Leamington Hunt 19 IRISH RA CIN G FIXTURES. RIL. Cork -a Tralee Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 JIT Athlone C urragh - 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. C urragh . 16, 17 18 OCT OCTOBER. Ourragh cGr- FIXTURES. Vissembourg 9t Paris (Summer) 26, 27 Toulouse 24, 28 Abbeville I Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 2a Saintes 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31. UST. 1 Le Mans Laon l9, 20 Tarbes .., l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 I Baden-Baden 3l :MBER. Paris (Autumn) 23, 30 BER. Vincennes FRENCH RAC. Bruxelles .3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l Vincennes 3 Montaüban Toulouse St. Omer Rouen Metz B, 9 Amiens AUG Deauville."... 4, 5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourges... ............ 10, 12 Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg l9 KEPTI Baden-Baden 3, 5, 7 Chantilly OCT Paris 7 Chantilly l4, 18 Bank of England Returns,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, April 4, 1866. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ....£28,485,830 Governmt. Debt-V.1,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion . 13,485,830 Silver Bullion £28,485,830 £28,485,830 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- IGovernmt. Secu tal £14,553,000 , rifles (including Rest 3,888,391' Dead Weight Public Deposits Annuity) .... £10,915,105 (including Ex- Other Securities.. 22,094,787 chequer, Say- Notes 6,153,215 ings' Banks, Gold and Silver Commissioners Coin ,c. 766,117 of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 7,692,911 Other Deposits 13,154,065 Seven Day and other bills 448,851 X 39,929,224 £40,535,452 V. MILLER, Chief Cashier. April 3, 1866. Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. The Market opens quiet. Sales probably about 6,000 bales. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, AriuL 4. The Downing Professor of Laws proposes to give in the ensuing Term a course if lectures on the Elements of Inter.- national Law and its connexion with Muncipal Law. The lectures will be given at West-lodge, Downing College, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 12 o'clock, commencing on Tuesday, the 10th of April. The course will be available for the professorial certificate. The Professor of Chemistry gi7es notice that his lectures will begin again on Tuesday, April 10, at 12 o'clock ; and will be continued daily, Mondays excepted, in the Lecture room next Pembroke-street. Gentlemen who wish to attend the course are requested to put down their names at Messrs. Deighton, Bell, and C o.'s, where the fee (£2 2 5 .) may be paid. The examination for certificates will take place in the Senate-house on Moudan April 9 , at 10 a.m. T HE NEW ESTI 11 N o S f TE s it t. MAB BEY .argare The large g arden Ving — vs to RAILWAY BY W the north Church, W estminster, has been enclosed for the purposes o f the Me tro p olitan District Rail way, which is to have a terminus there, and arrangements are being made for tho immediate removal of the ho uses which lie between that spo t and the Tha mesEmbankment,byWestminster-bridge. The worku will be proceeded with at once, so that the new railway may 11,, -- opened for traffic on the completion of the embankment. The statue of George Canning, which stands on the eastern side of the gardens, will remain un touched. ... THE BISHOPRIC OF NATAL.—It is intended that the new Bishop in South Africa shall be Bishop of Maritz burg, not Bishop of Natal, that being the title of Pr. Colenso, who will of course maintain his legal rights in opposition to his Episcopal rival. It is generally under stood that the gentleman selected by Bishop Gray for the bishopric of Maritzburg is the Venerable Hugh Hyndinai Tonos, M.A., archdeacon of Demerara, in the diocese o. Guiana. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated in 1838, when lie was fourth souk r optime in the mathematical tripos. He was in early life curate of St. Bride's, Fleet-street, and of St. George's Hanover-square. after which he became assistant secre tary to the Society, for the P r opagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. In 1854 he was appointed archdeacon of Demerara and rector of St. George's Cathedral church. These offices he has held up to the present time. After his consecration the diocese of Natal will v have tiro n ger b bi s h o p s ruling the same body of clergy, one appointed by the Queen, the other by the Metropolitan. lo The Queen the bi s hop will not be acknowledged any Qhurch at home, as the Archbishop of Canterbury has determined that communion Iva him moit Morning Post. UST. WO XOO 100 all 100 100 103 I 103}