The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-30 00:00:00

---'" '"- ,- - - -:-.. - r -- - - ---- ---- --N.--._.__--a•-_...:';'-',-,',--;;.i-. THE SUN, LONDO2 Lnd NION EY 111ARKET , Pe D ru o v A ia c n co s u p n e t r Cent., 1865 my Do 41 per Cent., 1865 - ing AND Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarron) - the COMMERCIU INTELLIGENCE Do 6 per Cent., 1862 _ ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Do Account clo .4.- Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3, - Share Railways. In- Do. Account TWELVE O'CLOCK. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St BBl at Bristol andl:nett - 7:7.1 ir --- iii ;e- There is no change to report in the state of the Do 41 per Cent. 1850 ior Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Discount Market, and the question of a decline or Do 3 per Cent. 1859 - - - tiS ad vance in the minimum of the Bank excites little Do 5 per Cent. 1862 - 87 62- 20 'orn wall , all 4 8 at Dublin at Belfast June ' 100 65 68 ler , Do 5 per Cent. 1864 at Dun„Perth, at Ab.Junc. l 100 70 72 if any interest in monetary and commercial circles. Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid - :e- 871 100 rJ.Loudon, cirip Certi. all - - A witl as idrawl of £30,000 in bar gold took place Do. do. £25 paid li pin Do. 160 - - st Glasgow &S. Western 100 1:6 .18 Sardinian 5 pr,r Cent at the sank of England yesterday. \ at Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' 100 34 35 - Do. Account 11- The official liquidator of the Commercial Bank Spanish 3 per Cent - - bt Great North of Scotland[ 100 - - C orporation of India and the East has issued divi- Do Acc ,- .,unt dead n o ti ces o f t h e Do New Deferred at Du. A stock .... 100 132 i 3.3 first payment of 10s. in the Do. Account - ad ' P t incl, payable on the 19th, 20th, and 21st Feb- Passive Do 2 ' ,l Do. New, is. at 25 pm! 10i - - - 3 at Gts, and W. of Ireland' 100 91 OS un rear Do Creditors of £5O and under are to be paid Do . Account r - at I, ,it. Western -Original leO 51 66 in full on the 13th proximo. Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded - at Dr,. S. Val. Rail gua. l 100 - - 'all Do Account - at Do. South \Vales ....I 100 - - rS. It has been resolved by the Directors of the Swedish 4 per Cent. - at Do. W. Mid.-Oxforri• 100 32 35 ud Electric and International Telegraph Company to I D ) , o , .. 41 per Seri,i, £ C G e o nt p . a l id B64 - st Do. Newport at Do. Hereford ioo 34 37 100 0.- - 'Y a recommend, at the forthcoming meeting, the pay- Turkish 6 per Ceut. 1851 - dis - at Lancashire& York.shirr, 100 133 131 st London and Blackwalli 100 • - - ho Do. Account - 100 87 83 ors meat of a dividend, at the rate of 5 per cent. per a nnum for the past half year. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 rp Do. Account at Lon. &North Western 100 123 124 123 r 0 The seco n d or di nary genera l mee ti ng o f th e Li on Do £lOO Bonds - at Lon. & South Western 100 87 83 he Ilre wery Company will be held at Westminster Do. Account at Man., Shet., & Lincoln 100 13 14 54 4 all 130 132 1291 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 . at Itetropolitan ay Palace hotel, on the 7th of February next, when Do Account lO Do. New B5 24 31p id the directors' report for the year ending 31st De- Do £IOO Bonds an Do 6 per Cent., 1863 _ [loo f Metropolitan District., all - - )it eember, and a resolution for declaring a dividend Do 5 per Cont., 1865 - - 10 Do. and St. John'sW'O , 0 - - for the last half year, will be submitted for the Do. Account at Mid,and )1 . , Do. 6 r Cent., 1865 ts, ' arprOval of the meeting. Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed - et Do, 13irmin.. & Derby 100 93 95 /11 nezuela 3 per Cent. - 25 id Kent - - Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway Deben- V° al tures Do 41.00 Bonds st Do. Ed., Pth., dr Dun lOO 4 18 have advanced 4 t041 42 ; and the Consoli- Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 0, dated Mortgage Bonds 4to 30 31. Ditto 11 per Cent - et Nth. Eastern-Berwicai 100 106 107 25 Do. G.If•E purch,.s, q 6.13.4 -ty - Dividends on the above payable in London. at Do. Leads on Perlin ne fourteenth annual general meeting of the Austrian 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ... - a t Do. Yon( lOO 101 103 Water Works Company (Limited) will be Belgian, '44 per cent., Ex. 25f. - - Is held on Monday,the 11th of February next, for Dutch 241- per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„.., MI 25 Do. Stock. & Darling all 3.5 16 10 Do. do. 1860-61 [ 18 10 11 p receiving and considering a report from the French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. a - bo ard for the election of three. directors and one Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. w auditor, and for transacting thdinary business Do. Account 541 at North Staffordshire .. 100 74 76 75 W at N. &S. . Junction .. all 114 118 e or TWO O'OLOCK. 25 S cott i s h C entral j.. of the comp any. Consols, Money 9Ol 4 at Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - - I.- At a meeting held to-day of the East London Do. Account - at Shropshire Union .... 100 - - ,0 t ank, the di rec t ors recommen d e d th e paymen t o f a at South Devon too 18 60 1- dividend at th e ra t e o f 5 per cent. per annum, free LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. st , 011t11 Ea stern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 10 ,d o f income tax. -_ *. _ at Pia Vale lOO 150 153 10 Do. C . n A meeting was also held of the Union Bank of COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. st Vale of N . eatli - - 11 Ireland, when the report for the past half-year was (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice Byles and a at Waterford & Kilkenn), 100 - - - • r 10 Waterloo & Whiteha r• 6 - - Presented. A dividend of Bs. per share, free of Common Jury.) at %Vest Cornwall lOO - - , in e mne-tax, was recommended, £5OO in reduction WINYAItD v. MARKS -FALsE IMPRISONMENT. . :y of p re liminary expenses, £1,500 to the reserve fund, This was an action for false imprisonment, and the BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ty and to be carried forward to next account the ba- facts, as deposed by the plaintiff are as follows: -The 100 itlantiodSt.Lawrence all 56 58 .y lan Boa, s ll p ar e o r da, Ar Cen.ln. 100 100 101 -c c of £1,201 15s. 11d. plaintiff, Mrs. Elizabeth Winyard, said that she was the at 1 cent........ 10 wife of William Winyard, an engineer, living at 85, 20 Do. F shares lO id ip ,d -- Euston -road. On Saturday, the 29th of September last ; 14 istato p tt f Lake Huron all 4 45 all 74 84 ir Two O'CLOCK. she went out with her daughter between eleven and twelve Buft 9 .,Br r a e nZ r Z e t n aderich 100 -- A ccording to Reuter's telegram, this morning in the day to make purchases, and amongst other places at 1 6 p.c. 1872-3- i lOO - - 100 - -0, i th e French Rentes were 69f. 20. Firm. went to the shop of the defendant, who sells bacon, cheese, st (3 J a a l i c e a Yo a wn I . ltek, m gu - lOO 50 55 10 There is very little speculation in the market for and VTgs. It was a double-windowed shop, and there .00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 101 1 1 10 0 : 1 1- st East. Bengal, gu., 5 dor 100 0 y the English Funds, and the operations for trans- were two counters, at one of which the bacon was sold, at East Iridian gu. 5 p.c. 100 106 107 1064 She took a piece of bacon from outside the window and 20 Do. J EXtension - - 10 English are too limited to produce animation. Consols st irandTrunkof Canada 100 21 22 are 9 went to bacon counter, but there was no one serving then 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds r, , 0 1 to 904 for moue and 90 11-16 to 90 13-16 at the time. She then went to the other counter and all 85 88 1 charge 6 p.c fo e the account. These money, indicate heaviness, purchased some eggs, and she placed the bacon on the too Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 5 7 59 Y but The the decline is of the smallest fractional character. top of her basket and went outside the shop, when she 100 E c o . . do p r elrrg e d mi s . 100 :11 52 54 Ch e New Three per Cents. are marked 894 to 904 gave the eggs to her daughters. She wished to have the 100 Do. do. deferred - - i 1 ' bacon weighed. The defendant's man, who was outside 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 37 40 and t he Reduced 3 per Cents. 90 to 904, being , 100 Do. do. deferred - - 1 Wit hout material variation. asked her if she had a piece of bacon, and she answered, 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook t- Th - - a liquidation is occupying the chief attention came out of the shop and said, "I.lolloa, what is this?'' st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 105 10 . 6 141 5 23 Co. Gus, 5 per cent lB i I p of the ,c 1 , operators in the Foreign Market. The new At this time she had 2s. 6cl. and 2s. in her hand, and the 20 Do. New g,ua. sp. c 6 6 l i' it transactions recorded to-day are few, and the varia- value of the bacon was 2s. 9d. Mr. Marks then sent for a at 1G L u S a o . u_lh l o er t I c n en d t ia d dons g 5 ' , i S unimportant, Spanish Passive have advanced policeman, and without listening to anything she had to st d R, 221 sav gave her into custody on a charge of stealing theD ~ 44 per cent . . . . 1 1 0 0 0 02 I_ 9 oo l 102 9_3 at Do .... 2 - 4 ; the Certificates 4, to 144 i ; while Italian '' ' - 205 Clreat Wes. of Canada all 124 134 A decli nes 4, to 53i 544 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. are bacon. She was taken through the streets to the police- 204 Do. N w Without station, and thence to Clerkenwell police-court. She had :0 )0 0 1 D .10 0 .. 13 56 p d. ee o. B p .( iy s pap.. . 31 8. 7 . 1 - 8 8 7 . 3 . all ai , i 88 1 4 1 88 4 42 ,1 I change, at 29i. A ; Mexican, 174 3 - ; and one sovereion Bs. Gd. in silver, and some coppers when she 10 at m in a d d ia ra n a l..irancb, limited 2 o' Gre ek, 14 i. The Chifia 4 n Loan Scrip is 44, and was taken in t' , charge, and she had been for two years a the . 4; Russian Loan Scrip 14 4 prem. _ 1:(,. v g Lo ua. 5 p.o 9 1 4 02 9 10 2 04 100 85 90 frequent customer of the defendant's. The magistrate dis- s a t Do. I :0 Business in Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway missed the charge. 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 - - a shares is almost suspended, shareholddrs and bond- at nab. Cor. 6p. c. Blida. 100 - - )1 hold ers beina unable to form any satisfactory opin • • ' _len with regard to their position and prospects. A The Bonds are at the price of about 30 ; other I_The case was not concluded when we wont to press.] LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, (This Day.) 50 Mel. dr Hudson's Bay.. all - at N.lll.(rda, 6pc Ist pt. be 100 82 85 at Scinde • st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do to g:,, 1 100 97 93 ... ::: {lO O O 9 1 7 1 98 100 97 984 94 i A merican 41- st Do.lndus St.Flot 100 at Do. Punjaub . 1 1 : 1 f Securities were also flat, except Illinois. _ _ _ . .. ~. _ Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, this morning th e French Rentes were 69f. 20. Firm. There is very little speculation in the market for the English Funds, and the operations for trans fer are too limited to produce animation. Consols are 9 01 to 90/ f or money , an d 90 11-16 t o 90 13-16 for the account. These prices indicate heaviness, but the decline is of the smallest fractional character. The isirew Three per Cents. are marked 891 to 901, an d the Reduced 3 per Cents. 90 to 901, being without material variation. The liquidation is occupying the chief attention °f the operators in the Foreign Market. The new transactions recorded to-day are few, and the varia tions unimportant. Spanish Passive have advanced 8 1 ' 22 i ; the Certificates 1, to 141 1 ; while Italian eclined 1, to 53; 541 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. are Without change, at 29i- ; Mexican, 171 1 ; and , G , r eek, 14 The Chilian Loan Scrip is 1 1, and th e Russian Loan Scrip 1+ 1 prem. Business in Atlantic and Great "Western Railway sha res is almost suspended, shareholddrs and bond ileklers being unable to form any satisfactory Th e with regard to their position and prospects. 'e Bonds are a t th e p r i ce o f a b ou t 30 ; o th er Americ an Securities were also flat, except Illinois, which are firm at 801 1 ; Erie shares are 38; 391 ; a nd United States 5-20 bonds, 731 1. Little business hasbeen done in the. ailway Share illarket beyond those connected with the settlement, I n d pric es generally show spmptoms o f i ncrease d " P re2 sien. Great Eastern have receded 1, Great Wester n I-, Midland I, Great Northern A Stock li., and Metropolitan 2. Tile Foreign and Colonial Railway undertakings sh ow little variation of importance. Bank shares are quiet. Alliance, however, have 4 1 n , Preyed to 171 ; O r i ental Bank have declined to London Joint-Stock remain steady, at 44i and Union of London at 45+ 1. without, vvth l ‘ lisc ellaneous and finance sh ares are very d u ll , however, any material change as regards 16 U es• Anglo-A mer i can T e l egrap h are marked 1; Egyptian Trading Comp an y, 51 ; C re di t oneier of England, 3/ l ; and London Financial, 7+. Market quiet, but rather steady. Sales pro bably 8,000 bales. MARKETS. --I his day. MARK-LANE. The fresh arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent, coast wise and by land carriage, were but middling both as regards the quantity received up and the quality of the supply. Although the supply was short, it was quite equal to the demand, the trade for all descriptions being .very quiet, at Monday's decline in value. There was a fair show of foreign wheat on the stands Even the finest samples were neglected, and in inferior sorts very lithe was doing. The prices realised were about equal to those current at the close of business on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain commanded but little atten tion, at about late rates. There was a tolerably good show of barley, chiefly foreign produce. .All descriptions were difficult to sell, at the late dec:ine in prices. Malt was dull, but not cheaper. In oats the transactions were on a limited scale, at late currencies. Very few English samples were included in the supply, which was fairly ostensive. Beans and peas were dull, at Monday's decline in prices. Flour moved off slowly, on former terms. Seeds were quiet, but rates ruled firm. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEIC. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 130 1,010 1,810 420 Irish Foreign 7,030 6,890 1,400 - - 870 3,780 sacks brls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN. For the week ending Jan. For the corresponding week 26, 1867. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 57,603-62 s 2d Wheat 55,216-45s 6(1 Barley ..... ....53,409-45e 9d Barley 64,077-33 s 1d Oats 6,506-24s sd, Oats COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _ 'British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 61% c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 19 101 Do. sp. c. Mar. ,e Sept 100 99 101 1 1 0 0 0 0 5533 8585 ..- Do.Aph&Oet, 189 0-1900 100 1 0 1 106 E 0 11)) ; ', ;( *. ( 5 t l ip) ...I C I *. o l i j ( l i is s , nc 6 .r p it . c e . dj l a 5 873. 100 lot 13'k.1'04 1)0. do 1580-90 100 103 105 Do. Jan..VJuly, 1590-9. 100 101 103 102/ Do. 5 per t.ellt.. 13 April and 15 Oct., 1900 10(i 9) 72 (111 ';ey lon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., 100 101 103 Do. 1878, do.* 100 110 1,8 Mauritius, 6p. a 1873, .... J p a o n . l a 7 u B d July 100 0 102 104 103 103 105 01 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 o. 1895, Feb. & Aug lO OlOO 1 1 0 (3 5 107 106 'atal , 30v. 6 per cent lOO 99 101 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 100 95 97 S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 186 t, 100 90 93 * Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187( 100 Do. 5 p.c. ISBB to 1893 100 85 86 851 5 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 93 101 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a Queensl a nd G ov . 6p. a9l 100 P S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 983 97j Do. 1878 4 upwards 1(.0 104 106 105 Vlo,Crov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 107 108 1071 BRITISII MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lim. 1 Chiver ton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 8 9 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 400 410 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 22 21 East Caradon 2.14.e 6 7 East Calm BrPa 3/ 2 3 icast Grenville East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 1 6 East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8,0 21 21 Gam. StA übyn(G wen. 66 5 6 4 Great Laaey, limited., all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - - Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (11elstgin 41, 15 16 17i Grenville 8.18.0 11 13 1 erod's Foot 8.10.0 30 32 tiingston Downs ...... 5.10. G 21 54 Ilargaret (Uny Want 13.17.6 2 4 DI arke Valley 1.10.6 3 4.4 41 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, liw 31 21 New Se ton - North Roskear Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13. t 2f 31 54 Prosper United 7.1.6 Providence kUnyLelant 10.6.: 24 26 —• 8 Caradon (St. Cleer)., 11 300 820 i South Condurrow 3.2.0 f 14 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 Stray Park . 35.15.6 Tin Croft. Vigra and Clogan, lim all 9 10 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard 14 12 14 -- West Chi Tenon .. 11 54 66 65 West Seton • Wheal Bassett !Mogan 51 65 75 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 18 20 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 10 12 -- Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 9 PREFERENCE MARES Great Western, 4 per cent irred ;72 ; North Staffcndshire, 103/ AND STOCKS. FOREIGN RAILS Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 36. &YB. BANKS. Consolidated Bank, lim., 5 English and Ilia de Janeiro, Aim., 9k Imperial Ottoman, lim., London and County, 674 London Joint Stook, 44a London and 11 estminster, 97i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, National Bank, 68 MISCELLANEOUS; Anglo-American Telegraph, 151 164 Anglo-Mexican Mint, 154 Atlantic Telegraph, 274 Ditto, 8 per cent., 674 64 Berlin Water Works, 1im..:,124 Ditto, new, 54 City Discount, Um, 2 City of London Real Property, lim., 41 I City of Moscow Gas, Um., 0314 18 Credit Fonder of England. 4 Crystal Palace, 29 4 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Lim„ 34 Ebbw Vale, 114 Electric Telegraph, 133 English and Australian Copper Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 13,1 Gen. Credit and Discount, lim.. 5 1 Hudson's Bay, 164 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, 11.m.,_ 14 International Financial Society, lim.. 24 London Financial Association, lim.. 7 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 34 M+dras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by In. dian Government), 191 Merchant Shipping, lira., 121 Willwall Freehold Laud and Dock, 8 Nr.tloual Discount t.ompany, 14 Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of whioh 24 is to pay, 114 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 154 A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the private residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in St. James's-square. The ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Malmosbury, the Right Hon. Spencer U. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General Peel, Vis count Cranborne, the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northoote, Lord John Manners, and the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy. The United States Government is preparing for an active and vigorous campaign against the hostile Indian tribes of the extreme west. Troops, horses, and munitions of war are being concentrated at Leavenworth, Omaha city, and other points on the Upper Missouri, and the cam paign will begin with the opening of spring. All the mili tary posts on the plains are to be strengthened at once. A general attack and massacre is feared from the Indians, ;tad the frentier §ettlers are in great dread 91 their lives' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINti, JAUNARY 30, 1867. CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Beforo Mr. Justice Blackburn). THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLING THE SHIP SEVERN. Charles William Webb was indicted for feloniously, upon the high sea, casting away and destroying a certain ship called the Severn, with intent thereby to prejudice divers companies and persons who had underwritten certain policies of insurance upon the said ship ; and Thomas Berwick, sailor: Lionel Holdsworth, broker; and Joseph Stansfield Dean, agent, were also indicted for feloniously aiding, abetting, and procuring Charles Webb, to feloniously and maliciously cast away and destroy the said ship. There were also indictments against the pri soners for conspiracy to defraud the London and Caledo nian Marine Insurance Company, the Friend-in-Need Fire and Guarantee and Accidental Association and divers other companies which had underwritten the ship and freight. The investigation of this case, it will be recollected, oc cupied many days at the Mansion-house, and the evidence having been published at groat length on that occasion, it is unnecessary to repeat it again to-day. The ship was lost off Cape de Verde, in consequence, it was alleged, of certain holes being made in the bottom of the ship. The claims for the amount of the various policies having been sent in, certain suspicious circumstances transpired which led to the apprehension of the parties now on their trial Holdsworth, it will be recollected, absented himself from his office in Fenchurch-street, and was afterwards taken into custody in Switzerland and brought to London. The Solicitor-General and Mr. Giffard conducted the prosecution ; and Sergeant Atkinson and Mr. Ribton de fended the prisoners. There aro no less then about 63 witnesses to examine. When the Court adjourned for refreshment, Mr. Justice Blackburne told the jury that from the appearance of the case there was no likelihood of its terminating either to-day or to-morrow, and, as that would render it neces sary for them to be kept together for that tine, it would perhaps be as well that they should make their arrange ments accordingly. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) John Wilmot, who stood indicted, upon the coroner's inquisition, with the manslaughter of the unfortunate per sons who lost their lives by the falling of a girder upon one of the carriages of the Metropolitan Railway, surren dered to take his trial. Mr. Sleigh, who appeared for the prosecution, said he did not intend to offer any evidence against the defendant, in consequence of the death, since his committal, of the man Chaney, who stood charged with the prisoner. Mr. Sergeant Ballantino, who appeared to defend the prisoner, said he had to inform the court that Wilmot bore a very high character for care and good conduct, and that previous to his entering the service of the Thames Iron Company he had been employed by several of the most eminent engineers in London. Mr. Justice Keating said he had read through the depo sitions, and it appeared to him the parties who had charge of the signals were the most culpable, and he hoped that great precaution would be taken for the future. A verdict of not guilty was returned, and tho prisoner was accordingly liberated. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) John Adams pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously aiding a certain prisoner, to wit, one Fhilip Bovill, a prisoner in the Rouse of Correction, Cold bath-fields, to which he had been lawfully convicted. The Recorder sentenced him to a month's imprisonment. FOURTH COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) William Moulton, a sailor, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for a robbery with violence on Levy Her bert, and stealing from him money and various articles of wearing apparel. Ann Islahomet, who was also indicted indicted with the prisoner, was sentenced to 9 months' im prisonment. William Butcher, a soldier, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for a robbery with violence on George Doughty. John Bowdy, who was indicted with the pri soner, was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A POLICE CELL.—Ann Newman, a woman about 40 years of age, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to strangle herself in a police cell at the Marlborough-mews Police-station. Police-constable James Livermore, 118 C, said that about 12 o'clock last night, the prisoner came up to him iu Oxford-street and asked him the way to the Marlborough mews station, and on his telling her she became verylabu sive and left. While going round his boat ho saw her outside the station door in a state of intoxication, and on telling her to go away she made use of very bad language, and he then took her to the station. The Reform League in Lambeth. &rgcant Rowe, 30, said the prisoner came to the sta tion and asked to lace the inspector. As she had been drinking ho told her to come when sober and to go away. She was put out of the station, and subsequently brought by the last witness and put into a cell with another female. Shortly after hearing a scream he went to the cell, and found that the prisoner had tied something tightly round her throat. He took it a and left her, telling the other female to warn him if she attempted to do anything to herself again, and also giving the gaoler instructions to keep a watch on her. About a quarter of an hour after there was another alarm, and on going to the cell he found the prisoner had again tied something round her neck so tightly that she was nearly dead. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sergeant said the pri soner was drunk at the time. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, observing that it had better be marked on the committal that she was a dangerous person. A meeting in connexion with the Reform League was held last night at the Horns] Tavern, Kenning ton, under the presidency of Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P. The proceedings commenced with the sing ing by a party of vocalists of both sexes of a newly composed song, entitled "We will rally round the League, boys." The chairman, in addressing the meeting, said he had been asked by some really good Reformers whether they could consistently attend the gatherings of the League, since the League wanted one measure while they wanted another His reply was that when a ship was drifting the first thing was to get up steam, and it would be time afterwards to settle what flag should be hoisted. The nation was drifting towards dangerous breakers, and it was the duty of all good citizens to work heartily together until the greatest class in the country was fairly repre sented. He ridiculed the weakness of a Govern ment which, it was said, was about to ask Parlia ment what its wishes were, and remarked that the object of these meetings was to prove that the people were thoroughly in earnest in demanding a good Reform Bill, such as would enable them to carry out all those measures which must follow. As to other reforms, he urged that education, the food and dwellings of the masses, and the relations of labour and capital could not be satisfactorily set tled so long as the class mainly interested were unrepresented. In conclusion he alluded to the ru moured attempt to supersede the leader of the Liberal party, remarking that in Mr. Gladstone they had a man of real genius and of hearty sympathies with the people, who worked last Session harder than he had ever seen a man work in order to carry the best bill which there was a chance of passing at that time, and it would he the basest ingratitude to allow any other man to be put in his place. (Cheers.) Mr. Connolly moved a resolution protesting against the present restricted franchise, as excluding the great bulk of the working classes from participation in government, and expressing approval of the prin ciples of the Reform League. He predicted that on the 11th of February the people of London would come out with all their might and majesty, and declared it monstrous that Englishmen should be denied a right enjoyed by every citizen in Germany and America. Mr. Mantell, in seconding the reso lution, suggested that the constituency might allow the working men, who, according to officialstatistics, formed a third of their body, to nominate one of their members, and said he should much like to split his vote at the next election between the chairman and Mr. Beales. Mr. Beaks said he had made up his mind never to enter the House of Commons if a single vote were to be given for him under the influ ence of corruption, so that if the constituency of Lambeth at any time thought proper to invite him to be a candidate they would know the conditions on which alone he would consent. He predicted the approaching triumph of Reform from the language of the Times of that day, which affirmed that the Government could not retain power unless it was prepared with a Bill. He urged Reformers, however, not to relax their exertions, and pointed to Mr. Neate, Mr. Harvey Lewis, and the half-and half Liberal members who refused to join in the Newcastle demonstration as the greatest obstacles to be encountered. The resolution having been carried, with two dissentients, Mr. Dresser Rogers moved a second, thanking Messrs. Gladstone, Hughes, Bright, and Beales for their advocacy of Reform, which was seconded by Mr. Mottishaw and carried. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Mr. Villiers and Mr. Weguelin upon Parliamentary Reform. The following letters from the members for Wolverhampton were read at a Reform Demonstra tion held in the Agricultural Hall in that town on Monday evening : THAMES. EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OP FEAUD.—James Bradshaw, aged 52, and who was described as an agent, of No. 15, Ran dolph-street, Camden-road, Holloway, was brought before Mr. Paget, on a warrant granted by Mr. Partridge on the 27th of December last, charged with fraud and conspiracy. Charles Ross and J o h n L eyland were i nc l u d e d i n th e same warrant and are still at l arge. The throe men aro c harged with having by divers false pretences and subtle devices unlawfully and fraudulently acquired and obtained 1,400,000 bricks, valued at £1,365, and conspiring together to de fraud Mr. John Peed, of Cambridgeshire. The prisoner is connected with a gang of swindlers, called the "Forty Thieves," and after a successful course of most iniquitous frauds he absconded. The bricks were sent from Cambridgeshire to London by rail, and disposed of below the invoiced price by Bradshaw, Leyland, and Ross. He Assumed the name of Sibley, and went under various disguises from place to place. He was discovered yesterday in a house in Randolph-street by police-sergeant Freeston, No. 58 K. Freeston said that Bradshaw had not left the house in R andolph-street f or th ree wee k s , an d that while he was c onco c ting his i n f amous f rau d s i n th e Hamlet of Ratcliff he wore no beard and moustache. Since then he had cultivated both. The swindlers traded under the name of Bradshaw and Co., Regent's Canal Basin, Ratcliff. The gang obtained good under false pretences from tradesmen in various parts of the metropolis. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner. Rewards have been offered for the apprehension of Ross and Leyland. "39, Sloane-street, Jan. I.G. "Dear Sir,—l beg to apologise for the delay which has occurred in acknowledging the letter which you addressed to me on behalf of the Wolverhampton Auxiliary Branch of the National Reform League, and in which you convey to me an invitation to be present at the Reform meeting on the 28th inst. The letter was not addressed to my resi dence in London, and I only found it at the Club to which it was addressed long after its date. The delay, however, for which I am answerable, I am sure you will not ascribe to any want of respect for yourself, or certainly to the cause on account of which it was written. That cause is now propeily absorbing the attention of the community, and is deserving of the gravest considertion. It has in view the removal of glaring disorepancies in our system of re presentation, and . seeks, by an extension of the people's rights, to render that system more faithful and fair. It was for this purpose that Lord Russell's Government (of which I was a humble member) proposed a Reform Bill last Ses sion ; and it is the end which the same men will keep stead fastly in viewin governing their course while in opposition. During the long time that I have been in Parlia.mentl have voted for every practical measure of Reform that purported to widen the basis of representation, and my opinion in this respect is wholly unchanged. If, therefore, 1 should now seek to judge freely formyself in what way I can personally serve the cause best, I hope I am not drawing too largely on the confidence with which my past course may possibly have inspired my constituents. On the mode in which the peo ple think it right now to make known their wishes and opinions upon this important subject I have not a word to offer. It is emphatically their own course--(cheers)—and they have the fullest right to its management. (Renewed cheers.) But Parliament is about to re-assemble in a few days, and wishing to give the fairest consideration to the various views that are known to be entertained by honest 'Reformers, as to the course which it will be best to pursue, I trust that the committee of the League will not think it disrespectful if I decline to attend a meeting which at this moment might appear to fetter my independence as a mem ber of the house. Asking you to have the goodness to state to the committee the reason of my non-attendance, and to thank them, on my part, for the honour of the invitation I remain, dear sir, yours very faithfully, " William Parker, Esq." " C. P. VILLIERS. " Billingbaar-park, Wokingham, Jan. 16. REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN EXETER.—It was briefly stated in The Sun of Tuesday that a Reform demonstration, in connexion with the National Reform League, was held in Exeter on Monday. The working men of that city having been joined by those from other neigh bouring towns, the total number present, we now learn, was about 1,500. In the evening a public meeting was held in connexion with the movement, over which Sir J. Bowring, presided. On the platform were Sir B. Wrey, the Rev. W. H. Bonner (a vice-president of the National Reform League), and a large number of the supporters of the cause. Sir John Bowring, in the course of a lengthy speech, claimed for the unenfranchised the right 'to bo admitted into the electoral hall. John Bright, the tribune of the people, had been marked out as a special object of Calumny, and he asked the working men never to desert that honest man. (Cheers.) He also extolled Mr. Gladstone, whose name was received with loud applause, and censured the conduct of Mr. Lowe and the Adullamites. Not long since the Tories said the people were quiet and contented, and that no Reform was therefore wanted, but now the people had become clamorous, earnest, and turbulent, so Reform should not be granted. Ho urged them not to trust the Tories for any measure of Reform, pointing to their opposition to all Liberal measures hitherto brought for ward as a proof that they would not approach theisubjeet in earnest. Having alluded to the Solicitor-General's views on Reform, and to the "miserable delusion as to the balance of power"— a delusion which he thoughteras dissipated 50 years ago when the sovereigns and chief diplomatists of Europe met, he said his notion of the constitution was that it was a pyramid of which the people wore the base and the Sovereign the apex ; and this pyramid they desired to strengthen by widening its base. Experience had shown that working men, if predominont, would not send ignorant or prejudiced representatives to Parliament. He then argued for the ballot as a protection for the voter, contending that it was no more un-English for a man to register his Par mentary vote in secrecy than for members of clubs and cha ritable institutions to avail themselves of the ballot in order to conceal their opinions. At this moment, while 150 millions of human beings wore provided with the ballot, in England, where the influence of wealth and title was greaterlhan in any other country, the House of Commons would not make the experiment. The truth was they dare not do it, for it would succeed, and its effect would bo the banishment of the Tories and the security of the Govern ment of the people. In conclusion, ho hoped that this meeting would show that they were determined to have Reform—efficient, practical, and beneficent Reform. I3eve ral speeches were made, and resolutions approVing 111: 111 - hind tiaras and the I:Fallet carried unanimously, " Sir,—Some delay has unavoidably occurred in reply ing to the invitation which you have been good enough to send me from the committee of the Wolverhampton Auxi liary of the Birmingham branch of the Reform League to attend at the Reform Demonstration to be held at tho Agri cultural Hall, Wolverhampton, on the 28th inst. In the first place, I wished to consult my colleegue, Mr. Villiers, being anxious to act with him in this matter, and in the next place I had a desire to consider whether I could by my presence on that occasion promote the settlement on a moderate and therefore permanent basis of the question of Ref c rm. "I have come, however, to the conclusion, with mature regret, that it is my duty to decline the invitation, being satisfied that the settlement of this question will rather be delayed than promoted by a movement of the extreme na ture advocated by the National Reform League. "In the face of the opposition which any Reform mea sure will encounter from open and disguised enemies, I cannot think it wise, if a measure is to be carired by con stitutional means, to alienate by advocacy or by the coun tenance of extreme views, the great bulk of the Liberal party in the House of Commons and in the present con stituencies of the country. I supported with constancy the Bill introduced by the late Government, although object ing to some of its details, because I considered it, on the whole, a wise and temperate measure, because it enlisted to a very great extent the support of the Liberal party at large, and because it was introduced by a Government whose principles were not doubtful on this subject, and whose honest endeavours to settle this question entitled them to the support of all parties in the State. "The members of the Government, now th, leaders of the great Liberal party in opposition, have for the present withdrawn from the public advocacy of any specific mea sure, no doubt with the wish to give their opponents the opportunity of bringing forward a measure which, if it do nothing more, will open the points of contact of both parties on this subject, and thus, perhaps, lay the foundation of an agreement. But if the Government on the meeting of Par liament should propose no measure, or only an illusory one, then, no doubt, the loaders of the Liberal party will feel it their duty to speak boldly and distinctly to the country ; and I have little doubt their policy will then meet with the almost unanimous support of one united Reform party. "I have the honour to be, your faithful servant, " .g. WEGUELIN. "W. Parkes, Esq., President of the Wolverhampton Branch of the National Reform League." After the usual motions had been adopted, it was resolved : " That the thanks of this meeting be given to our borough members —to the Right Ron. C. P. Villiers, for his long and faithful advocacy of all measures tending to promote the welfare of the people--to both, for their steady support of the Reform Bill introduced by the late Govern ment." Working men had been brought together from Bilaton and Wplenhall and other parts of the Par liamentary borough, and there was perhaps 3,000 present. MINING MARKET. WEDNESDAT, Two o'Clock. , business rema i ns very quiet. Annexed are the latest quotations BrYn Gwiog, 121 171; Cern Brea, ; Carts Cam borne, 22s Od 24s Od; Central Minera, —; Chiverton Moor, 66f ; Chonzales Gold, 21 ; i 8 ; C ondurrow Clifford Amalgamate, , —; Cooks' Kitchen, 11 12 ; E as t I3asset, 22 23 ; East Caradon, 5•1 6 ; East Cara Brea, ; East Lovell, 10 11; East Wheal Grenville, 2 21; Great Laxey, 161 171; Great Retallack, 41s Od 43s Od ; Great South Tolgus, 18s Od 208 Od; Great Wheal Vor, 171 18 ; Marko Valley, 4 41; North Crofty, 51 51; North Roskear, 10 11; North Treskerby, 21 21; Prince of Wales, 31s Od 33s Od; Prosper United, 31 31; Provi dence Mines, ; Rodtnoor, 9 11 ; South Caradon, —; South Condurrow, 15s Od 17s ; South Darren, ; South Frances, —— ; South Grenville, 7s 6d 108 lves C onso l s , —; St ray P ark, —s —s; Tincroft, ; St. West Caradon, 11 12 ; West Chiverton, 63 65 ; West Frances, —; West Seton, —; Wheal Buller, 20 22 1 ; Wheal Chiverton, 8 81 ; Wheal Cr3bor, —8 s ; Wheal Grenville, 22s Od 245; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal eton, 120 125 ; Wheal Trelawney, 11 12 ; Wheal Uny, --; brakewWheal Basset, North Downs, 8 1 1 ; ells 24s 265; East Russell, 3 BRlTall FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cent. Consols , De. Ac count, Feb. 7 901 u per Cent. R e d uced t i eW 3 per Cent 9O/ 89 1 ND e 2/ per C en t . J an. 1894 Do. per Cent. Jan. 1873 inn per 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 • ,Do. for 30 3th 41111885 13 De (Red SOaT el e graph), Aug ., 1908 — kachequer Bills, £l.OOO, 4 per Cent Do .................. £6OO ...... . .... £lOO & £ 2OO , 'clank of England Stock, oi per Cent ... GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. IRthau Stock 10/ per Cent., Apri11874... 216 Do. Account 1:) °. 5 per C ent. July, 1870 Do. oer Cent Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates O. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent, Jan. i 872 DDo. 5/ per Cent., May 1879 o. Deb p er b Cent Aug. 1873 - 13onda," per Cent., £l,OOO 110. under £l,OOO Pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds. 5 per Cent, 1869 13I 'azilian 5 per Cent Do. 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 410 . 5 per Cent., 1865 uo £lOO Bonds -utienos Ayres 6 per Cent Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per • Cent.) 6 per Cent 4/ per Cent. . 00. 6 per Cent A Colombian, 6 • Do. , B per Cent. •., Cuba, 6 per Cent. ... ... .. Do. ........ ......... Danish 3 p er Cent., 1825 5 per Cent., 1864 ... ................... Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent- — Do Pr,visional Laud Warrant Do Deferred X ;•yptian 7 per Cent Do. Account Do. Second issue ) 0. £lOO Bonds DDo. 1864 o • £ 1 00 Bonds 8 Government Railway Debentures BO tie un . p Accot urcek 5 er Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons De. Account 00. Coupons 0 laternala 5 per Cent. It,iian 5 per Cent 1865 De, A ccount . D°. M aremmana Railway car. 3 per Cent ~D i tto for Account D„. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French AlOlltevidean 6 per Cent. Moorish fm ri. I 5 per Ce nt New °moat) d. DoDo 3 per Con . Deferrad ........ .... . Do Laud I trarraut; (-16c..tare. BOROUGH HOP. Tho trade is quiet, but prices rule firm. Fine hops aro becoming scarce, and extreme rates are demanded for them , WHITECHAPEL. There is a moderate supply of meat, the inquiry for which is steady, as follows: Per 81b. by the carcase. 45 Od to 5s 4d Beef .. . ...... a s Od to 4s Cd Veal 3s Od to 4s 2d Mutton ... 3 8 Od to 4s 4d Pork OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO.—An application was made yesterday to the chief clerk at chambers on the part of the official Equator in Overend and Gurney's case, for permission to accept a composition on a deed of assign ment from a debtor to £20,000. Other creditors of the debtor had executed the deed, and the liquidators wished to obtain the sanction of the chief clerk (Mr. Berkeley), acting in the matter, to the proposal. An affidavit was produced to him. The chief clerk (Mr. Berkeley) said it was a voluntary winding up, and the liquidator had power to accept an offer. made on the part of the debtor if he thought proper. In support of the application, it was urged that the composition under the deed would be bene ficial to the estate and should be taken. The chief clerk said ho must have an affidavit and facts disclosed which would satisfy him as the parties applied that it would be advantageous to enter into the arrangement, and on that affidavit the application would be granted. The Bremen ship Maria, Capt. Meyer, is shortly expected at Raguel, with the library, paintings, and other effects of the Empress Charlotte. The cargo consists of 622 chest, insured for £20,000. AN OLD WOMAN'S DARK MOON.—On Monday Police -sergeant Bolton received information that the sum of £6O had been stolen from the house of Mr. Martland, fanner, Burscough. The circumstance caused a great sensation in the district, and suspicion fell upon the servant girl, who had that morning left her place. It appears that the money was Mrs. Martland's " dark moon" —that is, money saved unknown to her husband—which she had deposited in a bag in the wall under the stairs. The police-officer at once made a search, and, after removing several brick% found fragments of a bag and £ll in gold. The officer pursued his course, and after , wards found £6l in different parts of the wall, to the I great delight of the husband. Mrs. Mat land appears to have put Indian meal in the bag to keep the gold from rusting, as she said, and the rats had thus been tempted to run away with.her "dark moon."-- Wigan Examiner. The Spectator last Saturday, under the heading " Yankee Pastimes," gave an amusing account of of the N ew England w inters the rational mo d e adopted, to employ the long evenings, farm work i s suspended and mills run short time, the young people, who have plenty of leisure thrown on their hands, chiefly study, they go to even ing schools or learn to the best of their ability at home. Fairs are held for charitable, patriotic, and other purposes, and weekly meetings are assembled either at private houses or at a room hired for the purpose, for work upon articles to be sold at the coming fair. This gives encouragement and spirit, and far more pleasure than for each to ply her needle in her solitary home, especially as the meet ing generally concludes with a dance and modest supper. Spelling matches for prizes are also held. The prize is paid for by a small admission-fee-10 cents. Sleighing and skating parties, base ball s and cricket, are the principal outdoor games, f. SPORTING INTEL LIGENOE.—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB—Tins DAY. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Saceharometor (taken) 100 to 3 agst Bismark (taken) 100 to 3 agst Gretna (taken) 100 to 3 agst Rejoinder (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Proserpine (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Bracken (taken) 100 to 3 agst Gomera (offered—take 40 to 1). 100 to 3 agst Tormentor (offered—take 40 to 1). 40 to 1 agst Weather Star (taken) 100 to 3 agst The Duke (offered) 50 to 1 agst John Davies (offered) 50 to 1 agst Redcap (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Batthyany (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mount Palatine (taken) 25 to 1 agst Saceliaro.neter (taken) 25 to 1 agst Minster (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Plaudit (offered) 9 to 1 agst Julius (off., take 10 to 1) 100 to 7 agst Vauban (off., take 100 to 6) DERBY. 13 to 2 agst The Rake (offered) 25 to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 50 to 1 agst Avron (off., take 1000 to 15) ACCEPTANCES FOR THE CHESTER CUP. WEDNESDAY, May 1. Tho Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to receive 50 sovs; tho winner, after Jan. 23, at six p.m.. of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, or a 500 sovs handicap, 10Ib.; the second for either, or the winner of a 200 soya handicap, 51b extra, both including the winner's own stake. Cup Course about two miles and a quarter. 151 subs., 72 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Age st lb The Duke... 5 9 3 Dalby 6 8 10 John Davis ... G 8 10 Gontran 5 8 3 Lecturer 4 8 2 Rama ... 4 8 2 Harry 13railsford ... 5 8 2 Tormentor ... 4 8 1 Moulsey ... 6 8 0 Salpinctes... ... 5 7 12 Caithness ... 4 7 10 Special 4 7 10 Rodomonte 4 7 8 Arkansas 5 7 8 Urania ... 4 7 8 R3dcap 6 7 6 Doctor Syntax a 7 6 Archimedes 5 7 5 Skirmish 5 7 5 Lucifer ... 4 7 4 Actaea, 4 7 4 Gomera ... 5 7 2 Conundrum 4 7 2 Beeswing 4 7 0 Jollity 4 7 0 Abergeldie 4 6 12 Nu ... 5 6 12 Aldcroft ...4 6 10 The Clown 6 6 10 Marsyas 4 6 9 Holstein 5 6 9 Mdlle. Cleopatre .. 4 6 9 Chepstow ... 4 6 8 Minster 4 6 6 Honeymoon 4 6 6 Alcibiade a 6 6 Dubiety 5 6 6 Endsleigh 5 • 6 6 Proserpine... ... 4 6 4 Ecclestou 4 6 4 Age st lb Surney ... 5 6 2 Quick March ... 4 6 0 Mrs. Allan... ... 4 6 0 Lion King... ... 3 6 0 Newland ... ... 3 6 0, Blk. Prince, by Vol tigeur ... 4 6 0 Uncas ... 3 6 0 Amanda c ... 3 6 0 Helen ... 6 6 0 The Rescue 3 5 12 Armouror 3 5 10 Bracken ... 3 5 10 Sergeant Pacquot... 4 5 10 Stokeley 3 5 10 Foresight ... '3 5 10 Arundel ... 3 5 10 Harrogate ... 3 5 10 Land Tax ... 3 5 10 Gilead ... 3 5 9 Dutch Admiral ... 3 5 9 Sunflower filly 3 5 9 Fair Wind... 3 5 7 Sea Mow ... 3 5 7 Fan... .. 3 5 7 Sweet Home 3 5 7 Mendicant... 3 5 7 Whirligig 3 5 7 Weather Star ... 3 5 7 Ailesbury ... 3 5 7 Romulus c. ... 3 5 7 Leap Year... 3 5 7 Brdadlands 3 5 7 Rid Shoes... ... 3 5 7 Scipio ... ... 3 5 7 Viscount St. Albans 3 5 7 Barrington ... 3 5 7 Leases ... ... 3 5 7 Sister to Vedette... 3 5 7 King's Daughter 3 paid LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.—FEB. 19. :andicap. Six furlongs. Weights for the City I Age st lb Salliet ... 5 8 12 Pantaloon ... 5 8 11 R e d aa m 4 8 4 Special ... 4 8 0 Copenhagen ... 6 8 0 Exceller 5 7 13 Treasure Trove ... 4 7 11 Confederate ... a 7 Historian 6 7 8 Deceiver 4 7 7 Paris ... 6 7 6 Indian Star ... 4 7 6 Her Ladyship 4 7 6 Gulnara 6 7 5 Blackthorn ... 4 7 5 Thalassius... 5 7 3 Quirina ... 4 7 0 Aurora ... 6 10 Bismarck ... 3 6 9 Killarney 4 6 9 Musician 4 G 7 Gretna ... 4 6 6 Weights for the Handicap Ago st lb Shakspero a 11 7 Pearl Diver ... a 10 9 Elsham ... a 10 7 Real Jam a 10 6 Dermot Asthore ... 6 10 8 Tupon ... 6 10 3 Foxholes ... ... 5 10 2 Oppressor ... 5 10 0 Clairvoyant° 6 10 0 Fortunatus .. 4 10 0 Discretion ... 5 9 13 Queen of Trumps... 6 9 11 Forester ... 5 9 10 Tennyson ... 5 9 10 Grace Darling ... 5 9 10 Gulnara 6 9 10 iEnopides a 9 10 Meanwood... a 9 8 Verbena ... 6 9 7 Phantom ..; a 9 7 Weights for the Brocklesby Age st lb Problem 3 6 6 Black Prince, by Voltigeur ... 4 6 5 Miss Frances 3 6 5 John Halifax 4 6 5 Lady Pam._ 3 6 4 Salamanca... ... 3 6 4 Thermometer 3 6 4 Charles 11... ... 3 6 2 Rusin Urbe ... 3 6 2 Haidee 3 6 2 Barrington ... 3 6 2 Vice Versa ... 3 6 0 Ailesbury 3 6 0 Sister to Vedette... 3 6 0 Leases ... 3 5 13 Vulcan ... 3 513 Stephen Langton... 3 5 12 Scipio ... 3 5 12 Ammunition ... 3 5 9 Miss Middleton ... 3 5 9 Esmeralda... 3 5 7 Hurdle Race. Two miles. Age et lb Alberta, by Trum- pet or ... 4 9 7 Bodale, t y Farnham a 9 6 Fan 5 9 6 Bold Houghton ... 6 9 6 Claribel, by Jack Robinson ... 5 9 5 Tusculanum 9 5 Gladiator ... ... 4 9 3 Carnizette ... B. Prince by Volti geur ... Nukuheya... Pensioner ... Age st lb Volunteer ... a 9 9 Queen of Trumps... a 9 1 Salliet ... 5 8 13 Pantaloon 5 8 12 Qui Vivo 4 7 11 Indian Star 4 7 7 Deceiver(lateNaiad) 4 7 6 Tragedy 5 7 6 Gulnara, ... 6 7 6 Bessie 5 7 6 Troubadour 5 7 0 Niko ... 3 7 0 Kilarney 4 6 10 Carnizette ... 4 6 9 Problem ... 3 6 7 Weights publishes ::.4 9 3 ... 4 9 2 ... 5 9 2 ... 6 9 2 Gardener, by Lun dyfoot ... ... 5 9 2 King Arthur ... 5 9 0 Helise ... ... 5 9 0 Ohimneysweep ... 5 9 0 Ammunition ... 3 8 7 Trial Handicap. About half Age st lb Haidee ... 3 6 6 Polly Perkins 4 6 5 Gretna ... 4 6 5 Thermometer ... 3 6 4 Itus in Urbe ... 3 6 4 Ariel ... 3 6 3 Novice ... ... 3 6 2 Maid Marian ... 3 6 1 Lady Clinton ... 3 6 0 Purchase ... 3 5 13 Phantom Sail ... 3 513 ... 3 5 9 Verity ... 3 5 9 8 tapenhill ... 3 5 8 Variation ... 3 5 7 )d Jan. 29, at 11 am. THE KENTUCKY CHALLENGE. We extract the following from Wilkes'a Spirit, of Jan. 19 :—lt will be remembered that in our issue of January 5 we announced that in the next number of the Spirit an offer would appear on the part of Mr. Jerome to run Kentucky against any horse in the world. The race was to be anywhere from a two-mile dash to four-mile heats, and the stakes from $lO,OOO to $30,000. This statement, we said, was authorised by Mr. Jerome, and we suppose nobody really doubted that fact, although it appears that some, whose ignorance and stupidity is just about equal to their impudence, pretended to doubt it, and said that this challenge was all a mistake. It was also declared that Kentucky had no occasion to resort to "bluster." By this we are to infer, we suppose, that the challenges promulgated in old times by eminent turfmen North and South; in England by the owners of Eclipse, The Flying Dutchman, and Gladiateur ; and more recently in this country by Mr. Alexander, Mr Tra very, and Mr. Hunter on behalf of Asteroid and Kentucky, were nothing but "blusters;" furthermoro, that when Mr. Jerome contemplated the issue of the challenge for Ken tucky, he meant "bluster." What impudence is this which thus blindly charges the most able, influential, and honour able men upon the turf of this country and England. We care nothing at all for the pretended doubt of our veracity, because the doubters could not help believing us; but we do care about the fling at turf man who have challenged, or even have contemplated chall en g in g . By the letter from Mr. Jerome, which follows this, it will be seen that our statement was perfectly correct—that he intended to issue such a challenge, and a uthorised us to announcethe fact, but after mature cons ideration has concluded not to do so. This letter is as follows: " Head-Quarters of the American Jockey Club, New York, January 14, 1867. "Editor of Wilkes's Spirit.—My dear Sir—You were in your issue of the sth inst. that you wcoerifeec,tauiu sayingtho dto state' that a challenge would be published in detail in the next number of the paper, to run Kentucky against any horse in the world any race, from a two mile dash to four mile heats for a large stake. " I did so authorise you to make that announcement, and at the time it was my intention to issue such a chal lenge. Upon further consideration, however, and mainly for reasons which concern me alone, and therefore need not not be published hero, I had decided not to do so. I do not mean by this to create a belielf that I have abso lutely resolved not to run Kentucky in any race. In spite of some obstacles that I now pe rce i ve t o my d o i ng so th convenience, I might be induced to run him in a great match, one worthy of his p er f ormances an d renown. It may, however, be fully understood that ho will not be trained again, unless it be for the purpose of running such a match; and that in no event will he be run for the purses and current prizes of the Jockey Club or any other race meetings. " LEONARD W. JEROME." Flat Race for £lOO at LPwcs. A match between Mr. Paxton's Eastbourne and Mr Tompsett's Lunatic, for £5O a-side, 12$t each, came off on Lewes racecourse on Tuesday, and created much interest in the neighbourhood, a largo party of ladies and gentlemen being present to witness the encounter. Eastbourne was trained by W. King, of Alfriston, well known as the trainer of Dolby, and for some time the horse had attracted as much AttOtitll ti he were the veritable ()heater cup 1 - hero. Lunatic was prepared' on the Telscombe gallops, but from last Thursday he had been exercised under the care 'of his jockey, Walter Cook, on the Lewes Hill. Betting became slightly in favour of Eastbourne when it oozed out that a certain jockey known to fame as George Fordham, who was staying in the neighbourhood, would be entrusted with the mount. Mr. Marcus Vorrall acted as judge, and the following was the result of the raco:— Match, 50 sovs, 10 ft, 12st each ; 2 miles. Mr. Paxton's Eastbourne (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Tompsett's Lunati c (W. Cook) 2 Betting-2 to lon Eastbourne. The non-favourite went off like mad to tko half-mile post, where Ferdhatn brought up Eastbourne, and after "kidding" at the dis tance, canto away opposite the stand, and won by a length. Several well known racing meu were present, including Mr. R. Potter and Mr. "Dalby" Bennett. The result of 11 , ,9 match was received with loud cheering, and Fordham may claim the honour of having ridden the winner of the 'A rs ; flat race of 1867. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. Lincoln Spring Harrow Spring ... Nottingham 26 FEBRUARY. - West Drayton ...... Derby Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 Margate... War wick Spring l9 AP. Cardiff Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Abergavenny Ascot Spring York Spring 7 Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath JU. Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB JU Carlisle Newmarket July '2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Mooting 10 Hungerford Nottingham l6 AUG Ripon Brighton .. .. 6 Brighton Ohio 8 Lewes Egham ... . l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Hastings York August Bromley Epsom Spring Lewos Spring Croxton Park tIL. T la ir sk Newmarket Ist Spring.. 1) nrham Catteriek Chester Harpenden Epsom Croydon Newton Beverley Stockbridge ~.. . . ,.. I Chelmsford Summer ••. Newcastle .• 1 Ipswich . Worcester Summer -LY. Down Royal Corporate Stamford Huntingdon Winchester Southampton Goodwood 11 22 22 25 17 21 29 29 19 25 25 27 27 23 25 130 Dover .... 22 West Drayton Plymouth.,,,, 23 Canterbury Darby ... 2B Lichfield Weymouth Tunbridge Baden Baden _ NOVEMBER. Liverpool Autumn 5 1 Leamington Hunt Shrewsbury Autumn... 11 SEPTEMBER. Margate Warwick I Spring 3 Hendon l9 Abingdon 5 Leicater Doncaster 10 Brecon OCT, Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh Newmarket 2d October 7 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 IBER. Bedford C heltenham l5 Newmarket Houghton STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor MAROH. Liverpool Spring Grand Military Chertsey Mahon COURSING• COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Judge. Days of Running 30, &c. Name. Ridgway Club, Lytham FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 15 Waterloo, Lancashire Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick 11ARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Loutn Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. Westropp l4, 15, &e Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire - 26, &c. 8, 7 7, &c. APRIL. York l7 I Kildare Hunt Sevonoaks SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBE.U. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire Mr. Spofford HUNGARY. PESTH, Jan. 28, Evening. At the sitting of the Committee of Sixty-Seven, held this afternoon, the minority of the House re presented by the left, withdrew their resolution, not wishing to discuss the propositions cf the Commit tee of Fifteen, but desiring that they should be laid before the Diet in the shape of a Government Bill. The majority resolved upon discussing the report of the Committee of Fifteen, which was adopted in principle after a short debate. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 29. 64th Regiment of Foot —MajorAirgeneral Henry Keano Bloomfield to bo Colonel, vice General Sir James Freoth, K.C.8., deceased. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 28. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant Henry Yore Barclay to ha First Lieutenant, vice Cassan, re moved from the list. COURSE OF EXCHANGE... Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 15i 11 161 Ditt o 8 Months. 1 1 18 1 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 35 25 421 Brussels — 25 35 25 421 Hamburg — 13 81 13 gi. Paris . . Ditto 8 Months. 25 321 25 374 Marseilles .... . . ... .... Frankfort on the Maine 1191 1191 Vienna.................. i 621 13 64 13 55 Trieste — 13 55 18 Yetersburgn Berlin - — 6 31i _2si 6 251 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan 471 - 48 48} 48$ 26 75 26 80 26 75 26 80 - 26 70 26 80 26 70 26 SO 26 75 26 80 26 75 26 0 blf 62 Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon .. Oporto SHIPPING: INTELIIGENOE—This Day. (BY TELEGBAPK.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 29—Margaret, from Mogador ; Juana and Piero, from Rochelle ; Eclipse, fr om C aen. _ _ Tho Knight Companion passed up to Long Reach. Arrived, Jan. 30—. Unicorn, from the Cape ; Eider steamer, from Antwerp ; Lionne and Neptune, from Grave lines; Raby Castle, from Penang; Purveyor, from Brest Orion, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Elizabeth Hampton, from Riva de Cella ; British Tar, from Demerara ; Met, o politan, steamer, from Hamburg ; Toning, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed—Marlet, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Samerange, bark, for Carthagena ; Comur, bark, for West Indies—both from Shields; Heinrich, ;or Pernambuco ; Erateling, for Montevideo—both from London. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. on comparing these rates with the English /dint price of ►is. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold id nearly 2 -10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. the course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 10) per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United States, STEAM FIRE-ENGINES IN YORKSHIRE.--The Bradford Observer of the '24th inst. contains an account of a recent meeting of the town council, when it was decided by a majority of 22 to 11, to purchase ono of Shand, Mason, and Co.'s steam fire-engines for the use of the borough. This matter has boon in agitation since last August, wh en an interesting series of competitive trials took place in Bradford. These trials, coupled with a subsequent full and searching imestigation into the merits of the various engines, enabled the council to arrive at the above decision. It is expected that other largo towns in Yorkshire will follow the example of Bradford, and will, like the metro polis, use steam power instead of manual labour in the working of theix fa engines. UST.