The Sun. — London, England, 1866-04-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN .______.,..-.--- TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is well supplied with float ing capital, but the quotations show a firmer ten dency. In exceptional cases 54 per cent. is taken, but generally 5i per cent. is the rate for first-class bills. A little apprehension is apparent in dis count circles, owing to the failures in the Spanish Greek trades, the particulars of which are given below. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Pinto, Perez, and Co., merchants in the Spanish trade.; also that of Mr. M. E. Mavrogordata, an insurance broker. The liabilities in either case are not known, though in the case of Messrs. Pinto, Perez, and Co., it is supposed they will be con siderable. The sum of £15,000 was sent into the Bank of England on Saturday afternoon. An interim dividend for the half-year ending the 31st December has been declared by the Conti nental Union Gas Company at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, payable on the 16th inst. The letters of allotment for the second issue of shares in Reuter's Telegram Company have been posted. The advices from the manufacturing districtsfor the past week state that operations in most depart ments of business have been on a limited scale, con sequent upon the observance of the Easter Holi days. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have again been at reduced rates, owing to the large importa tion of cotton into Liverpool. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, has con tinued dull, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, there has been little change of importance. Two o'CLocx. According to Reut ers telegram, this morning, the 3 per Cent. Renter were 67f. 64c. The English Stock Market has been somewhat depressed to-day, owing to absence of business, Produced by the uncertainty of affairs on the Con tinent. A deline of per cent, was recorded in Consols during the morning, but subsequently a Partial reaction occurred, and the latest quotations are 861 k for money, and 861 I for the account. The New Threes are 84k 1, and Reduced Annuities, 8411; New 2* Bank of England Stock, 245 ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 The market for ForeigniS tocks has been very heavy. Turkish 5 per Cents., 36 ; do. New, 181 ; Mexican, 201 1; Greek, 131 14 ; Spanish Passive, 261 27 ; the Certificates, 161 ; Italian 561; Confederate Loan, 6~; Chilian Loan, 1 1/ prem. ; Baaz New ilian Loan, and the dis. ; Egyptian Railway L oan, 1i dis. ; Egyptian Loan, 1 prem. ; United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 711 72 ; Erie shares, 541 1 ; and Illinois, 801 1. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and prices generally are depressed. Lanca shire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern have each receded 10s., and Great Western, Metropolitan, and Midland each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull at barely previous rates. Chartered of India, Aus tralia, and Chi na h ave declined to 22 ; Oriental Bank Corporation to 471 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are quoted 71 71 ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, 21 ; National Discount Co., 13i 1; and 0 verend, Gurney, and Co., 161 1. The Pasha of Egypt New Loan is quoted 1 1* Prem, BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, May 9 B6l 1- 8 per Cent. R e d uce d B4l 1 blew 3 per Cent New 21 pe r C en t . J an. 1894.... 811 1 68 Do. 5 p er C en t . J an. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £1,000 00 ,3 per Cent. March. Do. .£5 Do £lOO and .f.. 200 Bank of England Stock, 5 p er C en t Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 Do. Account DO. 5 per Cent. J u l y , 1870 " 0 - C Cent., ,o. 4 per Oct. 1888 ertificates O. Bnfaced Paper 4 per Cent DD 5 per Cent., J a n. 1872 no • 5 / per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb 4 Cent Aug. 1866 ~ per .7 Do. Bonds £l,OOO - Pm 1)0 . under, £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pin Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account . . ....... . D. Scrip, £45 paid. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent„ Do .£l.OO Bonds .. ...... . Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent........ Do Scrip, £25 paid .................. pm CDo. 41 per Cent........., olombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 ..................... Da nubian Principalities Do. Account E quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., P rov i s i onal Land Warrant ligyptian 7 per Cent Do., Do Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 B7l 8( 7/ Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures 9O f, Do. £25 vreek 5. per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Coup ons unt 131 Acco 4 uatemal a 5 per Cent. Do. c Italian A 5 count per Cent 1865 71 bilaremrnana Railway exicon 3 per Cent 201 Do. Account I)° Dn 1 864 lBl 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Rontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Im Aerial 5 per Cent New Grana — 321 Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do. Land Warrants (Hectares) '4 Do yer Cent, 1864 Peru 5 per Ce uuaranteed, nt., 1865 4 per Cent vian JD ° 3 Per C en t . (U r ib arren ) Do 4 1 per C en t ., 1862 . Do. Account P°,lt u guese 3 pe r C en t. , 1853 "0 0. 3Aecu per Ce nt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62 , '3 , D u Russian 5 per Cent, 1822, £ St Do 44 4 1 p D p O er Cent. 1850 ............ ......w. 861 er Cent., 1860 .............. Do 5 pe r C ent. 1862 Do 3 per C ent. 1859 . Do 5 per C en t. 186 4 92 it Sardinian 5 per Cent SpDo. Account ... - Danish 3 per Cent ....... Do Account DO New Deferred • Doo Account Passive ........ . ................ S Dani • Do A ccount 16 7 sh Cert. of Coup no t funded Sw 3 . A ccount o dish 4 per Cent Tn 4 i Per Ce n t. 1861 r 0 '"• 181 1 6 per Cent. 1854 ... tu,. u A,.ccount ~ou Acce pr nt. 1858 ou Cnt Do £lOO r tooncs. Do Accountiltl, 18 62 Do £lOO 981 Do 6 „„. Log C ent., ... 1863 DO A ccount . * - Scr ip ., 36 1 51 Do. 4 per Cent .. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. ...... Ditto account .. D D o Viper Cent., 1862 -0 ~eeount .... 1864 . 1 4 Per C en t Bella D ividends on the above p a y a bl e in Londoo. ri411 ,.5 per C en t., E x. 10 Fl or i ns St per c en t. , E x. 25f . "8 c ", 2 / Per C en t ., Ex. 12 Guil ° Per Cent. Certificates lt i ar ch Rentes 3 per Cent. Do a ll 5 per Cent 1861 Ex. 25f. -up Account " 56 c otisols for TWO O'CLOCK. Ito 861 1 noy .4Lcutasat 861 1 Thc 't" competifor sendn g in plans f or th e C our t s o j tion will ba the loth of October next. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. - - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & Ab. June li.London, tzcrip Do. - - Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original' Do. S. Vfo. Rail gua. Do. South %Vales „ Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brig., da S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western ILon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New . . Do. Extension...—. Metropolitan District. Do do. _ do. _ Do. and St. John 7 ar d Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Simla.. & Derby ►lid Kent North British ...... Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchaet Do. Leeds ..... • Do. York DG. Carlisle . . .... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire . Y. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south EA stern Staines, Wok., k Wok Taff Vale _ Do. C Vale of death Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall Paid. Closing I Business Price. done. 90 92 27 128 55 65 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 2) 15d ' 118 120 40 41 6 7 122 123 138 140 90 92 69 60 53 GO 10 12 34 31 ►O3 1 02 VA 122 91 95 34 36 43 15 121 )22 92 Q 3 63 64 133 P 5 27 7 1 , 1 WI 94 96 123 123 j If 41 , 93 *5 E 7 19 6 27 109 110 71 72 109 110 35 37 1 10 II 1) 1 122 121 14 2p 73 75 108 112 150 152 67 70 112 114 90 127 k 8 50 5! 71 -75 8 1 140 143 3 # p 100 102 51 53 12'I 13 t 120 311 6 12 I 611 3 1331 Di II 100 $- 7 BRITISH Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, Cen.ln. j gn. 5 per cent........ Do. F shares ........ Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Go derich 6 p.c. 872-3- 1 .• ••••• • Calcutta & S. E., lirn Cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p! East. gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonas Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0 i'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 6 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D,.. 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 De. 56 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Rl.C'da, 6pc Istpf.bs Scinde . , 74 Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun iaub... •1 Do.lndus St. Flo, COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can 18.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.& July 77-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. I Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Capo G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-901 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April, and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.( Do. 1878, do nauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 ')o. 188?, Mayls, Nov. it Do. 1895, Feb. At Au,r Natal , iov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.,lsJuly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p*c.,18.11 , Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to .1/..i71. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards "Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITL Cam. Consol. Gold, dm Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea 14; ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L xey. limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist ,u Grenvihe llerod's Foot •••• Ff ingston Downs Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley liwyndy Iron Ore, lira New Sewn North Roskcar N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Tiny Lulant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South CondurrOw S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft sigra and Clogan, lira West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney Ii MINES. 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.&6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 40 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.6 4.10.6 382 1.4.0 2.13.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 9 all rail trERENCE MAKES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 111 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 100 I PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. ittc., 5 per cent., 1665, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 871 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 151 Great Luxembourg, 15 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 8 ~; Sambre and Meuse, 8; FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Hm., Don Pedro, Nor h Lel Rey, I St. John del Rey, lim., 53 4 BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 62 Australasia. 70 2 Charles Laffitte and Co , 8} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 22 Chartered Her. of India, London, and China, 45 Consolidated Bank, Hm., Imperial Ottoman, ilia Ditto, new. 112 London Bank of siexieo and S. America, Hui., 14 London and County, 77 2 London Joint Stook, 47} London and I% estminster, 96 Oriental Bank Corporation. 49 74 Standard of British South Africa, Ditto, new, 3} Union ot.Lonclon, 52i MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, lim., Colonial, Urn.. 31 Company of African Merchants, Rm., 31 Continental Union Gas, hm., 9 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 7 Discount Corporation, Ebbw Vale, 171 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. 41 1 Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 2 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued El Land Securities, lim., 31 London Financial Association. lim ,:16& London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3j Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim., 11 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 7 Natal Land and CplonizatiJn Co., lim., 21 , National Discount Company, 131 Ditto, new, 6} Ocean Marine Insurancc), 211 Ottoman Financial Association, lim., 6 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., - 161 Mrs. W. E. Gladstone has issued invitation's for an assembly on Wednesday, the 18th inst., at the family residence on Carlton-house-terrace. SERIOUS EXPLOSION IN ABERDEEN.—On Thurs day afternoon an explosion, attended with serious conse quences, occurred at a lucifer-match manufactory in Aber deen. The cause is supposed to have been the ignition of gas, which is believed to have accumulated in an under ground drain. The benches were torn from their places and broken, while a part of the roof of the workshop was blown off. Four girls employed at the manufactory sustained severe injuries, and had to . be removed to the infirmary. ,ESSIONS, bi 60 102 103 P i 61 7 t) 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 It 3 104 30 32 8S 90 65 87 55 60 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 30 33 20 33 109 110 1i 2p i 2P 99 100 91 93 16 17 3 314 9* 96 86 C 8 1 ha 99 100 9 93 86 88 62 64 8 , 82 99 100 98 99 98 99 June. 'KENT SECUR: 92 91 90 1,4 90 94 7s 80 78 SO 104 IC4 105 107 105 107 102 104 90 ?2 1. 2 104 106 1 8 102 104 101 106 104 106 1 4 2 104 100 102 93 115 90 95 87i 88; 91 95 79 81 4'B 100 98 100 105 107 103 101 6 7 14 16 510 680 I I 21 23 8 9 41 3} 4 7 9 3 3# 5 7 20 21 I Li 1 1i 26 27 3} 31 33 40 41 5 4 6 4 44 2i 14c1 35 40 1 15 t 32 34 390 410 12 2 15 20 9 11 14 16 4 6 1 2 8 10 75 80 165 175 824 874 25 274 3 210 220 14 16 ,ITIES. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1866 MARK E T S.—This Day. for P.Y.C. on the spot is 475. 9d. to 48s. per cwt. Town tallow commands 465. net cash ; rough fat, 2s. sd. per Blbs. Particulars. . _ 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 42,828 53,068 38,781 32,483 Price of Y.C. 543s Od to ,41s 3d 39s 3d 47s 9d to - 1 . --s Od —s Od —s Od 48s Od Delivery last week B2O 1102 1,966 1,073 Ditto from June 1: 71,376 67,368 83,996 94,793 Arrival last week 22 115 1,065 400 Ditto fr( in June 1 75,925 82.589 77,756 95,356 Price of Town The Charge of Forgery against a City Merchant. On Saturday, at the Mansion-house, Edward J. Lindsay was brought up before Mr. Alderman Gabriel for final ex amination, charged with feloniously forging and uttering the acceptance of a bill of exchange for the payment of £385 with intent to defraud the Agra and Masterman's Bank, Limited. As on the previous examination, Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Mullens, solicitor to the London Bankers' Associa tion, appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Lewis, sen., of Ely-place, attended on behalf of the prisoner. The case has been so frequently reported that it is only necessary to remind the public that the accused carried on the business of a general merchant under the firm of Lind say, Lawson, and Co., in Cannon-street, City, and was him self a subscriber at Lloyd's. He kept an account with the Agra and Masterman's Bank, and on the 20th March last applied to Mr. Shipman, the manager of this establish ment, to discount a 13]1, as he stated, for about £4OO, drawn upon and accepted by Messrs. Graham Gilmore and Co., merchants, of Glasgow. Knowing that firm as keeping an account with the Agra, &c., Bank, Mr. Shipman at once consented to do so, and on the next day the prisoner again attended at the bank, and presented to Mr. Crabb, one of the cashiers, the bill in question, drawn by the prisoner's firm on Graham Gilmore and Co., of Glasgow, for £385, and purporting to be accepted by them, payable at four months' date from the 16th March, 1866, at the London Joint-Stock Bank. This bill was taken by Mr. Crabb to the manager, Mr. Shipman, who was at once struck with the singularity that Gilmore and Co., having an account with the Agra, &c., Bank, should have made the bill pay able at the London Joint-Stock Bank. This he directed Mr. Crabb to mention to the prisoner, and to return to him the bill with this explanation. Mr. Crabb did so. The prisoner put the bill in his pocket, and left the bank, re marking that he would write by that night's mail to Gil more and Co. In the meantime Mr. Shipman communi cated by telegraph with that firm, and received a telegram from Mr. Gilmore, declaring the bill of which Mr. Shipman sent down a copy was a forgery. The telegram with this announcement was at once placed in the hands of Mr. Mul lens, solicitor to the London Bankers' Association, who wailed upon the prisoner at his offices, with a view to get back the bill. The prisoner, after some equivocation, de clared that it was a forgery, that he had himself done it, and that after receiving the bill back from Mr. Crabb, the cashier at the bank, he had destroyed it. Subsequently the prisoner was taken into custody on the charge by De tective-officer George Scott, and when told the charge offered no defence or explanation. The case was remanded to Saturday, in order to procure the attendance of Mr. Gil more from Glasgow to give his evidence in the matter. Mr. Sleigh now intimated to the presiding alderman that' Mr. Gilmore was in attendance, and he should at once call him as a witness. Mr. Gilmore was then sworn, and in reply to interro gations by Mr. Sleigh, stated that his name was Graham Gilmore, and that he was a merchant, carrying on business in Glasgow under the firm of Graham Gilmore and Co. He had now no partner, and carried on the business solely on his own account. He had been connected with the pri soner in business transactions, in the course of which the prisoner had drawn upon him in the name of his firm, and those drafts ho (witness) had accepted, and they had been duly honoured on arriving at maturity. Of these bills the witness produced five. Mr. Sleigh—Now be good enough to tell me whether or not you accepted a bill for £385 drawn 16th March, 1866, at four months' date, by Lindsay, Lawson, and Co., on your firm, and made payable at the London Joint-Stock Bank ? Witness—No, Sir. I did not. Mr. Sleigh—Did you give the prisoner, or any other person, authority to accept any such bill in the name of your firm ? Witness—No, Sir. I did not do anything of the kind. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l have had many business transactions with the prisoner, whom I have known for several years on terms of friendship, I will not say intimacy. Mr. Lewis—Suppose this bill had been sent down to you by the accused would you have accepted it for him ? Witness—l should have had no hesitation to do so pro vided the accused had given me any satisfactory reason for drawing upon me. Mr. Lewis—From the great friendship between you do you believe that the prisoner may have fancied and be lieved that he might make use of your name yithout your express authority ? Mr. Sleigh objected to the question. How could the witness know what the prisoner may have fancied or believed ? Mr. Alderman Gabriel concurred in the objection, and, according to his notion of the law, ho could not allow tho question to be put. If answered in the affirmative, it had nothing to do with the present charge. Mr. Lewis said that a case had occurred not long ago at the Central Criminal Court, when one of the Judges al lowed a similar question to be put to a witness, and the answer being in the affirmative the man charged with the offence of forgery was acquitted. Mr. Alderman Gabriel remarked that in this case the question might be put before the higher tribunal, and ar gued and disposed of by the judges. At present he, Its presiding authority in that court, held that the question could not be put, or the depositions burthened with the reply which might be given to it. Mr. Lewis (to the witness)—Supposing the prisoner had used your name to the bill, and had communicated that fact to you, would you have paid the bill ? Mr. Alderman Gabriel—How can that affect the present charge ? If, out of feelings of sympathy and commisera tion, the bill had been paid by the witness, it could not do away with the offence of forgery. The prisoner, when told the charges on which he would stand committed, namely, first for forgery and uttering the acceptance to the bill of exchange in question ; secondly, for feloniously attempting to obtain money by fraudulent representations ; and thirdly, for the common law offence of attempted fraud, said, by the advice of his solicitor, that he was not guilty. The depositions having been completed, the prisoner was committed for trial at the ensuing sessions of the Central Criminal Court. The Suffrage Question in the United States. The New York, Times, commenting upon the Reform Bill in England, says the current on this side, among persons who think, is at present in the opposite direction. All our City commissioners, which are conferring such untold blessings on this community and others, are in direct opposition to the government of universal suffrage in local com munities. The whole Union is f ee li ng t h e ev il s and curses of ignorant and vicious suffrage, especially in the form of opposition to the principles of the Government which the low Copperhead party of cur great cities has shown. Almost all reflecting men are beginning to see that the whole matter of suf frage is a pure question of expediency. It can be given or withheld, or limited, according as the best interests of the State demand. The claim to it is not like the claim to liberty or legal justice, a natural right. 'We withhold it from many a de serving young man between 17 and 20, and from still more deserving women, and from certain foreigners, because we judge that on a broad scale society will be better off for the limitation. "We give it unreservedly to all free white male citizens over 21, because our theory has been that the edu cating influence of suffrage and its equalising effect, and its attraction to the peasantry of Europe, will more than counterbalance the evils of our ignorant and debased voting population. The great weak ness in the position of our friends, demanding uni versal suffrage for the freedmen, was in the gene ral opinion of the North that we had gone too far even in white suffrage ; and that what we had felt the evils of, in our own system, we ought n o t t o extend to Southern society. They claimed as a right what was merely a question of public benefit. The strength of their position—which we fully con cur in—was in the claim that suffrage should never be limited by race. The g w hen T w forkthe herald remarks that th ere i s no telling Representatives and S ena t ors tel e elected to Congress from the late rebel States will be admitted. There is but a shadowy prospect during the present session, even for the unques tionably loyal members from Tennessee, a State which was reconstructed under the appointments and supervision of President Lincoln. As for the other States of the late rebel Confederacy their chances of restoration this side of the next Presi dential contest are extremely doubtful from present appearances. Meantime the Reconstruction Com mittee of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens and Senator Fes senden have it all their own way. They produce their witnesses to prove the dangerous disloyalty prevailing in all the excluded States, and the testi mony thus collected is published and sown broadcast over all the country ; and all this time the South ern Senators and Representatives elect (most inter ested) are denied a hearing on the floor of either house. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET A GIRL CHARGED WITH ROBBING HER FATHER.—Sarah Ann Burt, a good-looking girl, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel, &c., the property of her father, James Burt, an engine driver, living at No. 6, George-street, Grosvenor-square• The prosecutor, a respectable-looking man, said that on Tuesday last the prisoner, who was his daughter, absconded from his house, 6, George-street, Grosvenor square, taking with her his watch and a quantity of wearing apparel. On Saturday night she came to the house, admitted having taken the property away and pledged it, and said she was 'willing to give herself up. The prosecutor produced about a dozen duplicates which the prisoner gave up. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the prosecutor said his daughter had never robbed him before. The prisoner said she had nothing to say. A constable proved taking the prisoner into custody, and seeing her give up the duplicate of her father's watch to her father. She said she had taken the things, and was quite willing to go to the police station. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, stating that the pawnbrokers would have to give the property up. THE WAY MRS. BALCOMBE DOES HER MARKETING. Mary Balcombe was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a rabbit from the shop of Mr. Taylor, poulterer, &c., Little Pulteney-street. William James Baldwin, a young man in Mr. Taylor's employ, proved seeing the prisoner on Saturday night draw up the rabbit and slowly walk away from the slop in the most unconcerned manner. He followed her and gave her into custody. Police-constable Stevens, 190 C, said that on taking the prisoner into custody he found in her possession a piece of salt beef and a hand of pork. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt—She had not got a duck also, had she ? (Laughter.) The Constable—No, sir. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner that inquiries might be made respecting her. WESTMINSTER. BEGGING CHILDREN.—Anne Waters, a girl of 12 years of age, well known at this court, was charged with begging. The Marquis To wnshend said, at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday he was in Eccleston-square, and the prisoner accosted him, asking him to buy some fusees. He said he wanted none, and then she asked him for a copper. le had previously seen her beg of a lady, and looked for a policeman. During the time he waited for one she begged of several people ; in fact she accosted every passer by. Prisoner denied his lordship's assertions, and said she didn't beg—she only tried to sell her fusees. The mother was fetched into the court, and said the child was uncontrollable, and she wished the magistrate to get her into a school, for she went out when she pleased, and sometimes was out half the night. It having been stated that the girl had been charged several timos with begging, and that on the last occasion her mother had been told that if she sent her out again to beg sho would be held amicable to the law, The mother said she only sent her out with the fusees to sell. Mr. Selfe ordered the mother into custody. The girl gave evidence against her, and said that her mother gave her the money to buy the fusees. She made 7d. by them, and spent that in breakfast and tea at the sta tion. If she hadn't been in custody her mother would-have had the money, as sho always gave her the money she got when she went out. Mr. Selfe said the prisoner wanted the public to pay for what it was her duty to do, namely, bring up the girl her self ; and she sent her to beg to get the girl off her hands and get her in an institution. She had had warning, and her offence would not be overlooked ; warnings could not be given in vain. The child would be sent to the work house till Saturday, and the mother would be sent to pri son for five days. MARK -LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was firmer, and, in some instances, prices ad vanced ls. per qr. Barley ruled firm, at fully late rates. For oats, beans, and peas, the trade was steady ; but the flour trade ruled quiet. On the Continent, the wheat trade is very quiet, at about stationary prices. Spring corn is steady in value. At New York, the business doing in wheat and flour for ex port is small. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were but moderate. The imports consisted of 17,948 quar ters of wheat, 9,899 barley, 32,327 oats, 769 beans, 113 tares, 2,924 linseed, 10,022 rapeseed, 1,440 maize, and 2,198 sacks of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat was moderate, but the condition of the pro duce was very middling. The few dry samples on the stands were purchased somewhat readily, at fully late rates. As regards damp qualities the trade was slow, but factors were firm in their demands, and last Monday's currency was supported. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat In most descriptions about an average business was trans acted, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at ful currencies. Barley was in somewhat increased supply, chiefly as re gards foreign qualities. The trade ruled heavy, at a de cline of ls. to 2s. per quarter. _ Malt was in short request ; nevertheless, prices ruled firm. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. For most qualities there was a moderate demand, at last Mon day's currency. Beans were in fair supply, and the trade was slow, at a decline in prices of is. per quarter. Peas moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply on offer was only moderate. The flour trade was quiet, at the prices of Monday last. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASCRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old , 46s 51s Do., white, old s:!s 58 Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s -s Do., ner Talavera, new s2s 60s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 36s 43s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 21s 28s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2ls 27s Cork, white 23s 28s Scotch, Feeding 22s 27s Beaus—Tick Pigeons ... 46s 508 Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b 43s 4Ss Suffolk Us 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s 31s French, pet sack 34s 38s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of foreign beasts here to-day was limited ;of foreign sheep tolerably good. In the quality of tho stock, however, there was no improvement. With English beasts the market was Tory scantily sup plied. From Scotland the receipts were very moderate— viz., 64 Scots and crosses from Dundee, and 199 from Aberdeen. The show from Ireland was limited. All breeds of beasts sold briskly, at an advance is the quotations com pared with Monday last of from 6d to 8d per 81bs. The best Scots and crosses sold at 5s 8d per 81bs. The attendance of butchers from Liverpool, Birming ham, and Manchester was large. The purchases of sheep, thiefly woolled, were extensive for those markets ; hence, the mutton trade was active, at very high rates. The best Downs and half-breds in the wool sold at 7s to 7s 4d per Blbs. For clipped sheep the demand was quiet, but firm, on rather higher terms. Downs and half-breds realise 5s 4d to 5s 6d per Sibs. The supply of lambs was only moderate. The demand was steady, at from 8s to 9s per 81bs. There were no calves in the market. Prices, therefore, were nominal. Pigs commanded more attention, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Per 81b to sink the offal. d e d s da d Crae. do inf. beasts... 4 4 4 8 Pme crs-wool sheep 6 4 6 8 Second quality do ..4 10 5 0 Prime S'thdown (10.7 0 7 4 Prime large oxen ..5 2 5 4 Large coarse calves.o 0 0 0 Prime Scots. 6 5 8 Prime small d0......0 0 0 0 Crse. and int. sheep. 4 6 5 0 Large hogs ...4 4 4 10 I Second quality do ..5 2 6 0 Small porkers 5 0 5 4 Lamb.... 88 Od to U Od. Suckling calves, —s to —s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s t 3 3is each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1.230 I Beasts 913 Cows - Cows. - Sheep Calves — Calves — rigs 690 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 4,957 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 7,234 ; in 1864, 4,316 ; in 1863, 3,403 ; in 1862, 2,771 ; and in 1861, 2,615. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp 3 2191 31 Boulogne 237 ... 201 82 Bremen l9B ... Gothenburg 325 Cadiz lB ... Calais.. l3 Corunna — ... Dordt. Dunkirk Delfzyh. Hamburg 314 1221 Harlingen ... Havre — ... Ostend Oporto Rotterdam - •.• - ..• - ... - 17 ... - ... 2 ... 31 .... • • • - ..• - ••• - ..• --- - ... 4 ... 4 ... - - ... - ... - ... 5G Total l,lOB ... 3,639 ... 37 ... 169 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 1172 2171 1 ... 256 716 1863 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, April 10, 1865, and this day, Monday, April 9, 1866. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. Apil 10, 1865. April 9, 1866. _ _ s d s d a d sd. Coarse and inferior boasts 3 4to 3 8 4 4to 4 8 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 5 2 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 4 6 6 7 0 7 4 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 2 410 0 0 0 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 5 o___s 4 Beasts 4,010 Sheep 18,760 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 11, 1864.—Beasts, 4,540 — sheep, 21,190—calves, 123—pigs, GOO. 1,230 24,760 April 13, 1863—Beasts, 4,o2o—sheep, 21,710—calves, 151—pigs, 210. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets were fairly supplied with each kind of meat, in which a large business is doing, at enhanced quo tations : Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d s d s d Inferior beef 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton.... 3 10 4 6 Middling do. 4 2 4 6 Middling mutton.. 4 8 5 2 Prime large do 4 8 4 10 Prime do 5 4 5 6 Prime small d0....5 0 4 2 Veal 4 10 5 8 Large pork 4 0 4 8 Small pork 4 10 5 4 Lamb, 7s id to 8s od. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Moderate supplies of potatoes are on sale, and the trade rules quiet at the annexed quotations : Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. 4os to 90s „ Yorkshire do 60s to 95s ~ Flukes 7os to 105 s R oc ks 45s to 60s fl 71 BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in all descriptions of hops is very moderate. In prices scarcely any change from last week has taken place. Last week's imports amounted to 99 bales from Hamburg ; 60 Antwerp ; 22 Bremen ; 54 Rotterdam ; and 30 bales Dunkirk. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 140 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings —s to —s „ SEEDS The demand fox linseed has fallen off, nevertheless late rates have been fairly supported. In rape seed sales have progressed steadily at full prices, but for agricultural seeds the inquiry has been in a sluggish state. Cakes have been in moderate request on former terms. WOOL. Owing to the large import of cotton and the fall of id. to id. per lb. in prices, the wool trade has been somewhat quieter, and buyers have shown less disposition to operate. The market, however, must be considered firm, at fully late rates. Last week's import was about 15,000 bales, chiefly from Australia. Current prices of English wool per lb. d e d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 91 1 10f Half-bred do 2 0 2 1 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 71 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing TALLOW. The tallow trade is flat on easier terms. The quotation THAMES. DRIVEN TO CRIME.---A wretched, thinly clad, and pale faced woman, who appeared to have been half-starved, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with wilful damage. The prosecutrix, Frederika Schmidt, is a native of Ger many, and keeps a general shop in Leman-street, White chapel. On Saturday evening the prisoner made a suddea onslaught on the front of the shop, and broke in a large pane of glass. She then took the eggs and butter off the window board, and threw them into the street. A great many eggs rolled on to the pavement. She was soon taken into custody and locked up by a constable named Barrett, No. 145 K, who said she was in a fearfully desti tute condition. The prisoner in her defence said that she was abandoned by her husband, and had obtained a living by selling old clothes. That resource failed her, she had been turned out of her humble lodging because she could not pay any rent, and had sought admission in vain to a workhouse at Homerton. She knocked at the door of the workhouse and asked for shelter. She was told to call at six o'clock She did so, and knocked at the door several times, but no* answer was returned. She slept that night at a court, next night she slept in an empty house, and since then had been wandering the streets until despair and starvation -had caused her to act as she had done. In answer to questions by Mr. Paget, the prisoner said she believed she was born in Cork, and that she came to London when a very little girl. Mr. Paget said the prisoner ought not to have de stroyed people's property. she could obtain relief if she applied to a relieving officer in a proper manner. He fined her ls., and also ordered her to pay its., the amount of damage done. Ho was afraid the prosecutrix would never get paid for the property that had been destroyed. In default of payment the poor woman would be impri soned for 14 days. DARING ROBBERY IN A STATION-HOUSE.--JOhll Carey, a tall young man, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a silver watch, valued £3 ss, from the person of John Linimin, a German sugar baker, in the police station of the H division, in Lime-street, Whiteehapel. On Saturday night at 11 o'clock the prosecutor and another German, named Martin Site, were entering the station-house for the purpose of inquiring after a friend, who had been taken there upon a charge. Others were going in at the same time, others were coming out, and a little confusion prevailed. The two Germans had gone half way up a narrow and paved passage leading to a large paved yard, when Linimin was hustled and his watch was detached from the guard in an instant. He exclaimed "My watch is gone." "I know who has it," said the man Site, and pointing to two men who were running away. The prisoner was one of them, and stopped at the station house door. At that moment police sergeant Dunaway the well-kno wn detective, No. 11 11, and Benjamin Stub bings, No. 111 H, were entering the station-house. " 1 give that man in charge" exclaimed Site, who speaks Eng lish well. • The two officers seized the prisoner,and Site said, "He has stolen my friend's watch." The officers were leading the prisoner towards the station -house when he dropped the watch on the stones, and the glass was broken. Site said he saw tho prisoner following him and his friend down Back Church-lane and Leman-street to the station-house, and knew he was after the watch. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. ELECTION COMMITTEE—This Day. NOTTINGHAM. The committee reassembled this morning at the usual hour. William Green was examined by Mr. Rodwell. He said that he had formerly carried on business as a corn and hay dealer in Caroline-street, Not tingham, but he was at present living near Slea ford. He knew Mr. Richard, the agent of Mr. Paget, and after the election he received £5O from him to leave .Nottingham, so that he might not be examined on the committhe. This money was paid him by Mr. Richards at his office, and there was another man present at the time. With the exception of that sum and his expenses he had received no money on account of the election. The money was paid him in sovereigns, and after he received it he went to Lincoln. He had previously seen Mr. W. Parsons, and had promised him to give evidence before the committee. He had employed and paid " lambs" during the election, by the orders of Mr. J. Sylvester, whom he had frequently seen at the central and other committee-room of Morley and Paget, and who had taken a very active part in the proceedings. Sylvester had given him £2OO or L3OO, which he applied in the way directed. He saw Mr. Sylvester treat and pay some of the lambs, and both on the nomination and polling days he gave witness money for the purchase of mop-tails or handles, which were distributed to the lambs. Cross-examined by Mr. Mundell—He had never been before a magistrate on a charge of assault, but he had been accused before the county magistrate with having stolen some straw, but the charge was unfounded, and was dis missed. He would have prosecuted the party who had made the charge against him if he had the means. He gave himself up voluntarily, but at the same time he was accompanied by a policeman. Some other evidence to the same effect was adduced. The committee ' ill reassemble to-morrow at eleven o'clock. DINNER TO MR. GEORGE PEABODY.—The fol lowing letter will lie for signature at the London Tavern, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th inst. :—" London, April 7, 1866. George Peabody, Esq.—The undersigned bankers and merchants of the City of London desire to have an oppor tunity, before your departure for America, of manifesting their sense of the great benefit you have conferred upon the poor of London, and their respect foe your personal character. They therefore beg the favour of you to name a day when it would suit your convenience to meet them at dinner for that purpose." The dinner of the Artiste General Benevolent Fand will take place on the 12th of May next. Mr. A. 11. Layard, will occupy the chair. Mr. Lowe and Mr. Gladttone. The following letter is addressed to the Times:— Sir,—On the 12th of March last Mr. Gladstone introduced into the House of Commons the Electoral Franchise Bill. He tells us " that we are not at all sufficiently aware of the importance of the issues which it involves." He says that for years to come the Liberal party will derive its colour, tendencies, and fortunes from the course of progress with regard to this important measure. I agree with him, and, if he will allow me to fill up the outline he has traced, I believe the colour will be red, the fortunes calamitous, and the tendencies downward. He gave no reason for this measure on its intro duction. He says he was " dry and dull," and it is not for me to contradict him. " His study was to abstain from any topic which could, by any possibility, give a particle of offence. He was de termined that if angry controversy was to arise it should not be in consequence of what was done by him." In the course of the debate which followed I gave the reasons which induced me to disapprove the measure. Mr. Gladstone had the right of reply, but, in pursuance, I suppose, of his inoffensive policy, he declined to exercise it. Whatever were the fallacies, whatever the offences against truth or good taste which my speech contained, he did not see fit to expose them. I have no right to complain of his moderation. But this I think I have a right to say, that from the Leader of the House of Commons an answer to my speech should have been given in the House of Commons, or not at all. It is not to be expected that on a momentous occasion like that of the coming debate on the Franchise Bill the house will listen patiently to an answer ma d e by a private member like myself to strictures and censures delivered elsewhere. I therefore request permission to defend myself in your columns against a personal attack which there was every opportunity for making in my pre sence, but which the leader of the House of Com mons has thought it more becoming to make before a party exclusively of his own friends in my absence. Instead of quoting what I did say in the house, where he would have been liable to correction had he mis quoted it, he avoids committing himself to my words, but says I was understood in the House of Commons to have delivered this opinion, " that the labouring classes were totally unfit to be entrusted to any greater extent than at present with the electoral franchise. Those of the labouring classes who now possess the franchise were conspicuous for four re markable virtues—ignorance, drunkenness, venality, and violence." Had Mr. Gladstone quoted these words in my presence I should have contradicted him in the hearing of an audience which could have judged by its own recollection whether I was right or wrong. Had he quoted the report of my speech, it would itself have contradicted his assertion. But he does neither, but shelters himself behind the vague assertion that I was " understood " to say such things, and then proceeds to argue as if I had actually said them. He had before him my answer to the protest of some of my constituents, in which I pointed, out that I was speaking of abuses notoriously existing in many constituencies, and not levelling an indis crimate censure at a whole class. Yet he puts this aside, and insists upon it that I was speaking of " the labouring classes who now possess the fran chise, " that is, of all those who who now possess it. Into the arguments Mr. Gladstone draws from my answer to some of my constituents I shall not enter. My answer was, at any rate, intelligible ; to me at least his arguments are not. Possibly there are some errors in the report. But I cannot help regretting that Mr. Gladstone did not adhere to his resolution against branding his fellow-coun trymen who do not support his bill with contumely or approval, or that, if that resolution was to be flung to the winds, that he did not choose for the place of sacrifice the floor of the House of Commons instead of the Philharmonic Hall at Liverpool. It may be quite right to tell me that " I have a kind of mania on this subject." It may be quite right to express an opinion approving the protest of some of my constituents, including, I presume, its tone and manner ; it may be right to imply that I " utter sentiments more violent than the Opposition are ready to give utterance to ;" it may be right to say that Mr. Gladstone " honoured me for my courage till he had read my letter." Had these or similar things been. said in the course of debate, I, or some one else on my be half, might have replied to them, and I am too well used to Parliamentary conflicts to cavil at every hard word that may be uttered. But these attacks on character, conduct, and abilities of a member of Par ment for words spoken in Parliament ought not to be made by the leader of the house elsewhere than in Parliament itself. It is unworthy of the posi tion of Mr. Gladstone to retail second hand mire re_ presentation after it has been for weeks circulated by that portion of the press which advocates his views, espeeially when supported by the ignoble arts of omitting what I did say, or interpolating what I did not.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT LOWE. 34, Lowndes -square, April 0. Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The market opens quiet. Prices are 1 lower than last week. Sales will probably foot up about 6,000 bales. RUMOURED ROYAL MARRIAGE.—It is stated that a matrimonial alliance is arranged to take place be tween her Royal Highness Princess Mary, youngest daughter of the late Duke of Cambridge, and his Royal Highness Prince Teck, of Austria. Prince Teck is at pre sent staying at the Cottage, Kew, on a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. THE HANGING COMMITTEE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY for the forthcoming Exhibition will be composed of Messrs. Cope, Horsley, and T. Faed, who, together with Mr. J. F. Lewis, form the Council of the year. The Pre sident and Secretary are cx officio of the Council. LONDON SCOTTISH V. ST. GEORGE'S VOLUNTEERS. —On Saturday a match took place between these corps at Wimbledon. There were 10 , officers, 10 non-commis sioned officers, and 20 privates on each side, and the Lon don Scottish were the winners by 127 points.. - THE ONCE NOTORIOUS RIGOLBOCHE is dead. A few short years ago Rigolboche's attitudes were as much the rage in Paris as ara Theresa's songs now. She died last week in the ward of a public hospital, and was buried in the fosse commune. . _ _ THE REFORM BILL.—A. requisition is now in course of signature to the Lord Mayor calling upon him to convene a public meeting of the citizens on an early day to afford them an opportunity of expressing their sentiments in reference to the Reform Bill. FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE NEAR BRIGHTON. — Yesterday afternoon a frightful accident occurred on the Rottingdean Cliffs, near Brighton, to a gentleman named William Willett. In the afternoon the unfortunate gentle man left his residence, West House, Eastern-road, accom panied by his son Charles, both being on horseback. They had proceeded some distance along the green sward sur mounting these lofty and well-known cliffs, and were re turning towards Brighton, when the horse which Mr. Wil iam Willett was riding shied at something, this he repeated a second time, and Mr. Willett endbavoured to check the animal, but in vain, for the animal shied again, and, swerv ing towards the edge of the cliff, went over with its rider on to the beach, where the cliffs stand at a height of about 60ft. A coastguardsman stationed near the tollgate where the sad catastrophe took place witnessed the acciadtehnth,oarnse immediately ran down to the spot, and found and and riderprese presenting athfleighhetafdalosfp3eferta. spectacle. The being wasbba tte imme diatelydi neoncsvai6reltra.ih:deceb°uoplatocothnestarobaled, picked up, and, with the as who also witnessed the accident , conveyed to his residence where it was placed in a fly and o f t h h e e mostshock h e to r t t r he e di wifeg andin Eastern-road, Brighton . The family of the decease . cha racter. The deceased was well known as the proprietor of the Rock Brewery, and was a man of considerable wealth and property, and generally respected by all classes. He had for many years acted as a borough magistrate, and, although not in an active capacity, his loss will be severely felt. AkADVERTISEMENT.I Holloway's Ointment. Throat ections.—All the varieties of these distressing com plaints may be readily and effectively treated by rubbing this ointment twice a day upon the neck and chest, and supporting the strength by suitable nourishment. By this simple means diptheria, ulcerated and relaxed throat, irri tation of the windpipe, quinsey, and all other glandular enlargements will have their progress arrested, and the destruction they have caused repaired. Holloway's oint ment is the most trustworthy remedy for all internal and external throat ailments, and may be safely and effectively employed in every case without regard to sex, age, or con stitution. It is highly extolled for its ready cures of spas modic coughs, chronic hoarseness, and all disagreeable dis 'charges from the throat and nose. APOETING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—TiIIs DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 2to 1 agst Delight (taken) 100 to 12 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 9to 1 agst Vandervelde (taken) 12 to 1 agst Out-and-Outer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 16 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Morris Dancer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Effervescence (taken) 33 to 1 agst Shrapnell (taken) METROPOLITAN STAKES. sto 2 agst Eakring (taken) sto 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) Bto 1 agst Lucifer (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Delight (taken) 15 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sandal (taken) 100 to 7 agst Salpinctes (offered) 40 to 1 agst Saladin (offered) TWO THOUSAND. Evens Lord Lyon 100 to 8 agst Young Melbourne can 10 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 23 to 1 Knight of the Crescent (taken) THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Rustic (taken) 22 to 1 agst Stabber (taken) 50 to 1 agst Strathconan (taken) 50 to 1 agst Delight (taken) 66 to 1 agst Young Melbourne colt DOG SHOWS. These may truly be said to be " dog days." Hardly a week passes but there is some exhibition, or letters relative to the breeding, rearing, breaking, ormanagement of sporting dogs. Letters there certainly are. Some in anything but a sportsmanlike or friendly spirit—to what good, purpose an angry paper-war can lead, I am at a lass to discover. One thing is very evident ; that it is impossible for all exhibitors tpFin j vrizps. • No doubt, when a dog is sent up to show, his owner fondly imagines that he deserves to be placed at the top of the list ; but he should not be down hearted and show temper because he has been ho nourably defeated ; the old maxim should be re membered that, " there are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it." It cannot be denied that there are an immense number of animals sent for exhibition that have no more right there than I have to be a bishop (Nolo episcopari) and their exhibitors should not be ' offended at the superior knowledge and judgment of the judges. The only , motto should be, Palintm qui meruit feral. ' I believe that the gentlemen who have on most occasions been selected to adjudicate on the merits of the different animals are known to be properly qualified, or they would not have been chosen to fill such an onerous or unthankful office ; but that if, on any occasion, a prize has been awarded to an in ferior animal, it has been an error of judgment, not of one man alone, but of three, or a majority of three. Many dogs are merely sent for the purpose of selling them, and the unwary and ignorant are often tempted to purchase a good-looking animal, solely because of his looks. There are few really good breeders of dogs in England (I am not alluding to hounds), and those gentlemen who do possess good dogs are very chary of parting ,with them, and if they do, it is only large prices that will tempt them. It must not be supposed that because a man breeds from good blood on both sides that all their progeny are to be prize-takers, any more than that the gentleman who breeds race-horses should imagine that he must win the Derby, or the stake he starts for. You may have very many litters of pups before you can obtain one show-dog--but the chances are ten thousand to one more in your favour by breeding with care and judgment than they would be by not giving sufficient attention to the subject. I know a gentleman who has spent thousands on breeding, and rearing and running greyhounds— and though he has won good stakes has never yet been lucky enough to pull off the " Waterloo Cup," which I imagine to be the acme of the courser's ambition. Many dogs are reared for the express purpose of exhibiting ; breed and pedigree are discarded— colour, coat, size, are alone sought for : of what use are such animals ? You have probably given a large price for one, with the idea that you now pos sess something quite invaluable. Such visionary ideas are soon dispelled. On arriving at your shooting ground, the famous high-priced dog you set such store by, is told to "hold up"—he may, or may not do this—perhaps he goes off beating and quartering his ground beautifully—" There," you exclaim in y our ecstacy, " that is the finest th i ng I have seen for many a long day." The birds aro found—he is pretty steady at his point —up they go —bang, bang—right and left with your new breech loader—a brace down—but where is your dog, is he " down too" in the turnips) The pleasant dream is over—you are recalled to your senses by the voice of your keeper, exclaiming, " Well, awm bloomed, measter, if he ain't a hooking it through the tur nips like blazes." It is an unwelcome truth, but there he is, with his tail between his legs, bolting away as if he had been hit instead of the birds, and on reaching home an hour or two afterwards, you find him cowering in his kennel ; the dog is useless. On inquiry it is found that he was bred for show. • All this might be obviated by judicious manage ment on the part of the committee of shows —more, much more, stringent rules and regulations must be laid down before any good end can be obtained. A gentleman should be very careful how he mixes himself up in dog shows—of course Ido not allude to Birmingham, or others of that class ; but I was asked by a Mr. Guppy last year to be ono of the judges at Brighton. I foolishly consented, and not only were the judges of the first division not paid their expenses, but the awards were never forth coming, and Mr. Guppy, on being applied for them, could not pay, and had taken the benefit of the Act. --OLD CALABAR IN " LAND AND WATER." LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Hurst and Blackett announce the following works for early publication :—The second and concluding volume of Miss Meteyard's "Life of Wedgwood," with 200 illustrations. " The Memoirs and Correspondence of Field Marshal Vis count Combermere," two vols. " Garibaldi at Home : Notes of a Visit to Caprera," by Sir Charles R. M‘Grigor, Bart., one vol. " Sport and Sportsmen : a Book of Recol lections," by Charles Stratton, Esq., one vol. " Prison Characters drawn from Life," by a Prison Matron, two vols. " The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada," b y one vol. " Sir Owen F a i r _ Major W. Ross King, one vol., with nunlelfrorrEilliulies,traaitiitohnosr. " The Beautiful in Nature and Art," by of "The Women of England , " fax," by Lady Emily Ponseekr, three vols. "B oun d to t l h v e if W e,,, h k ee e. l , ," th b i y .oo Jo y h ol n s- THE LAjoiN G SEASON IN NORFOLK.—There has Saunders, author of " Abel Drake's been a great fall of lambs this season in Norfolk, and they h a ve also do ne well. Kee p for sh eep is abundant in the coun ty; an d, u po n the Whole, graz i ng p ros p ec t s h ave improved during e nih the to b laste desired three or four weeks, d they still le WRONGFUL DISMISSAL OF AN EXETER NEWS rAPYR EDITOR.—M r. W ar d , l a t e su b- e dit or o f th e E xeter Gazette, was, a d i e t z b i o d u e d e cidedly on Friday, at the Bristol assi • zes, awarded £5O damages against Mr. Wescomb, proprietor of that paper, for having been . peremptorily dismissed from his employ. The defence was that the defendant was incom petent to discharge the duties of his position. THE LATE MR. TURNBULL.—The remains of the late John R. Turnbull, Esq., many years the emi nent architect at Windsor Castle, who died at his residence in the Upper Foundation on the 2d inst., on his birthday, at the age of 59 years, were, by command of her Majesty the Queen, interred in the catacombs of St. George's Chapel on Saturday last. The funeral service was performed by the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, and the funeral cortege consisted of the relatives and friends of the deceased and a-large number of the Royal tradespeople and artisans employed at the Castle, by whom he was beloved and esteemed. ROYAL BOTANICAL SOCIETY.—The Second Spring fete of this society took place on Saturday at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, and, notwithstanding the unsettled weather, attracted a numerous and fashionable assemblage of visitors. The show of flowers was very good ; the azaleas especially were remarkably fine, and of rhododen drons the collection was very satisfactory. Of heaths, cinerarias, and pelargoniums there were also some excel lent specimens, and the prizes awarded to the successful exhibitors were meritoriously gained. Share 100 et 20 20i 10 100 i FOSS: WO too 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 103 i 10 i LO:31 6 1* F