The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-08 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. The arrival of the 11th Brigade Field Artillery from Lucknow, in the river, was announced on Sa turday, and orderawere given for their accommoda tion in barracks at head-quarters, Woolwich. Later in the day they were ordered to be quartered at Shorncliffe, whither they proceeded. The dismounted portion of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, in command of Brevet-Col. T. Crawley, arrived at Woolwich on Saturday morning from Maidstone, and crossed the Thames at Roffis-wharf, proceeding to Colchester. The strength of the corps was about 250 strong, with 13 women and 20 children. The detachment of Royal Marines Light Infantry, 300 strong, despatched footn Woolwich in command of Capt. W. A. Delacombe, a few days before St. Pa trick's Day to be in readinesson hoard her Majesty's coastguard service shipDonegal at Liverpool, incase of any emergency, returned to Woolwich yesterday morning, at 6 o'clock, in temporary command of Lieut.-Col. F. Richards, of the Portsmouth division, Capt. Delacombe having been previously recalled by the Admiralty, to be in readiness to proceed to his new appointment in command in San Juan, Van couver's Island. The composition of the division at Aldershot has undergone considerable change during the past week by arrivals and departures, but the strength of the camp still continues much lower than usual at this season. The Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards arrived as follows :--On Tuesday, B troop under Capt. Hubback ; on Wednesday, one squadron under Major Alexander; on Thursday, one squadron under Capt. Gunter; on Friday, one squadron under Capt. Eddleman ; and on Saturday, one troop and head quarters under Col. Pattie, C.B. The regiment is quartered in the South Cavalry Barracks. The head-quarters of the 3d (King's Own) Hussars left the camp on Thursday morning, and proceeded to Hounslow, the other troops having proceeded to dif ferent detached stations earlier in the week. The E Battery, Bth Brigade Royal Artillery, left the camp on Friday morning en route for Woolwich. The dis mounted party proceeded by rail from the North Camp station to their destination. The C Battery, 9th Brigade, from Leith Fort, arrived at the camp on Friday afterttoon, and took over the quarters vacated by the E Battery, Bth Brigade. The field movements during the above period have been few and unim portant. The 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, from Newbridge, and the 72d Highlanders, from Edin burgh, are expected to arrive at Aldershot shortly. The 4th will move into the West Cavalry Barracks, and the 72d be quartered in the South Camp, and attached to the Ist brigade. The Police Barracks at Aldershot are now under going conversion into an hospital for the purpose con templated by the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act. Surg. W. Perry, RA., has been appointed by the Secretary of State for War as visiting surgeon for the district. An unfortunate occurrence took place at Alder shot Camp on Wednesday. A number of recruits belonging to the Ist Battalion, 18th Royal Irish, proceeded to their rifle range in the South Camp, under the command of an instructor of musketry. After being engaged some time at ball practice they piled arms and fell out. Most of the men then com menced larking, and one named Edward Halpin took his rifle and loaded it with ball cartridge. No parti cular notice was taken until he shouted, " Look out, Coleman," and, bringing his rifle to the "pre sent," he discharged it point blank at the man referred to. The ball shattered Coleman's right hand, which was raised at the moment, and entered the shoulder, where it lodged. He was immediately taken to the regimental hos pital, and attended by the principal surgeons of the division, who found it necessary to amputate the arm from the shoulder, an operation which was success fully performed. Bat little hopes being entertained of Coleman's recovery his depositions were taken in the presence of Halpin, who was placed in the guardroom immediately after the occurrence. Most of the men who witnessed the occurrence are of opi nion that it was accidental, but the fact of Halpin having so deliberately loaded his piece and fired iu►- mediately after cautioning Coleman has excited some comment. He, however, states that it was only at half-cock, and that he had no intention of discharging it. Both men are young soldiers, and do not seem to have been well acquainted with the construction of the Snider rifle. The left wing of the 20th Regt., under command of Major Meares, which arrived from Calcutta by the Beaumaris Castle at Plymouth on Saturday, was appointed to land there yesterday (Sunday), to join the headquarters in the Raglan Barracks at Devonport. The armour-plated iron screw steamship Defenc e , 18, was placed in Keyham-yard, on Friday, to be advanced to the first division of the steam reserve. Port Admiral Sir Win. F. Martin, K.C.8., in spected the crew of the Cambridge, Capt. C. J. F. Ewart, in Hamoaze, on Friday, and witnessed the men at gun practice. The screw steamship Rodney, 78, Cape Algernon C. F. Heneage, in Plymouth Sound, has received certain repairs, and has had defects in her scuttles made good. She will probably sail to-morrow for the Cape of Good Hope and Japan, where she will bear the flag of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B. The paddlewheel steamvessel Medusa, Staff Com mander T. Potter, from Sheerness and Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Rear-Admiral F. Warden, C. 8., to be second in command of the Channel Squadron ; Capt. J. G. Goodenough to the Minotaur, commis sioned ; Commander Nationel Bowden Smith to the Minotaur ; Lieut. the Hon. Edward S. Daw son to be Flag-Lieut. to Rear-Admiral Warden, C.B. ; Lieut. W. George Le Cocq to the Mino taur ; Lieut. G. G. Webber to the Bellerophon ; Alfred S. Bradley, master, to the Vestal; Ed ward Foster, paymaster, to the Flora; Alfred 11. Martin, paymaster, to the Ilighflyer ; Henry Loney, surg., to the Royal George ; Hart Gimlett, surg., to the Minotaur; and John B. Nicoll and Rinso Siccama, assist.-surgs., to the Minatour ; Lieutenant George W. Hand, to the Minotaur ; Henry G. Barlow, paymaster, to be secretary to Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden, C.B. ; F. E. Pirkis, assist.-paymaster, to the Irresistible ; G. Liddell, assist.-paymaster, to the Indus ; H. G. Herbert, assist.-paymaster, to the Victory; G. Ennis, naval instructor, additional, to the St. George ; W. H. C. Pooke, midshipman, to the Endymion, as supernumerary ; S. Cleft, surg., to the Lord Clyde; Richard C. M'Clement, assist.-surg., to Haslar Hospital ; George Maclean, M.D., assist.-surg., ad ditional, to the Wellesley; John Saudars and Charles F. Jordan, chief engineers, to the Minotaur ; Win. Holloway, Joseph Hopwood, and Holland Harrison, engineers, to the 111inotaur ; William Hankinson, John A. Rowe, and Alfred B. Gulteridge, first-class assist.-engineers, to the Minotaur ; James F. Lewis, acting second class assist.-engineer, to the Minotaur; and Reginald F. Yonge, master's assistant, to the Orontes It is proposed to hold a National Exhibition of Works of Art in Leeds next year. Her Majesty has given her patronage to the undertaking, and Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, is presid entof a council which includes a long list of nobleman and gentlemen possessors of fine private col►ections of works of art. It is hoped that the result of the exhibition will be the catabli , litnent of permanent galleries of art in Leeds an d other large towns, " several pub ic spirited gentlemen at Leeds having already sub scribed handsonte sums" towards this object. The plan invented by Mr. L. Eastman, United States Consul at Bristol, for city railways and car riages has been accepted by the Government of Paris. This invention is calculated to confer great advantage on city traffic, and will in all probability be generally brought into use by the great towns of Europe. Mr. Eastman has availed himself of the Paris Exhibition to bring the plan before all city authorities. The summary of its advantages is con densed into a report of four pages, and what this report claims for it can be tested, and wilt" shortly be, by a practical trial. The comfort and economy introduced by the adoption of this scheme can only be fully appreciated when that trial is wade. Miscellaneous Amercan News. The generals appointed to carry out the Con gressional scheme of Reconstruction are men who possess the confidence of the nation, and the selection appears to have been generally approved. The President has strengthened his hands by these nominations, and by the disposition he shows to bring the measure into practical operation. He has a right to test the legality of the act by a reference to the Supreme Court, and it is said that some leading Southerners are countenanced by him in an appeal to the judges. The sentiment of the people is with Mr. Johnson in his desire to curb the extravagance of Congress, and he may yet recover some of his lost ground if a dispute hereafter arises on the question of finance. Soldiers, sailors— losers by the Southern armies, losers by the Northern armies, by floods, by fire, by protection, by free trade, by retrenchment, by expansion; Con gressmen for time, for travel, for postage ; Preeimen for every requisite ; the South for food, the North for education ; States for war expenses ; even Russia for barren rocks and piles of ice, all gather greedily around Uncle Sam's strong box. If Mr. Johnson effectually guards the safe he will confer one boon at least, and that no light one, on the nation. The telegraphic despatches of this week from New York have been very meagre. Congress has adjourned till December next, when according to law it must meet on the 4th. It may, however, re-assemble on the 3rd of next July, on which date the Judiciary Committee is to report on the impeach. ment of President Johnson ; but this will of course depend on a quorum being present. The great event of the week is the call of the President for an extra session of the Senate to discuss a treaty by which Russia proposes to surrender to the United States all the Imperial dominions in America on the payment of $7,000,000. The Senate had assembled, but its temper is said to be unfa vourable to the treaty which was to be fully debated before action was taken. At New Orleans a new police force is to be formed, irrespective of colour. Au official statement of the Public Debt, just pub lished, shows that while in the month of March it has been reduced more than $7,000,000, the gold in the Treasury had increased to $106,000,000. It was also reported that the most prominent Southern politicians, with the advice of the President, proposed to petition the Supreme Court to stay the Recon struction Act. The Democrats have carried Connecticut, electing the Governor and three members of Congress. The City of Paris, the Hermann, and the Saxonia arrived at New York last Sunday. The Virginia arrived on the 4th. The United States mail steamer Mississippi, Captain Sumney, arrived at Falmouth from Havre with a general cargo and 650 passengers, and left Falmouth at 11 a.m. on Thursday, having embarked there 28 passengers for New York. Fifteen hundred men are chopping wood on the plains for the Union Pacific Railroad. They supply 600 cords per day, and their wives and families camp out with them and are provisioned by the contractor. After Marshal Bazaine's departure from Vera Cruz martial law was proclaimed, and the city closely invested by the Liberals. The Emperor was besieged in Queretaro, from which his native troops were deserting. The city is about 100 miles north-west of the capital. All communication with the sea-board was cut off, and unless some unex pected change took place the gallant attempt of Maximilian to maintain his throne without foreign aid would in all probability end disastrously. Juarez was about to order all French residents to leave the country, or be naturalised under the republic. In case of Juarez's success, it is to be hoped that the Government of Washington, to whose counte nance and support his done, will prohibit any pros criptions of the Imperialists, or cruel abuse of the power which has been derived mainly from the en couragement of the great republic. A war vessel, said Co belong to the Liberals, left New York for Tampico, loaded with ammunition. The French Marshal Bazaine had landed at liavannah on the 23d March on his way home. The Kingston Whig remarks :—" Some very fine specimens of Madoc gold in quartz and sand, just taken from the mines, have been shown in Toronto as well as Kingston. Jewellers there, as well as here, pronounce it superior in quality to either Californian or Australian gold." The Naval Appropriation Bill, passed by the last Congress, contains the following item :—" The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorised and directed to receive and accept a deed of gift, when offered by the State of Connecticut, of a tract of land situated on the Thames river, near New Lon don, with a water front not less than one mile, to be held by the United States for naval purposes." While flogging in the army is occupying the attention of Parliament, it is of interest to note the action of the United States officers on the applica tion of the lash when placed in command. Major Hughes has indignantly called in question a state ment of Sir H. Verney that an American General, being under the gallery during a late debate, was asked by an honourable gentleman whether they flogged in the American army, to which he replied that, though against their Articles of War, he had flogged men over and over again. Major Hughes would like to know the name of the General who so boldly set at defiance sect. 3 chap. 54 of the Act approved August sth, 1851. Brevet Major-General Robinson, temporarily in command of the Depart ment of the South, on March Bth issued the following General Order abolishing whipping as a punish ment for crime :—" Head-quarters Department of the South, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8. — General Orders, No. 26.—Whipping or maiming of the person, as a punishment for any crime, misde meanour, or offence, being now prohibited by the laws of the United States, all officers of the army and Freedmen's Bureau, ou duty in this Depart ment, arc hereby directed to prevent the infliction of such punishment by any authority what ever." The question is debated as if officers liked the punishment, and were its strong and only advocates. They wish to retain the power for the same reasons, that Londoners a few years ago brought it into operation when frightened out of their discretion by a few garotters. The power of adminis tering the lash is still in the hands of magistrates, applicable to criminals in prison. Therefore any British subject who becomes a criminal might be flogged, and people show more tenderness for the backs of unruly soldiers than for their own. The lash of the Springfield Republic an is u in ni t t h e i d s --«, T he instance well and freely appli e d : States district attorney is engaged in thoroughly 1 sifting the recent financial irregularities at Boston, and it is probable that, if a United States marshal is ever appointed for Massachussets, at least half a dozen persons will be arrested on the charge of mis applying the public funds ; and, if convicted, we do not see how some of them are to escape a term in the State prison. All the details of the affair are by no means made public yet, and the trial is likely to show a recklessness and want of virtue on the part of custodians of Government securities and private funds as alarming as it is astonishing to honest persons who have not before had a chance to look behind the scenes. Those who ought to know, however, hint that this last is by no means an ex ceptional case; that similar ' irregularities' have been common before, and, as in a case in point, it is commonly asserted in Boston that a ring of bank clerks, using of course the fun Is of the banks, re cently made more in a few weeks by ' cornering' a mining stock than a bank with half a million capital could legitimately make iu three months. It is indeed high time for the law to interfere. The lust for lucre, the desire for hasty riches, seems thoroughly to have debauched, in many instances, that keen and high sense of honour which should accompany deli cate and responsible trusts, and a few cases of punishment for crimes of this kind are greatly needed for example and warning." We are not aware what means the United States Consul at Zanzibar had of learning the circum stances, but it would appear from his report to his Government that he was satisfied of the murder of Dr. L ivingstone, i d v e i p n a g r s t to m n e e n , t an t \ dl l i r e has officially informed the a It is now s t ted 1 that aeszh.ingtenoantocr te f F t o h s ef r a , of Con. necticut, will receive the nomination of Minister to Austria in place of Mr. Motley, resigned. General King, the United States Minister at Rome, has applied to his Government for the pur chase of a house in that city for the Legation, where the Protestant service could be performed under the shelter of the American flag. It is thought that this would cause bickering between the various denominations as to which should control the ser vice, but this would not occur to anything like the extent some journals in America suppose. In pre sence of an overwhelming and hostile ascendancy all branches of the Protestant Church amalgamate, and the general proposal is more feasible than the experience of the churches in America would lead people to think probable. We are not surprised at the scene in the house of Representatives on Tuesday, the 19th of March, exciting shouts of laughter, though such exhibitions tend to damage its reputation. While the debate was proceeding on the Relief Bill (million dollars) for the South, Mr. Woodbridge, of Vermont, characterised General Butler's amendments as tricks of a demagogue to kill the bill. The general, in a rage, sprang to his feet, and thrice exclaimed at the top of his voice—" That's fair play from Ver mont ! is'nt it ?" The attitude and tone of the speakeriudicated ungovernable anger, and all looked for a personal collision when the general sat down, and the house, after a pause of expectation and amazement, struck with the absurdity of the exhi bition, burst into roars of laughter. Nor was this the only scene that occurred during this debate. Mr. Bingham was attacked by the general, who as serted that he belonged in spirit as well as body to the Democratic side of the house. Mr. Bingham retorted with excitement, ending of course with an unpleasant allusion to Fort Fisher. General Butler charged back with reference to the trial of Mrs. Surratt, where Bingham was Judge Advocate. The retorts were bitter and personal, and created a lively sensation. Tammany Hall, long the head-quarters of the Democracy in New York, has been sold to Charles A. Dana for $175,000, to be taken possession of on the Ist of May as the office of Mr. Dana's new Re publican paper. Miss Carmichael, the once Mormon poetess, who apostatised in favour of a husband exclusively hers, is about to publish a book on her life in Salt Lake City. Mr. J. B. D. De Bow, it appears, it is not dead, his brother having been the person whose death occasioned the outpouring of obituaries. Mr. George W. Mountford, formerly consul to Candia, is writing a history of Crete, which will be published in a few months. Henry Bill, of _Norwich, has given Ledyard, his native town, $l,OOO and 300 volumes, as a nucleus for a public library. The friends of the late Moses F. Odell, of New York, have decided to found a department of American history to his memory in the Wesleyan University at Middletown, of which institution he was an early and constant patron. Au alcove in the library has been set apart and christened the " Odell Alcove," and over $3,000 worth of books already purchased. The new steamers Bristol and Providence, larger than any of the Sound boats, will be run between New York and Bristol, connecting at the latter place with the railroad to Boston, and the route will be opened on June 1. The project of building a new railroad from Warren to Mansfield, thus shortening the distance by railroad from Bristol to Boston twelve miles, is under serious considera tion. All the stock of the Salisbury Branch Raihold has been taken, Commodore Vanderbilt being down for $350,000 worth. The State Association of Connecticut base-ball players has elected the following officers :—Presi dent, John A. Sterry of Norwich; vice-president, Gershom B. Hubbell of Hartford ; secretaries, C. E. Terry of Waterbury, and William M. Hudson of Hartford ; treasurer, S. P. Smith of New Haven. The season for the champion games is limited by the first clays of May and No vel-10),x, and they arc to be played under the general rules of the national association, though a series of special rules was adopted. Professor Jacob Orton, of Rochester (N.Y.) University will probably succeed to Professor Paul Chad bourne's professorship at Williams College. Professor Orton was a graduate of Williams in 1855, and will have charge of the scientific expedition which the Lyceum of Natural History :propose to send to South America next slimmer. Captain Jabez Peck, one of the early settlers of Pittsfield, and one of its most respected citizens, died at his residence on Sunday evening, after a few weeks' illness, at the age of 86, and Hosea Murrill, another aged and wealthy citizen of the town, died on Monday morning, aged 83. General Steadman has been nominated for col lector of internal revenue of the first district of Louisiane, but ie not legally eligible, not being a resident of the district. Brigadier-General O. Brown has been made bureau commissioner for Virginia, in order to relieve General Schofield for more entire devotion to the Recon struction business. John Hughes, Southern candidate for State Senate, was unanimously elected Mayor of Newbern, N.C., Thursday, by the aid of the negro vote. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has another son. Between one and two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon the Prince of Wales and their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark, attended by some members of their suite, visited St. Bartholomew's Hospital. COMMERCIAL. The wide margin between the rate at which money can be obtained on good security, and that on securities not long ago considered fair, shows the discredit into which a large class of shares has fallen. Speculators for the rise borrow almost at any rate, in preference to sacrificing their securities at the prices that now rule. Gold has been steady, with a slight downward tendency. The dealings in gold have been conducted wtth the utmost cau tion, as people distrust the future of the market. There are those who predict a much heavier fall than has yet occurred, and there is nothing in political affairs to in dicate a rise, while the accumulation of bullion in both the Banks of E❑gland and France shows that there is little chance of a foreign demand. It is known that over a hun dred millions of dollars are in the Treasury at New York, while the receipts from the Customs is large and increas ing. Government Securities continue in favour. They declined a little, influenced by the fall in gold, but rallied, and closed strong. The demand in Paris has a good effect. I see by the circular of Bowles, Drevet, and Co. that they alone remain unaffected by political rumours and under in fluences affecti❑g the Paris Bourse. The Stock Market is excited, and has fallen again into the hands of speculators, who have by combination run up some descriptions, more rumours e specially o fE the r ie Pacificßailway Stock. ails t eaSteam There Company,are unfavourable and. its andst stated e l cl y I l l:1 s t t w h e things condition a l o l l ° r i o t s f affairs ayou ra anticipated. in b w le il h l gt p th u a b n lish w e a d s , NEW YORK, March 23, 1867. Money continues easy, and gold closed at 1344. The • ts continue to be in excess of the exports. The imports total shipment was last Saturday $237,744, and on Wednesday $4,536. The conversion of 7-30's into 5-20's is continued at about a million of dollars a day. The adjournment of Congress is likely to affect favourably Government Securities, for people live in dread of some erratic financial bill. Now it is an ex pansion of the currency, then comes a contraction, and the insecurity of what may be (Line enables speculators to play upon the public. Railway shares aro rising. New York Central is stronger; the Cleveland and Pittsburg gives a half-yearly 4 per cent., and 5 is the dividend for the Chicago and Rock Island for the same period; while the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago distribute 2} for the quarter. On the whole, though the market for Stocks and Shares, trade prospects do not partake of the revival, and continues doll even with the opening spring. A large dealer in cotton and print goods has failed. American gold 134/, United States 5-20's (1862) 1091, (1864) 107:, (1865) 1071, (1865 new issue) 1071, United States 10-40's 97g. United States 7 8-10 Loan 106, Missouri Sixes 96, Virginia Sixes 57, New York Cen tral Railroad 1051, Erie 58k, Eric (preferred) 74, Hudson River 1382,, Reading 1011, Michigan Central 1081, Mi chigan Southern and Northern Indiana 75, Illinois Cen tral 1151, Cleveland and Pittsburg , 793, Cleveland and Toledo 1191, Chicago and North Western preferred 641, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago, 961, Chicago and Rock Island 961, Ohio and Mississippi Certificates 266, Western Union Telegraph Company 411, Pacific Mail Steamship Company 1233-, Atlantic Mail Steamship Com pany 83/, Cumberland Coal Company Preferred 35, Can ton Company 461, Quicksilver Mining Company 37, Mari posa Mining Company 81, Mariposa Mining company Pre ferred 221, Boston Water Power Company 251. (Front E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, April 3.) By our advices from Now York, per the Cuba, to the 20th ult., we learn that there had been a good demand for Cinernment securities at slightly firmer quctatica, ; the March statement of the public debt being looked upon as favourable. In railroad shares Michigan Southern and New York Central had attracted most attention, and were both taken at higher rates, the stock of the latter company had been favourably affected by the order for the third reading in the State Senate, empowering an increased charge for traffic. Railroad Bonds were inactive, but State Stocks were in more request. Missouri Bonds had improved ten per cent. on the final passage of the bill by the Legislature for the resumption of payments of interest as well as for the arrears of coupons ; the latest price was 99 cum all coupons. Gold remained without alteration. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The following notices have been issued by the Com mittee of luvestigation of this Railway : "5, IVestininstor-chambers, Victoria-street, S.W., 25th March, 1867. "Sir,—l beg to inform you that the committee have, since their appointment, on the sth March, devoted their most earnest attention to the present financial position of the company, but they find it will be impossible to present any report until they have made fuller investigation. " Under these circumstances they would appeal to the holders of Divisional Bonds to retain for the present their Coupons maturing on the Ist proximo, and their drawn Bonds payable at the same date ; the committee having already concurred in taking active legal proceedings in America, with a view to the protection of the property. "With reference to the Coupons on the Consolidated Bonds, the committee will make further communication when they hare completed the necessary arrangements, and in the meantime request the Bondholders to retain their Coupons.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM RUSSELL." The committee of investigation, appointed at the public meeting hold on the sth instant, beg to apprise the bond holders and ether creditors that an advertisement which appeared in the Daily News on the 28th instant, issuing from an unknown committee, and signed " W. A. Stevens," and convening a public meeting of divisional bondholders at the London Tavern, for Tuesday, the 2d of April, at twelve o'clock, was not issued with the sanction or know ledge of the committee of investigation. On the contrary, they deprecate the object for which the meeting is called as suicidal and mischievous, and only calculated to thwart the efforts which the committee of investigation are ac tively making in the interests of the divisional bondholders, as well as of the other creditors ; but they will attend the proposed meeting, and request that all parties will assist them in defeating an attempt which they believe to be fraught with most injurious results to the interests of the creditors.—WlLLlAM ItussELL, Chairman. 5, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, S.W., March 29, 1867 * It should be borne in mind that all dividends on Ame rican railroads are declared at so much per cent. on the capital, and not as on English railroads, at so much per cent. per annum. UNITED STATES DEBT. The official monthly statement of the Public Debt of the United States, which we gave in our last, shows that the policy initiated by the Secretary of tho Treasury more than a year-and-a-half ago is being steadily adhered to. The object he then professed to have in view, was to effect a gradual return to specie payments, without occa sioning any violent financial convulsion, and at the same time to effect as large a reduction of the national liabilities as practicable. The highest point reached was in August, 1865, when the total debt of all descriptions stood at two thousand six hundred and seventy million dollars, while on the Ist of March it was two thousand five hun dred and thirty million dollars, or a reduction of ono hundred and thirty-eight millions in eighteen months. The amount in the Treasury had, during the same period, nearly doubled, the gold being over one hundred and seven millions against forty-five, and the currency fifty two against forty-two. On looking into the details of the return, we find that the portion of the indebtedness bearing interest payable in currency exhibits a decline of five hundred millions, a portion of which has been converted into gold bearing debt, which consequ en tl y s h ows a n increase of about three hundred a n d fifty millions. This is quite in accord ance with the proposition of the Secretary, as the three years Treasury notes were largely used as a circulating medium, and the funding of them into a debt of a more permanent character will greatly facilitate a return to a specie basis for all business transactions. Taken as a whole we think no other nation could in so short a period exhibit such satisfactory results. The fluctuations in Amorican securities on the London market during the week have been unimportant, the rela tive price in London and New York having so nearly ap proximated ; and the quotations of bonds and premium on gold having varied but little since our last has induced steadiness in quotations. United States 5-20 Bonds close 74f to 75, Illinois Central Shares 781 to 79, and Erie 381 to 391; in the latter there were considerable purchases early in the week for shipment to New York, but the last day or two the market has been inactive. There has been rather more demand for Virginian Sixes, and at 45 to they exhibit a slight improvement. Atlantic and Great Western Sectional Bonds are steady, but the Consolidated Bonds and Debentures are a fraction lower. (From Gilead A. Smith's Monthly Circular, April 1.) The market for American securities in our Stock Ex change during the past month has formed a favourable exception to the general market, which latterly has shown every symptom of a panic, of which speculators for a fall have as usual not been slow to take advantage. American securities appear to grow in favour with investors in pro portion as the distrust in English railways increases. United States 5-20 Bonds have advanced about 2 per cent., and are much inquired after. There have been con siderable purchases by the Frankfort and Paris Bourses, to re-invest, it is believed in part the April coupon, and the bonds have not been sent over from America in suffi ciently large quantities to meet the demand. Illinois Central shares have improved upon the annual report just issued, which has been read very favourably, and shows that the line has been managed with great skill and care. The traffic receipts for the past year show a decrease of $634,466.90, compared with those of 1865, but the working expenses show a corresponding decrease of $634,990.18. The policy of the directors evidently is to keep expenses within the narrowest limit, and take advantage as quickly as possible of the decline in recent inflated prices for labour and material. Pennsylvania Bonds continue in increasing favour among investors. Payment of the coupons on the 6 per cent. Con vertible Sterling Bonds, the 6 per cent. short-dated bonds, and the Philadelphia and Erie 6 per cent. Sterling Bonds (which are guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Railroad) duo this day, is announced. There are no bonds of the Philadelphia and Erie offered under 821 making an advance of 2 per cent. for the past fortnight. Virginia State 6 per Cent. Bonds have met with a de mand on the announcement that the overdue coupons, amounting to $360 on every $l,OOO bond, would be taken in lieu for bonds bearing 6 per cent. coupons, payable January and July. Great Western of Canada Shares have been inactive at depressed prices, but they rallied about I per cent., when the dividend for the half-year was announced to bo 31 per cent. per annum. (From Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.) Paris, April 5. The political situation, which seems to grow more and more gloomy, has caused this week, at last, a very cautious and even apprehensive state of feeling at the Bourse. The stocks which depend on the Credit Mobilier carried with them at first, in their continued fall, nearly all other securities ; a slight reaction then took place, but the market, nevertheless, presents a very discouraging ap pearance, without the slightest animation. American Five-twenties, however, continue to keep up in spite of the general want of confidence, which merely furnishes another proof of the fact that the credit of these bonds is beyond the reach of European influences. The quotation rose on Saturday to 851 the highest point ever reached, to fall on the Monday following to a slight extent, on account of the receipt of the news of the purchase of Russian-America. Great importance was at first attached to this question, on account of the proba bility that the change would be very unpalatable to the British Government, but the pacific articles published by the English press, and more particularly the Times, have re-assured the public. The latest quotation is 84f. On the whole, the rise in the price of these bonds sinee their introduction to the Paris market has amounted to between 5 and 6 per cent., and those who have bought have found their course amply justified. Bonds of the issue of 1865 are, quoted at 83 to 834. Money is still very abundant. French 3 per Cents. close at 68 521. Exchange on London, 25 16 to 25 18. The opening of the Exbibition on the Ist seems to havo had no influence upon the Bourse, though many had boon counting on a favourable turn at this time for various reasons. The Moniteur du Soir of Saturday last contains the following article :—" It would appear from the terms 'of a telegram published in the Times of the 28th inst. that the French Government had refused to adopt a proposition made by the Prussian Go vernment to introduce into the passport system modifications necessary for facilitating the visits of foreigners to the Universal Exhibition. The Eng lish journal has been misled by its correspondent. Justly desirous of encouraging the visits of travel lers, which might be affected by a rigorous applica tion of the police measures sanctioned by law, the Minister of the Interior, in concert with his col league the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has decided that foreigners, natives of States which act recipro cally towards us, need only be provided with a document establishing their identity, and that such document shall not be required to bear the visa of our diplomatic and consular agents.", SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE " EXAMINER" ON NEW MOVES IN THE GAME.—At the meeting of Opposition members held on Friday at the residence of Mr. Gladstone, it was announced that Mr. Coleridge had under taken to move the following resolution :—" That it be an instruction to the committee, that they have the power to alter the law of rating, and to pro vide that in every Parliamentary borough the occu piers of tenements below a given rateable value be released from liability to personal rating, with the view to fix a line for the borough franchise, at and above which all occupiers shall be entered upon the rate-books, and shall have equal facilities for the enjoyment of such franchise as a resi lential or-au pation franchise." It is obvious that for a resolu tion so framed men of opinions the most opposite may vote. The seceders from Lcrd Derby's Ca binet will, it is understood, give it their support, reserving to themselves the right at £6, £B, or £lO a year, the undetermined line, below which all arc to pay their own rates ; while Liberals may take their aid to carry the motion, inwardly resolved to fix the line at a £5 rating, which will be equivalent to a £7 rent. The placid and persuasive member for Exeter will doubtless put his case for the in struction in the mildest tone ; and it is possible that for five or ten minutes after he sits down not a sound may be heard indicative of the conflict about to begin. But that the conflict is immi nent everybody understands. It was indeed open to Ministers to quit their position, decamp over night, and leave their adversaries to follow them into the quagmire of reform of rating through which they would take some two or three months to struggle together, befo re a tt empt i ng to proceed further with the Representation of the People Bill. And if legislation were nothing more than high comedy, this might be the cleverest re joinder to so special a plea. But the country would hardly have borne with equanimity this taking of antagonists at their word at the cost of its peace and comfort during another year ; for if at Easter Parliament were to plunge into the unsound depths of local rating as a preliminary to the consideration of electoral reform, it is manifest that there would be n . o chance of a se t t l ement of the latter question until next session. Front the highest personage in the realm to the humblest trader who has anything to lose, there prevails a deep and earnest antipathy to such delay. Well-founded fear of evil is seldom loud, even when it is wide and deep ; and we con fess, therefore, that we think Ministers will act honourably and wisely in not seeking to evade the assault of their opponents by any strategic manoeuvre of this kind. If, on the other hand, they accept the challenge and stand firm, next w eek will be consumed in a struggle which may possibly decide the fate of parties and pro bably the fate of the bill. With a view to what was felt to be coming, Mr. Disraeli has made an in genious counter move. He last night laid upon the table cl auses regar di ng compound house h o ld ers, which would compel the insertion in the rate-book of the names of all occupiers, and which would enable such of them as desired the franchise to pay their portion of the compound rate, and to have credit for it as part payment of rent, the owner being in every such case exonerated from the liability. In other words, these clauses appear to be intended to make good the right of household suf frage to every man who c ires for the possession of it sufficiently to take the trouble of paying what lie now pays in one sum called rent, the same amount in two sums, the one called rent and the other compound rate. Without such clauses the bill could not, in deed, have been accepted by the friends of house hold suffrage • and without them it would h ave e. had no chance of passing through committee. There can be no disguising the fact that they look with grave distrust upon the proposal of Mr. Coleridge, which they reasonably regard as certain to be fol lowed by a practical denial and rejection of the principle for which they contend. Mr. Gladstone has intimated that he would have been content, as Lord Cranborne would have been, with a £6 rating (equivalent to an £8 rent) as the basis of the borough franchise, below which all should be excluded. The Instruction to be moved on Monday night is the first step towards this consummation ; and to this, should that Instruction be carried, it is possible that we may come. Aud if there be any members of the Liberal party who consider that such a change would be sufficient to settle the question, and to content the great body of the unenfranchised com munity, we can understand their advocating it. We own we are too dull to be able to comprehend by what process of reasoning they arrive at this con clusion. To us it seems too fatally plain that if the popular party in Parliament—in sudden alli ance with the ultra Tories, who seek to punish Ministers for yielding as much as they do —were to obliterate all claim to household suffrage, and to substitute for it a £6, or even a £5 rating, agita tion would be certain to recommence in a spirit more dangerous and subversive than any we have recently known, because embittered by the loss o f all faith in the professions of Parliamentary men. There is, indeed, one way, and one only, of clearing up the doubts that on all sides lower over the dis cussion of the question. Let the Liberal leaders make up their minds before next week's debate begins to say unmistakably what they are going for, and to what use they would put their success were Mr. Coleridge's equivocal motion carried. It is t h e legitimate child and successor to the memo ra bl e amend ment of 1859, which, professing solicitude for popular enfanchisement, delayed all Reform from that day till now. That Resolution succeeded in breaking up a Parliament but two years old, and in breaking lip a I Conservative Administration ; and if the o bj ect of this Instruction be the same, it may be equally successful. Should Ministers treat the motion a s i rreconcilable with the scope and spirit of their Bill , and, after full discussion, should it be carried by a coalition such as we have above described, a dissolution would be inevitable. But what then, for the residue of the year 1867, would become of Reform ? TIMES.—Lord Stanley has acted energetically in support of his late demand for satisfaction from Slain. The Mediterranean squad ron sailed from Malta yesterday morning, and may b e expected to appear before Cadiz without delay. Its object is to obtain from the Spanish Go vernment a plai n an swer to a plain question , and to p u t an end to the negotiations which have been carried to so great a length and with so little effect between the Spanish Secretary for Foreig n Aff a i rs, General Don Eu,eb•n i l de Calonge, and he r M a j esty ' s Minister, Sir John Crampton. Althou g h t h e B ritish Government must at last be impress e d w ith th e necessity of departing from that excessive moderation and forbearance which the consciousness of superior strength seemed to recommend, and although they could no longer submit to a treatment inconsistent with the national honour, we are yet a ll owed to hope that the extremities may be avoided, and that our ultimatum may eventually be accepted. This would be by no means the first instance in which Queen Isabella has in great emergencies shown more discretion than her punctilious advisers, and it is possible that, before committing her country to a conflict in defen ce of her local authorities, she may wish to _ other men besides those she has trusted with consult nt work of internal reaction. Although weerharvuecoufeten expressed our opinion that the Spanish nation is too desperate of success , too weary and d disgusted with its long succession' of unprofitable political changes, to vent ure on open insurrection, there is no doubt that deep discontent prevails, and that the deadly s il ence obtained by wholesale execution and proscriptions does not signify order or peace. It is only a few wee k s s i nce th e Nar vaez-Bravo Ministry congratulated themselves on the result of the Parliamentary elections, which, in deed, secured in their favour not only the majority, but the actual unanimity of the Lower House, or Congress. In the Upper House, or Senate, how ever, crowded as it i s w i t h men d evote d to t h e Ad ministration, a motion has very lately been made declaring th a t t h e arbitrary arrest and transporta ti▪ on of its lat e President, Marshal Serrano, has been " viewed with regret." Marshal Narvaez and his colleagues have b een fr i ghtened at t h e resu l ts o f their own excesses, and ha ' 've attempted to fall back to some extent from that insane system of terror they had inaugurated on their accession to power. They have, n om i nally at least, raised " t h e state of sieg▪ e"iand th ey h ave recalled Rios Sosas, Salaverria and other popular representat i ves f rom " the i s l an d s " to which they h a d b een sent for " force d resi d ence. , By this mere tender of reconciliation they seem to fancy that their adversaries will be induced to allow bygones to be bygones, and be thankful that the banishment lasted only months which might have been extended to years. They ought, however, to have more correct notions of their resentful country men, and might easily have foreseen how much more natural it is for the returning exiles to swell the ranks of th e i r enemies than to k i ss the rod which has chastised them. Even to so strong a lover of absolute power as Queen Isabella, the internal management of the State by her present Cabinet must begin to appear a failure, and these recent foreign compli cat i ons w i l l har dl y reconcile her to home blunders. Notwithstanding her well-known partiality for Narvaez, this would be by no instru ment the first time sh e b a d l a id as ide that dread of de s p o ti sm i n o b e di en ce to irresistible reasons of State, although with a firm purpose to recall him to her Council as soon as the storm to which she was compelled to yield had blown over. With Queen Isabella's Ministerial arrange ments or with her treatment of her own subjects we have, however, nothing to do. Whatever reason the Spanish G overnmen t ma y have had to find fault with the language of the foreign press, we feel con fident that not a wor d o f the reproach conveyed in a late, circular from the Madrid Foreign Office could in any manner affect us. We claim as full a right to comment upon current events as the laws of our country warrant, and we certainly never allowed ourselves, on Spanish matters, any expression that could be construed into hostility to the Spanish nation or to the Government which it places, or ac least which it endures, at its head. Neither shall any difference arising from the violent treatment of our vessels cause us to swerve from the course we have hitherto adhered to. There is not, we feel sure, any man in England who would not deeply regret the necessity of an actual rupture with Spain. At Cadiz, at Malaga, and in most other Spanish ports, English interests would be almost as much compromised by either blockade or bombardment as those of the native people themselves. Nor should we be greatly tempted by the prospect of the Philip pine Islands or other Spanish colon!es as " material guarantees." Our remote possessions beyond sea are already too vast and too numerous for us to harbour any covetousness for those of our neigh bours. We have been staunch friends and faithful allies to the Spaniards in our time, and we wish nothing better than to continue on the same amicable footing. But the position taken up by Lord Stan ley seems, to the most moderate among us, perfectly just and reasonable. It remains to be seen whether Don Eusebio de Calonge cannot give way, or whether his Royal mistress finds she cannot dis pense with that gentleman's and with Narvaez's services, and listen to the advice of less stiff-necked and less wrong-headed statesmen. THE " WESTMINSTER GAZETTE " ON THE DANISH LNVASIONS OF IRELAND.—In noticing the Chronicum Scotorunz, in a recent number, we observed that that and another work were the only two volumes of the " Chronicles and Memorials," published under the direction of the Master of the Rolls, which were specially devoted to Irish history. That second work is the volume now before us, which may be truly described as one of the most important contributions to the history of Ireland which have been published for many years. Its text consists of an ancient Irish his torical tract called in the Celtic Cog(zdh Gaedhel re Gallaibh, that is, " The War of the Gael, or Irish, with the Gaill, or Foreigners ;" which nar rates the principal events in the various descents of the Danes and Norwegians on Ireland, their partial conquest of the country, and the final overthrow of their power in the decisive battle of Clontarf, A.D., 1014. It is written partly in poetry, and partly in poetic, or rather bombastic prose; and has been generally ascribed to Mac Liag, who was bard and secretary to King Brian Borumha, and who is known to have died in 1016. It contains a great many interpolations of later date, the more bombastic passages being clearly such ; but there is satisfactory internal evidence to show that the writer of the bulk of the work, whoever he was, was a cotemporary, and most probably-an eye-witness of the battle of Clontarf. One proof which appears conclusive on this point would have delighted the laborious authors of " L'Art de Verefies les dates." The ancient tract states that the battle was fought on Good Friday, 1014 ; that it commenced at sun rise, when th ere was. high tide in the Bay of Dublin, and terminated at sunset, when the tide was also full, and when, by intercepting the pass age to Dublin from the battle-field, it aided con siderably_ i n th e destruction of the defeated Danes. -D__ l '..Todd, the learned editor, obt a i ne dth e a id o f D r. Haughton, the eminent mathematician of Trinity College, Dublin, to test the accuracy of the narra tive from this statement, and the result of the cal culation shows that on the 23rd of April, 1014, on whi c h d ay Good Friday fell in that year, the time of highwater at Dublin coincided precisely with those of sunrise and sunset ; a circumstance which could never have been divined by a medi aeval Irish chronicler unless he had been eye-wit ness of the fact, or obtained his information from an eye-witness. The Irish text was well known to the Four Masters, and to Keatinge and O'Fla herty ; and in our own time Dr. O'Donovan made ample use of it in his annotations to the Irish Annals; but the English reader has now for the first ti me an opportunity of exami n i ng its con tents ; and the manner in which it has been in troduced and annotated has left nothing to be desired. D r . T odd has, indeed, spared neither time nor pains on his task ; and he seemed only too for, believe, maxim , well inclined to carry npdremtraatnusrlaint.annum," actually in th e press years ago, during the lo l n ife w ti e m re e of the l a te Dr. ‘t‘laNe°lltlelnixotlatae on the occasion the O'Donovan.The great feature of the volume, however, and the most recent portion of Dr. Todd's work, is the elaborate introduction, m in in z - t l e ti l e y h the w h o l e su b stance of the text is analysed, and many elucidations of Irish history, topography, and manners incidentally introduced. Sometimes these elucidations are of considerable value, and this is the more enhanced as the principle events described exerted an in fluence upon those of subsequent ages, with which we ourselves become more immediately concerned. The first Danish invaders found a kind of par triarchal state of society existing in Ireland, but their devastations disorganized the whole face of the country ; and from this disorganization Ire land never was able to recover, for the brief in terval between the Danish wars and the Anglo- Norman invasion was spent in a series of intes tine struggles which forbid anything like social improvement. At no time, at least within the his toric period, was there a regular centralization of power and regal authority in Ireland, and the patriarchal state failed to hold society together. There was, indeed, always a nominal Ardrigh, or Chief King, but his authority was more poetic than real. This office was held alternately for centuries by the Hy Nial o f th e N orth, or of Tyrone, and the collateral b ranc h o f the Hy Nial of the South, or of Meath. The latter branch generally produced the weaker monarchs, and a King of that branch, Malachy 11., happened to reign at the close of the tenth century, when Brian Borumha, King of North Munster, of the Dal-Casian race, headed a revolution which transferred the sceptre of Ireland from the Hy Nial monarch to himself. Thus, the prestige of the old dynasty being de stroyed, and the dignity of Chief King being, in effect, thrown open to any of the provincial chiefs who might think themselves strong enough to claim it by force of arms, a state of perpetual anarchy was inaugurated, and all chance of estab lishing a fixed central authority apparently lost. Dr. Todd thus describes the constitution of the Irish clans, and it will be observed how fatal its defects must have been to the peace and pro gress of the country aThe whole body of the clan were summoned to decide upon the question of war or peace. Every petty chief tain of every minor tribe, if not every individual clans man, had a voice, not only in this primary question, but also, when war was declared, in the questions arising upon subsequent military operations. This constitution of the clans was one of the evils of ancient Ireland. It weak ened the power of the kings or supreme chieftains. The kings or chieftains were themselves chosen by the clan, although the choice of the clan was limited to those who possessed a sort of hereditary right, often vague and open to dispute, and complicat e d b y a comparison of the per sonal merits of rival claimants. It is not wonderful that such elections should have led frequently to abiding ani mosities and faction fights, ending in savage bloodshed. To this essential weakness of the government, even in times of peace, must be added the relation of the supreme chieftain to his army in the case of war. The army was, in fact, a rope of sand. It consisted of a number of minor clans, each commanded by its own petty chief tain, receiving no pay, and bound by no oath or any other obligation of allegiance to the king or chief com mander. Each clan, no doubt, adhered with unshaken loyalty to its immediate chieftain ; but the chieftain, on the smallest offence, could dismiss his followers to their homes, even on the very eve of a decisive battle. lie was ready at every personal insult, or supposed insult, to abandon the national cause, and for the sake of a selfish revenge, disguised under the name of honour, t o ex p ose the whole national army to inevitable defeat." Hence, as Dr. Todd remarks, " the inherent weakness of warfare in ancient Ireland, and the ease with which the Irish were always subju gated by a handful of disciplined men." To this, as another cause of weakness in war, should be added the contempt which the ancient Irish had for the use of defensive armour. Their bards loved to describe the beauty of the " silken shirts" which their chiefs wore in battle when they encountered, hand-to-hand, the Norsmen clothed with scale armour or other mail ; and both in Ireland and Britain the Celtic warriors pre ferred strength and agility to any amount of brass or steel plating in warfare. It is quite certain, however, that those who employed defensive armour derived a considerable advantage from it ; and the signal defeat of the well-armed Danes at Clontarf could only have been achieved at an enormous sacrifice of life, as well as by extraor dinary bravery on the part of the Irish in their " fine silken shirts." The position of the Danes in Ireland, after their overthrow at Clontarf, is thus correctly described by 1)r. Todd : " The Norsmen of Ireland were not seriously affected in their position by the victory of Clontarf. They;retained their hold of the great seaports, and the Irish Annals, for some years, continue to record the usual amount of conflict between them and the native tribes. We read, however, of but few new invasions, and the design of forming in Ireland a Scandinavian kingdom, which seems to have influenced such men as Sigurd, of Orkney, and the Viking Brodar, was certainly abandoned. The na tional distinction between the Irish and the Danes, how ever, continued until after the Anglo-Norman invasion ; the Danes then in several places sided with the native chieftains ; but in many instances they appear to have recognized in the new comers a kindred origin. In the seaport towns especially a common interest produced alliances by which the peculiarities of the two races were gradually softened down, and both were at length con founded by the Irish under the same generic name of Gaill, or foreigners." To the period immediately following the battle of Clontarf is to be traced the final conversion of the Danes of Ireland to Christianity, although many OX the race had income Clixisthuis Wag be- fore that time. On this point Dr. Todd writes in a style which we scarcely expected from him, and quotes such works as Laing's " Sea Kings of Norway," to cast a slur on the religion of the age. On the whole, the book is a most important one, and we trust that it is not the last work of Irish history which Lord Romily intends to give us in his invaluable series of the Rerum Britannicarum Scriptores. PIGEON SHOOTING-THE GUN CLUB. A very large number of gentlemen, members of the above named club (of which Lord Stormont has just been elected president), attended at Shepherd's-bush on Satur day afternoon, when six handicap sweepstakes at three birds each were decided, some heavy betting taking place on each. The first sweepstakes had 12 subscribers, and it resulted in Captain Ricardo (2G yards' rise) and Mr. Gregory (271) killing the whole of their birds, when they divided. Mr. J. Hodson and Mr. C. Hanibro killed two each; Mr. Atkinson, Major Longley, and Mr. Budd one each ; and Captain Bur nand, Mr. Payne, Mr. Norris, Lord Parker, and Mr. Black bourne failed to score. Second Sweepstakes.—Fifteen entered for competition in this sweep, and four ties resulted. Captain Ricards (271 yards' rise), Major Longley (24), Mr. Blackbourne (251), and Viscount Holmesdale killed all their birds. On shoot ing off, Captain Ricardo and Major Longley killed two each and divided. Mr. Payne and Mr. Norris brought down two each ; Mr. Rudd, Lord Parker, Mr. Gregory, and Mr. C. Hambro one each ; and Captain Burnand, Mr. At kinson, Mr. J. Hodgson, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Lysley missed. Third Sweepstakes.—Thero were 18 gentlemen who took part in this. Viscount Holmesdale (28 yards' rise), and Mr. C. Hambro (27), killed three birds each and divided. Mr. Payne, Mr. Blackbourne, and Mr. Davies killed two birds each; Mr. Rudd and Mr. Gregory one bird each ; and Mr. Atkinson, Captain Burnand, Mr.. Norris Captain Ricardo, Lord Parker, Mr. J. Hodgson, Major Longley, Mr. Lysley, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Lamont failed to score. In the Fourth S creepstakes, with 16 subscribers, Mr. Davies (26 yards' rise), proved successful, after tying with Mr. Rudd (26), and Mr. Lysley (26). Viscount Holmesdale and Mr. Lamont killed two birds each ; Mr. Watts, Capt. Ricardo, and Mr. Gregory one bird each; and Mr. Payne, Mr. Norris, Lord Parker, Mr. J. Hodgson, Mr. Black bourne, Mr. C. Hambro, Major Longloy, and Mr. Peters missed their birds. The Fifth Sweepstakes had 12 subscribers, and was won by Viscount Holmesdale (28 yards' rise), after tying with Mr. Lysley (26), and Mr. Peters (28), Mr. Norris, Mr. Rudd, Lord Parker, Mr. Gregory, and Mr. Blackbourne killed one bird each ; and Mr. Payne, Mr. J. Hodgson, Mr. C. Hambro, and Mr. Davies did not score. The Sixth Sweepstakes, of 11 subscribers, was divided between Viscount Holmesdale (29 yards' rise) and Mr. Peters (28), who tried with Mr. Rudd [(26). Mr. Payne, Mr. Norris, Lord Parker, Mr. Gregory, and Mr. C. Hambro killed one bird each ; and Mr. Blackbourne, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Lysley missed their birds. The first Spring Handicap of £5 each, .£1 forfeit, will take place on Thursday, April 18, at two o'clock, for which there are already several entries. COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICII-SATURDAY. We had a better supply of wheat at our corn market to day ; the demand was moderate, and in some instances 6d to is per qr. more money was given. The barley trade has now become a merely nominal one. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 68s to 70s ; old red aitto, (weighing 631 b), fibs to 62s ; new red ditto (weighing 601 b to 631 b), 60s to 62s ; best malting barley (weighing 521 b to 531 b), 44s to 46s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 521 b), 40s to 445; distilling ditto (weighing 50Ib to 521 b), 34s to 36s ; oats, 24s to 28s ; beans, 578 to 39s ; peas (maple), 363 to 38s per qr. Flour, 43s Od per sack. NOTTINGIIAM—SATURDAY. Wheat in fair demand, and the best samples were is per qr. dearer; unsound lots unsaleable. Barley in slow de mand, and last week's prices were difficult to realise. Oats in limited supply, and best qualities made full rates. Beans and peas at about late rates. Old white wheat, GBs to 72s ; old red, 60s to 68s ; neW white, 60s to 70s ; new red, 56s to 64s per 36 stone. Oats, old, 32s to 36s ; new, 24s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 54s to 58s ; new, 40s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 46s to 48s per sack. LEICESTER-SATURDAY. At this day's market there was a tolerably good supply of wheat, and prices may be quoted is to 2s per qr. higher. Fine barley at about recent currencies. Oats maintained last week's prices. There was a fair demand for beans, at a small advance. New white wheat, 64s to 70s ; new red, 53s to 62s ; old, white, 67s to 71s ; old rod, 62s to 66s per 36 stone. Bar ley, for malting, 38s to 48s per qr.; grinding, 30s to 35s per 30 stone. Oats, old, 33s to 36s ; new, 26s to 33s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 52s to 56s ; n0w,.44s to 48s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 50s ; seconds, 45s to 46s per 20 stone. YORK —SATURDAY. There was a limited quantity of wheat at our market to-day. Barley a moderate supply, and prices similar to those of the preceding week. Oats at about late prices. Beans a good inquiry, at rather higher currencies. New white wheat, 56s to 64s ; new red, 54s to 58s per 36 stone. Barley, for malting, 36s to 40s per qr. ; grinding, 32s to 35s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 24s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, new, 40s to 41s per 38 stone. Malt, 68s to 70s. Flour 47s to 49s Der sack of 2801bs. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Sonthamptoft.—..April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and ()apt Verde, by British packet May 5 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... April 27 China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 traikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Apri 13. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 13 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. April 13 Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 13. Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 Mauritius, via Southampton April 19. Ditto, via Marseilles April 13 Newfoundland . .• . Portuga/ Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet. Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry - April 10 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton . Ditto, via Cork. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Babam....e. via New York. April 4 Cuba and Mexico Bermuda. via Halifax West Coact of Africa, Madeira. and Teneriffe May 6. A proposal has been set on foot to form a private society at St. Petersburg and Moscow for the care of the wounded in time of war. The society is to extend its sphere of action over the whole of Russia. YACHTING MOVEMENTS.—The American centre board yacht Vesta, one of the competitors in the late Atlantic yacht race, is fitting out at Cowes. Sho has all running gear rove, and has commenced bending sails, Cap tain Low having arrived at Southampton from New York on Saturday last to take charge. Tho spring is more than usually backward in the island, and it seems probable ves sels will be late in fitting out, there being but very few at present who have made the least move. The Florence, his Grace the Duke of Leeds, is the only vessel about the sta tion, and has kept almost solitary guard the whole of the winter. Prince Jerome Napoleon's steam yacht, Jerome Napoleon, is lying at Southampton.—Bell's Life. I - ADVERTISEMENT.j—HoIIbway's Pills.—All our Facul- , ties.—Almost all disorders of the human body are distinctly to be traced to impure blood. Tho purification of that fluid is the first stop towards health. Holloway's pills re commend themselves to the attention of all sufferers ; no injurious consequences can result from their use, no mis take can be made in their administration. 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GROSVENOR—BEEDELL—On tho 4th inst., at St. John's/ Hackney, William, second son of G. Grosvenor, of 21 North-grove East, Mildinay-park, to Emily Harriett, the elder daughter of Robert H. Beedell, of 118, Richmond road, Dalston. Deaths. BLIGH—On the 4th inst.,Woodbridge, Suffolk, Janie Bligh, Esq., late of Clifton, Bristol, aged 79. EGG—On the sth inst., at 22, Chepstow Villas West, Chas. Egg, Esq., aged 58. MILDMAY—On the 4th inst., at Helena Charlotte, second daughter of Sir Henry and the Hon. Lady St. Jobs Mildmay, of Dogsmerefield Park, Hants, aged 12 yeah and 3 months. SAyps —Ou the 4th inst. ; at Wemyss Bay, N. 8., Thomas Sands, Esq., aged 77. London: Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREW' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tut SUN Office, No. 1 11 ; Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County °' Aliildlesex.—Monday, April 8, 1867. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1867.