The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-27 00:00:00

&TONEY MARKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Full rates are demanded for discount accommo dation, and the supplies of bills are larger than of late. Early in the week the terms for discount did not vary, but there has been subsequent pressure for the Indian engagements, and the ordinary calls for assistance have created a stronger inquiry ; the rate, therefore, has risen to 3 per cent. The purchases of gold for France and Germany have produced a Blight ch ange. It seems certain that the rate will not now experience any great fluctuation. From 2 1 per cent. the rate ha s a d vance d t o 3 p er cen t., and, temporarily, the market is very firm. A further withdrawal of £54,000 took place at the Bank of Engl an d yester d ay. The specie movements during the past week have been of an important character. The imports have only amounted to about £113,871, including £60,000 from New Zealand, by the Blue Jacket ; £3,500 from New 'York, by the City of Antwerp ; and £4,500 by the Hansa. The Nyanza, from Alex andria, has brought £1,040. £1,339 in silver has been received from Portugal, and £43,492 from the Continent. The exports have comprised remittances to the Continent through private sources, estimated at £170,363. At the half yearly ordinary meeting of the share holders of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Com pany held yesterday the report of the directors was adopted ; i t stated that the sum available for dividend amounted to £10,898 Bs. 7d., and a d ividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared, payable on and after the 28th of May next. The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mk. Price, of the firm of Price, Holyland, and Waterhouse, official liquidator of the Estates Investment Com pany (Limited). _ The traffic receipts on th e E as t I n di an R a il wa y for the week ending 10th March amounted on 1,131 miles to £,52,447 7s. ; and for the corresponding period of last year, on 1,1291 miles, to £43,726,158, sho wing an increase of £8,720 11s. 4d. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the F rench Rentes were 66f. 70c. Great a g it ation. The lastest prices of Consols are 90i for transfer alacl the May settlement. The New Threes have been s teady at 891 s; and the Reduced Annuities at 891 • Bank Stock is marked 252 k 253 ; India 5 Per Cents., 110 1001 ; and the Bonds, 525. Prem. BRITISII FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Ueut. Consols pe Do. Account, May 9 9ll 1 r Cent Redomd B9l New 3 p er Cent 891 W 2 i per C en t . J an. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for b 0 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Rod Sea Tolehraph), Au ~ 1908 — k:zellequer Bills, £l,OOO, aucl'4 per Ct — Do Do. £5OO £lOO Lc £2OO ,(l B ank of E ng l and Stock, 61 per Cent 252 3 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. IndlaU Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Account 5 per Cent. Jul 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. y , 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfa ce d Paper 4 per Cent B4 Do. 5 per Cent Jan. 1872 -- D s k per Cent. Cent May 1879 Do. Deb., s, 5 6 p perer Cent., ~ £ Aug. 000 1873 52 pm D o. Bondl , Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 7B DJ 2 per C en t . (D e f erred 3 per Cent.) 6 per Cent Do. 4/ per Cent Uo. 6 per Cent A Do. B DO. " " 1867 C ol D o mbian, o • ~ Scrip, £2O paid dis 6 er Cubs ' , 6 per Cepnt. Cent. .0 4nis h 3 p er Cent., 1825 Da. per Cent., 1864 uatrabian Principalities, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 1867 n Do. Do. Scrip, £2O paid dig 4placior New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent Do. S econd Issue B2/ Do.£loo Bonds D o , Do. £lOO Bonds 1864 1 Gr 80 Do Gov ernment Railway Debentures — e ek SDo Ac per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons count Do. Co upons 12/ o. A.ccount Gua D temala 5 I ' per Cent . H. "' 5 Per el 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway IL ixicar. 3 per Cent D itto for Account Dn. 1864 Do 6 Montev der Cent 6. Anglo-F renc h . —.eau - er Cent. Moorish Imperia p l 5 per Cent Do 3 per Cen„ Do. DOforrad Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Pe -uvian 5 p er C ent 1865 68 Do Account Do 44 per Cent., 1865 _ Do 44 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 44 per C en t. , 1862 Por Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 6 Do 44 per Cent. 1850 D 0 44 por Cent., 1860 D o 3 pm Cent., 1859 86 51 64 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 86 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 841 3i. Do. A nglo-Dutch, 1866 dis Do do. £6O paid _ %.rdinian 5 per Cent I.)l,nisli 3 per Cent .., — D033D0 Accf,unt , New Detelied _ . Account 20 Do Passive p, 13° Accirant 204 4 13i 4 13 ^'Panish Cert. of Coup not funded _ Do Account 'wedish 4 per Cent. _ _ Do. 44. per Cent. 1864 _ dis T ii l:: :,,,°• ; gip,''' £6O paid iri - ' Bll Pe Cent. 1854 —; -Jo. Account ___ Uo 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account D 52 ~,c. 6 per Cent. 1862 1 'Jo Account Do £lOO Bonds D o _ r , 6 per Cent., 1863 Do;o 5 per Cent 1865 100. Account ~ a per Cent., 1865 _ _ Ar_4 per Cent. Guaranteed ' erezuela, 3 per Cent. _ U°. C per Cent, 1862 _ no 1864 — Ditto 1 . 1 per eat in London. At 4. Dividends on the above payable _ 11,114`Pku, 0 Par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins . _ jy,P,t. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. --e 'l 2- i - Per Cent. E 12 Guil b e . x. 82-1 Fren c h Per Cent. Certificates .... 1( Rentes 3 por Cont., Ex. 2 5f. — 464 7 4 6 } lila), 3 per C'ent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account e on • 801,, m oney TWO - O'CLOCK. 91 4 Do. Account THE r, th e R ENCESS OF WALEs.—Each day during e , ndit lt Week has been one of satisfactory progress in the night °1). of her royal highness. Natural sleep during the P r i ne ias also been fully restored. On Wednesday the 'liv e n ' " bad a refreshing sleep of seven hours. The joi iit ' h u g and other inflammatory symptoms in the knee en b 'vo greatl y su b sided, and it is much less sensitive b een n g handled. Th o genera l h ea lth h a s throughout furtl lvell maintai ne d ; and there i s, h app il y , no r oom for to a uxiety than that which attaches to the doubt a ts s of a'e possibility of restoration of the natural movements jebat which has been so roughly invaded by an in- At °II ; proton Berl, and severe inflammation.—Brit • .11 ',kJ Journa Pon,, i4 ARQUIS OF EXETER AND THE POPLAR On bits Tuesday last large quantities of bares and rab 'wuich had b een k i lled on t h e M arq uis of Exeter's lita r V' w ere forw ar d e d t o Popl a r fir the benefit of the had tn g Poor iu th at district. It is said that his lordship f Previ "sly show n i n a su b s tantial form his sympathy ° P the distressed there.—Stamford illercetry. FRANCE AND ITALY.—Letters from Florence, t o tit ?! a Paris correspondent of the laclep endance Beige, . "nen that Count Walewski has had several intervie IN'lt l i r ws Rattazzi " which would seem to indicate that tho ^ eB- President of th e Corps Legislatif is not gone to Italy " 4 a mere pleasure trip." SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid ' Closing Business Price. , done. 77 80 108 110 40 45 4 6 e 5 63 70 72 105 107 27 28 5 7 112 ‘l4 115 117 89 11 40 41 50 55 24 27 25 30 1211 1221 58 60 17 18 8 12 114} 115 77 79 46 17 lisi 116 i -- --p 105 107 1104 11l 79 81 33 34 .4 18 101 102 69 61 91 94 33 35 9 10 p 112 115 1 2p 70 72 113 115 148 152 44 46 65 656 8 96 153 158 26 36 . 41i 401 'MONS. 57 60 100 102 id ip 4 46 71 tii 50 55 101 103 10l 11;3 106 107 20 22 85 88 57 511 53 54 ~52 51 37 40 23 25 to 106 6 ii 6 is 100 102 91 93 14 131 1.1 121 F 8 22 81 54 It 11 1 0 0 10! 92 94 85 90 82 65 97 99 97 98 1 , 97 98 Shire, , oristoi anu .s.xeter Caledonian Cambrian . Cork and Bandon Corn wall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. &London, .berip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s Lk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. '2 Urcat North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Irelan Gt. Western —Origina Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lancashire & Yorkshir London and Blackwal Lon., Brigh., & S Coas Lon., Chat., and Dove Do. Mctrop. Ex. A. Lon. & North Wester Lon. & South Wester Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension -ffetroporitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derb ►lid Kent .. . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Du Nth. Eastern—Berwici Do. G.N•E purchase I Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1854 5 . Do. do. 1866 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stoc • Do. Scot, Mid. stook.. Shropshire Union .... South Devon south Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C 'Vale of Neath rWaterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall BRITISH POSSIC Atlantic & St.Lawrenoe Rom.,Baroda,aCen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F eharea Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,&Godericli 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 Calcutta & S. E., lim Jape Town & Dock,gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• Nast. Bengal, gu., S do East ladian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge f p.c Do. ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock . Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Yen. gua. sp.e. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New pia. 5 p. c t. South of India gna. 5 per cent ll 41 per Cent Do Ureat WL a. of Canada. Do. New .. ::::::, Do. 6p. c Bta. pay. 1873 Do. 5; do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c .. Do. 41 d 0............ Do. 1a d 0........... . Do. Filth Extension felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. el. tfc Hudson's Bay.. . itl.C"da, 6pc lstpf. bs. Scinde ..... Do. Delhi Do. do co c.) . - Do. Puniaub..../ g .n 4 Do.lndus Stielot 64 100 100 10 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Bri ee t ti U t h ., D Co e l o ll .3 llb , - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.a July 100 99 10 1 1877-84 Columb ia, 100 - - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 98 100 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102 - Go. sp. c. Jan. .1z July - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 10: 114 - Do. sp. c . I nscr ib ed sk 100 188 88 87 8 8 9 8 Do.Apl.dsOct , 1890-1900 100 105 107 - Do. do 1880-9 u 100 104 106 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 101 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 91 73 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.cloo 101 103 - Do. 1878, do lOO 106 ItB - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1833, Jan. and July - Do. 1878. - u- Natal Gov. 6 p er cent lOO 98 110 -s g. 88 . 1 1 895 2, May Feb. 5 & Nov. Aug. t 5 18 . 100 0 103 10 10 10 8 7 - , .B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 06 98 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv., 1866 100 91 93 - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 85 87 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 102 - Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 .. . - Queensland Gov. 6p. e lOO 91 93 - S. Aus.Gov. 6pm 1868-9 100 - - - Do. 1878 & upwards lO 106 108 - Vi0,00v..6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 107 109 i - BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 - - Chiver ton .......... . . 81 - Clifford Amalgamated. 30 78Y 9 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. - 1 370 390 - Drake walls .... . - East Bassett (Illogan) 291 22 24 - East Caration East earn BrPa - East Grenville - East Gunnislake - East Love,' ..... ... - E. Wil Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 31 31 - Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 66 1 5 4 Great Laxey, limited all 18 17 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - - - auseyis.t.i.w 1 4 8 . 09.6 2 - o Grenville 1 22 - Great Whe a l B ( - G. Wheal Vr - ..... : _ H u e in r g od sto 's u Fto o t w .. n . ; .. ...... .. - Alargaret (tiny Lelant 1.2.17.; 7 Mare Valley .. . .... 4 .riwyndy Iron Ore, lira 31 '2l lid - Nev Sewn ........ .. 434 fls - 5 • North Roskear ...... : . 181 11 ji - N.Wh'i Bassettallogan 4.4.0 o(Crilieo.e.gr.)a..a 138.1 1 .8 t. 9 310_1 t 3 4_ _ North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.. _ 'rovidence .UnyLefant 10.6.7 26 28 1 - - ::' .o . v i r u C t a h h r e a C a d l o ° u:d r u a (S a rr t : _ itray Park 35.15.6 34 44 - 'in Croft .......... - e igra and Clogau, linl a a ll ..... _ ___ Vest Bassett (Mogan .. 14 4 14 :V. Caradon (L uskeard 1 t 9 1 , est chiverton ....... 11 fs 7'o West 5et0n..•~..... - Wheal Bassett !Mogan Si 65 ;0 - Wheal Buller (itedruth 16 23 25 _ Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 - Wheal Seton .......... 581 Wheal Trelawney ( I .la. 5._17 105 115 . 0 10 12 tot/REIGN RAIL WA Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Bahia and San San Paulo, E gull. ra.netsco6 pe , r I cen l ,a.t. , , 15 gu, 7 per cent,, 12k South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 141 f FOREIGN MIN 104. Cape Copper, lim., 74 _ Don Pedro, /slor.h Del Rey, 15.16 prn General, 11f St. John del Rey, lim., 55: 5 BAN KB. Agra, lim., A, 3 City, 12 ) lim., 9 Australasia, 61 Bank of Egypt, 33 Imperial ottoman, lim., 8 7i London and River Plate, 43i Ditto, issued at 111 pm., 101 Ditto, ditto, 101 London Joint Btosk, 43 London and County, Ditto, new, Zit Union of London, 4 MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-Mexican Mint, Berlin Water Works, lint. 102 East India Irrigation and Canal. 14} International ~and Credit. lim., 2/ North British and Mercantile Insurance, 131 Panama, New Zealand, and Aus. it. Mail, el Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. 191 SUPPOSED LOSS OF A PLEASURE-BOAT AND FOUR Ll`Es.—On Monday last Mr. Collins, of the Balmoral Hotel, Broadstairs, together with a boatman named Corney, and two others, started from Broadstairs for the Dover re view in a pleasure boat. The party landed at St. Mar garet's Bay, and in tho evezing, after the review was over, started in the boat again for Lome, but they hare not since been heard of. Great excitement is felt in Broadstairs re specting the fate of those missing. The will of John Stewart Margetson, Esq., of Broadlands, Streatham, Surrey, and of Cheapside, warehouseman, of the firm of Welsh and Marget son, was proved in the London Court on the 23d ult., and the personalty sworn under £140,000. The executors and trustees are Sir Benjamin Philllips ; Paul Margetson, Esq., testator's brother ; Hannah Margetson, the relict ; and John Mar getson, the son. The will bears date Feb. 2, 1867, and he died on the 18th of the same month, aged fifty- five. The will is entirely a family disposition, leaving to his wife £5OO immediate, several houses, and the sum of £lO,OOO absolutely, and directing her to distribute amongst his ser vants the sum of £lOO. The residue of his property, real and personal, he leaves to be divided equally amongst all his children on their respectively attain ing the age 24 years. 100 100 100 all 100 100 TIl SUN, LONtiON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1867 POLICE INTELLIGELWE.—This Day. ho And his wife had bought the wood from the prisoners. Th 3 first load, value £5, was sold for ss. ; the second load, which was not so good, for 4s. 63. Kemmins said he had no guilty knowledge when he bought the wood. He thought they might sell it. Rowe said ft yard full of timber had been traced to Kemmins's father. The prisoners were remanded until Friday. to the contest with the 7-inch new shrapnel and the 7-inch segthent shell, bursting 'at 50 yards short, the total effect of the 7-inch new s h rapne l nag 533 through, 91 lodged, 28 struck ; the average effect of the 7-inch segment shell was 10 through, 5 lodged, and 6 s truck. To enable comprisons of the number of missiles in the respective shells with the number passed through, lodged in, and struck against the targets we give the following particulars : —Boxer shrapnel' shells, with mixed metal balls, 9-inch for muzzle loader, 437 balls of 3 ounces each— total weight of missile, 2501 b. ; 8-inch for muzzle-loader, 315 balls of 3 ounces each—•total, 181-lb ; 7-inch, for muzzle-loader, 200 balls of 3 ounces each— total, 11111 b. ; shell for Gl-pounder, 284 balls, 14 to the pound ; 7-inch, for breech-loader, 360 balls, 14 to the pound—total, 9811 b. Boxer shrapnel, with iron balls for 9-inch muzzle-loader, 474 balls of 2oz. each—total weight of missile, 2281 b. ; 8-inch, 363 balls of 2 oz.—total, 1701 b ; 7-inch, 200 balls of 20z.--total, 1001 b ; shell for 64-pounder, 112 balls of 2oz. ; 7-inch breech loader, 140 balls of 2oz. —total, about 901 b. The segment 7-inch shells contain 112 segments of 3.360 z. each, the total weight of the missile being about 971 b. We may get another view of the far greater de structive effects of the new shrapnel shell over the previous segment by the more minute details of the target results. Taking the first round of the 9-inch Boxer shrapnel upon the front row of six -targets, each of which is 9 feet by 9 feet superficial, and divided into 81 one-foot squares, we have on the first target 20 balls through, on the second 22, third 29, fourth 25, fifth 30, and on the sixth 23 through. In other words, one bullet through in every line of four feet: From the rounds from the 7-inch gun, the new shrapnel, bursting at 50 yards shot, sent an average of 93 balls through each of three targets that received its contents, or one ball in every square foot of the surface. To put the work done by the 7-inch segment in comparison, we have only 8 seg ments through in four of the targets, or only one segment through in every 40 squares. The new 9-inch shrapnel have been tested to prove the strength of their shells by firing from the gun with battering charges of 431 b. of powder, in stead of 301 b ; the 8-inch with 301bs. instead of 201 b, and the 7inch with 221 b instead of 141 b. By en during this test they have been proved saf3 for firing over the heads of troops. There were present at the trials Gen. Lefroy, Lord Kerr, Col. Wray, and Col. Boxer. The experi ments were conducted under the direction of the Commandant, Col. Eardley Wilmot, by Capt. An derson, Mr. Behenna, Quartermaster, R.A., and Mr. Forest, of the Royal L .boratory. MA.'313:14.1T5.--This day. --0--- COVENT GARDEN. There is a good supply of vegetables on sale, and the demand is brisk, at fully last week's quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 108; grapes, 8s Od to 15s Od per lb; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od per bushel; oranges, 4s Od to 9s ; lemons, 7s to lls per 100; eobauts, 753 to 80s per 1001bs; strawberries, 9d to is 6d per oz. ; pears, Os to Os per doz.; melons, Os to Os. VEGETAIILEB—Cabbages, Is 3d to 2s; cauliflowers, 4s to 8s per dozen heads; beet, is Od to 2s; celery, 2s Od to 2s 6d per dozen heads ; horseradish, 4s to Gs per bundle ; turnips, 6d to Od ; carrots, 6d to 8d per bunch ; cucum bers, 2s tO 4s each; small salad, 2d to 3d; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s 6d per punnet; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel; endive 2s to 3s, lettuce; 2s to 3s per score; parsley, 6d to Bd, mint 4d to is per bunch ; potatoes, 75s to 180 s per ton. THE TAILORS' STRIKE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--The Master Tailors' Association are de sirous of removing some misapprehensions, and to give some explanations as to the causes and nature of the strike among the operative tailors in London, and I have therefore to ask you to be good enough to give insertion to the following communication. In order that the present dispute may be fully understood, it is necessary to explain the principle on which tho journeymen tailors in London are paid, differing as it does from the general rules which govern most other trades. For upwards of 30 years past the tailors have been paid upon a scale of re muneration based on a calculation of the time that it would take an ordinary workman to make a par ticular garment, not as the time within which the garment must be made, but merely as the basis for calculating the wages, and the workman is then paid so much per hour calculated on that scale. This is what is now called the " time log." Under this " time log" every garment has a Certain num ber of hours appropriated to it. No change has ever been made in this " time log." The only change sought for up to the present time has been an in crettse of the rate of payment per hour, thus in fact giving increased wages. Now, this special principle of calculating wages recommends itself as a fair and equitable one both to masters and to men, and 1 venture to think that the trade has reason to feel that it has so long governed their mutual relations. The effect is, that according to the degree of skill and industry, so is the degree of payment. It is in effect a principle of " piece-work," and the time log is nothing more than a basis on which to calculate the money to be paid for each piece of work, and when an increase of wages has been agreed upon, it has simply been necessary to increase the rate per hour. Up to the spring of 1866 the rate per hour was 6d., but an increase having been demanded by the London operatives an arrangement was .made the effect of which was to increase the wages about an average of Gs. per week. Matters so continued until the early part of the presentyear, when a com munication was made to the Master Tailors' Asso ciation from the London Operative Association, who had become in union with the Amalgamated Society of Operatives. The object of the commu nication was to endeavour to obtain a uniform and universal time log to regulate the trade not only in London but throughout the United Kingdom. Some discussions took place between the committees of the master tailors and of the operatives, but these led to no result beyond confirming the masters in the opinion they had before entertained, that it would be quite impossible to settle any " universal time log" which would be applicable to London and to every other part of the United Kingdom. On Thursday, April 18, a printed circular, dated April 16, from the London operatives and the amalgamated societies, was sent to most of the prin cipal firms in London, enclosing what was called the " Amalgamated Society of Journeymen Tailors' Time Log," for adoption by them, and requiring a reply by two o'clock on Saturday, the 20th inst. This circular stated that the operatives " did not seek an increase in the rate per hour, but simply the adjustment of the time necessary to realise that which was but a nominal advance." The time log, which was enclosed, was a closely printed pamphlet, con taining 24 pages of matter, setting forth in great detail the number of hours to be acknowledged as the necessary tin: for making the various garments &e., upon which time wages for the future should be calculated ; but it also contained a great number of, items heretofore comprised in the general payment, but now demanded to be paid for as extras. This time log seeks to alter for the first time the-gene rally adopted time for making garments in Lon don, and demanding an increase of so many hours, involving of course, a corresponding increased payment for each garment; in fact, the nominal demand of further time in the time log appears to the masters to be nothing more nor less than a de mand for increased wages to the extent of at least Bs.- a week (in addition to the increase of last year), under the cover of settling a " universal time log." The London masters declined to adopt the proposed time log, and, in accordance we conclude with orders from the operatives' committee, the whole of the men in nearly 90 of the principal establishments in London are now out upon strike. This association does not desire to intrude upon the public the details connected with the demands of the operatives. The above will give the general nature of the dispute. 'They abstain from any com ment upon the course adopted by the operatives, as they are anxious not to widen the difference which has already arisen. Indeed, it is due to great num bers of the men in the employ of firms represented by this association to say that they frankly admit they do not desire any change, nor do they approve of the proposed strike, as they are satisfied with the present rate of wages; and we therefore are led to the conclusion that this strike is the result of the views of the leaders of the two operative societies rather than of the men's uninfluenced judgments. We do not call in question the zeal of these leaders ; they may believe that they are best serving the interests of their fellow-workmen in advising the course which has been adopted, but we venture to think they are not wise in this, and that the per manent interest of the trade, both as regards mas ters and men, will be seriously imperilled by what is now being done. I will only add one further observation, viz., that there are numbers of excellent hands still employed, but we regret to say that acts of intimidation and obstruction are daily brought under the notice of this association. Apologising for the length of this letter, I am, Sir, yours obediently, R. LEWIS, President of the Master Tailors' Association of the United Kingdom. . Master Tailors' Association of the United Kingdom, 25, Old Bond-street, London, W., April 26. HER MAJESTY " CALLING" A MINISTER TO A PARISH CHURCH.—At a meeting of the Kincardine O'Neil Presbytery the other day, a call was laid on the table from the parish of Crathie to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, Montrose. Among the signatures to the call was that of Dr. Robertson, who had been instructed to subscribe the document on behalf of the Queen. The call was sustained. —Edinburgh Courcult. A SECOND LONG INCUMBENCY.—The Rev. J. IL Bromby, who has just resigned the vicarage of the Holy Trinity, Hull, was in the 70th year of his incumbency, having succeeded the Rev. Joseph Milner, the Church his torian, in 1797. The rev. gentleman is in the 97th year of his age ; he is in good health, and in the perfect possession of his faculties. THE SCHOOL FRIGATE CONWAY.—The committee of the Conway School frigate, stationed in the Mersey, on Thursday last passed a resolution, thanking Captain Paynter, R.N., for the uniform courtesy and kind ness with which he has co-operated with them during his three years' stay on the station in command of her Ma jesty's ship Donegal, and expressing regret that his de parture from Liverpool will deprive them of his valued assistance and advice. Captain Paynter, during the period he has been on the station, has won the esteem of all classes of the Liverpool community. He has particularly identified himself with all matters affecting the improve ment of the mercantile marine. FATAL COLLISION.—The weather underwent a considerable change off the Northumberland coast on Wednesday night, the wind getting round to the N.E., and blowing a gale. Between 9 and 10 o'clock a screw hopper, No. 1, belonging to the River Tyne Commissioners ran into a steamtug, the Vigilant, oil the harbour mouth and sank her in a few minutes. All hands jumped from the tug into the hopper, but the master, Wm. Rainshaw, and the vessel sank with him. He has left a widow and five children. The rough sea has completely broken the tug up, and her wreck is scattered along the shore. THE CONVICT TOOMER.—A deputation, em bracing several friends of Miss Partridge, for an assault upon whom Neville Maskelyno Towner is now undergoing the sentence of fifteen years' penal servitude, waited upon the Right lion. S. H. Walpole on Thursday. Several gentlemen from Reading were also present with the depu tation. The Homo Secretary listened attentively to the representations of the deputation, which, of course, were adverse to the convict. A town in Connecticut, which has a standing reward of $3 per capita for foxes taken within its limits, recently refused to settle with a hunting party that had killed 13, because the animals were young. The question now agitating the town is, "When is a fox a fox ?" Fifteen hundred freedmen have applied to tile American Colonisation Society at Now York to ho sent to Africa within eight months. Six hundred of them have already embarked. BOW-STREET. THE CHARGE OP ROBBERY AGAINST A TRADESMAN.—The two men, Morris and Phillip, who stood charged with stealing a large quantity of sugar, the property of Messrs. Seward; and Mr. Cornelius Belcham, a grocer, in Drury lane, where he had carried on business for more than 20 years, was charged with feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. There was also another charge made against Belcham, viz., feloniously receiving a large quantity of tea which had been stolen after its delivery at Beal's Wharf. The first witness examined this morning was, Henry Taylor, a clerk at the London Docks, who proved delivering to Seward's carman a hogshead of sugar on the 12th of March. It weighed 17 cwt. 1 qr. 171 b. He could not swear that Morris was the person. Mr. Samuel Wrode, foreman of the East and 'West India Dock Company, said on the 12th he delivered a hogshead of sugar to Seward's carman, weighing 18 cwt. 1 qr. 231 b. Mr. Beard said that would complete th• sugar case, and he would now proceed with the charge of feloniously re ceiving the tea, which affected only the prisoner Belcham. Mr. Bousfield, delivery foreman of Beal's Wharf, Tooley street, said on the 12th March he delivered 10 chests of tea to order. Six were numbered 411 to 416, and four 178 to 131. He could not identify the carman. He had examined the chests found at Belcham's house, and three of the six produced had contained a portion of the tea he had delivered on the occasion to the carman. Georgo Rose, carman to Messrs. Camplin, said he re ceived the tea from the last witness. He then drove his cart into the lane leading from the wharf and left it for about two minutes, and on his return he found the horse, cart, and tea gone. Ho searched about and made inquiries, but without avail, and could hear nothing relative to the robbery of the tea. On his return he communicated the matter to his master. In cross-examination the witness said he was given into custody for stealing the tea, but after four remands he was discharged. Police-constable Ackritt said—On the 12th of April he went to Belcham's premises in Drury lane, and found there a quantity of tea and some empty chests. The three pro duced he found in the cellar beneath the shop. When he discovered the chests Belcharn said, " Oh, they have been in my possession over twelve months." At that time he was not aware of the robbery of the tea. In cross-examination Ackritt said Sergeant Mathews and he were present when Belcham made that admission about the possession of the ten chests. They found 11 tea chests. Four were down stairs and the rest in the shop. They could not be seen until the sacks which covered them were removed. The prisoner was in the cellar when the conversation took place, and he would swear the other two officers were present. Prisoner said there was one of the chests found in the shop ho had had 18 months ; but that remark did not apply to the chests found in the cellar. Police-constable Doudall said he was with Ackrell when the chests were found in the cellar. He recognised the chests produced from the fact of there being marks of the action of firo on each of them. He heard Ackritt say something to Bolellam, when he replied, "Oh, I've had these chests in my house more than a twelvemonth." He made that assertion more than a half dozen times. This was said in the hearing of Sergeant Mathews. Witness made some remarks about the burnt marks about the place, where the marks had been, and Beleham said he had bought the tea from a man over the water, where there had been a fire, but he did not know who the man was. He would swear positively that Belcham said ho had had the tea-chests now in court more than 12 months. In one of the chests found on the premises the sample of tea now produced was found. Mr. Taylor, recalled, said the tea taken from the chest had not been damaged either by fire or water. lie pro duced a sample of tea ho ought to have received on the 12th of March, and it was precisely of the same descrip tion as that produced by the police. This being the whole of the evidence, Mr. Lewis, who appeared'for Belcham, contended that the charge against his client had entirely failed as the warrant put it, as the stolen tea bore the date of delivery on the 9th of March and not on the 12th as had been stated. There was no evidence to show that Belcham had received it other than in the ordinary course of business: A number of witnesses were called, who spoke to the prisoner Belch= as being looked upon by his neighbours as an honest, upright man. Mr. Flowers said he had decided upon sending the case for trial. Mr. Lewis asked, under the circumstances, that his client might again be admitted to bail. Mr. Beard, who appeared for the prosecution, said ho should object to that, because the case against the prisoner Belcham now presented a very different aspect to that which it did on the last occasion ; and, moreover, he had two officers in attendance who would prove that Belcham had been long suspected as a wholesale receiver. Mr. Flowers said he admitted the prisoner to bail on the first occasion, and he thought if he could now produce responsible bail he ought to accept it again. The prisoners were fully committed for trial. Bail was then accepted for the prisoner Belcham in two sureties of £5OO each, and himself in £l,OOO. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. SENDING CHILDREN OUT TO BEG.-T wo boys named William Foster and Richard Ryan were charged befere Mr. Knox with begging in the Regent-circus. Police-constable Francis Moss, 63 C, stated that while in the Regent-circus last night about 9 o'clock, he saw the two boys begging of different ladies and gentlemen, and as he had seen them for some weeks past in the same place begging he took them into custody. Foster said that if he did not get a certain sum of money he dared not go home. Both boys bad been charged at the court before with begging, and given up to their friends. Mr. Knox said he wished he could send the parents for a month each. Foster's mother said her boy had no occasion to go cadging. He went out with cigar lights. Mr. Knox said it was a scandalous thing to send such children out to beg. He would remand them, and in the meantime turn it over in his mind what he would do with them. THAMES. THE END Or RELIGIOUS6;;;;;;EDSY.—A youth named Charles Young was brought before Mr. Paget,charged with assaulting William Gandy, a police constable, No. 95 K. The prisoner and another youth were engaged in a warm discussion at two o'clock this morning in Willis-street, Bromley, respecting the Bible, and they were very noisy and abusive towards each other. Everything advanced by one relating to the Divine truths of Scripture was con tradicted by the other. Gandy advanced towards them and said, " Now, my lads, it is time to go home ; finish your arguments to-morrow." The prisoner resented this in terference by abusing the policeman and striking at him. Gandy took him into custody, * and conveyed him to the station-house. On the way there the prisoner became very restless, and took a clasp-knife from his pocket, which he attempted to open. Gandy seized him, and prevented him using it. The prisoner had a little drink. In defence he asserted that the policeman in terfered with him and his friend while having a sober discussion on the Bible, and ill-used him. This counter charge was investigated, and turned out to be unfounded. Mr. Paget thought the prisoner and his companion might have chosen a more suitable time and place for a discussion upon the Bible, and he could see no reason to find fault with the constable. He was of opinion the assault was quite unjustifiable, and it was a suspicious circumstance that the prisoner had taken out his knife. He sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two calendar mouths. LAMBETH. CAUTION TO TRADESMEN. James Pearson, a labourer, Nvaa ohargod, before the Hon. G. C. Nut Luu, with begging, and assaulting Mr. Clark, watchmaker and jeweller, of High-street, Peckham. Police-constable Frederick Burrows, 138 P, said that he was on duty last night in High-street, Peckham, when he was called to take the prisoner into custody, who was begging and creating a disturbance. Mr. William Clark, the prosecutor, said that the pri soner entered his shop and said ho was very p oor, and asked for relief. He was persuaded to leave, and h o sa i d he should not until be got some money, and attempt e d to take some jewellery out of the window. The nt gelem e e o n ns i t n ab a le si s m ai i d la t r h i e u p a ri nn so e n n er had frequentl y assaulted The Prisoner—l am very sorry. Mr. Norton—But you attempted to take his goods. Prisonei—l was drunk and knew not what I was about Mr. Norton—You must go to prison for one month, with h and labour. • • WESTMINSTER. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY CARMEN. — Henry Lovegrove and William Couchman, carmen in the employment of Messrs. Timms and Marten, builders and contractors, were charged with stealing a groat quantity of wood, the property of their masters; and Henry Keinmins, a carter, living in Blenheim-street, Chelsea, with fel on i ous l y receiving the same. Mr. W. Jenkins, foreman to Messrs. Tinuns and Mart en , Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, said that last night, in consequen ce of information ho received, he went from his p r i va t e house to his employer yard and missed the wood and lumber. He had told Lovegros. - e to take one of the loads of wood to their other premises. The wood and lumber missed had been brought from Fitzroy houses, Primrose-hill, and the remainder from a church at Kensington. Two loads of missing timber were found at Kemmins's, who was given into cus tody as well as the other prisoners, who were subsequently locked up. Lovedrove admitted they had sold two loads of the wood; but said the firemen and others in Timms and Martin's employ did the same. Rowe, 113 F, proved seeing both prisoners deliver a load of wood, planks, and quartering at Keturnins's, some of it new. Ile subsequently took Kenimins, who admitted that Shell Exp3riments at Shoc-buryness. The few experiments which took place yesterday under the direction of the Ordnance Select Com mittee in an exceedingly quiet manner will, never theless, rank as the most important of all that have been made upon this classof missiles for rifled guns, and will be in years to come a memorable stand point in the history of the progress of modern artil lery. Some short time since we described the terrific effects produced by the new shrapnel shells designed by Col. Boxer, and the experiments of yesterday were specially undertaken as the crucial test between the Boxer shrapnels and the segment shells admitted into the service in 1859. The original shrapnel was a hollow sphere filled with bullets, commingled with the bursting c h arge of pow d er. Th e c hi e f i m p r o v e. ment made in this form was the separation of the bursting charge of powder from the bullets, and thus avoiding the drawback to the use of the origi nal shrapuels that they were liable to burst in the gun on the firing by the sudden impact of the bullets on the powder through the contrary action of the inertia of the free contents and the momentum im parted to the shell. After rifled guns had been in. troduced Sir W. Armstrong designed a bolt-shaped shell, in the extreme internal circumstance of which was built up a cylinder of small square iron seg ments around a central bursting charge of consider able capacity. These segments were soldered toge ther with lead, and the whole enclosed in an outer metal cylinder or shell. After the first experiments referred to with the new Boxer shell, which is the shrapnel proper, namely, an iron shell filled with bullets, modified and improved to suit the pre sent rifled guns, the Ordnance Select Committee did not fail to appreciate its decisive advantages ; and there is little doubt that the further manufacture of segment shells would have been suspended. As, however, the service segment shells had been issued to the land forts, for the field, and to the ships ; and as the officers of both the military and naval services entertained convictions as to their efficacy for use as shrapnel, Col. Boxe r , diff er i ng i n opinion from thiS general belief, urged upon the committee to put both systems to the most rigid practical test. This was done yesterday, the little shell practice of last week recorded in the columns of a contemporary being merely a trial of two kinds of the new shrapnel to test the efficacy of some made to certa i n iron balls instead of lead bullets, with a view to diminish the cost of these projectiles, those with iron balls costing about 10s. a piece less than those with lead bullets. The iron balls being of less specific gravity, however, than the lead, their penetration was less, and the question, therefore, for the present is an open one of whether a slight inferiority should be permitted in the missile for the sake of economy of manufacture. Before we record the experiments just made we may add that the two principles involved in the two classes of shells are these. In the segment shells the missiles contained in the shell being cubes are of the worst forms for correct transmis sion through the air after the bursting of the shell. Moreover, in the segment shell the bursting charge is large, and large charges tend to scatter wide the internal missiles, and especially to spread them and the fragments of the shell laterally on each side of the trajectory, or course of flight, and thus to make the cone of the dispersion of the widest character, and approaching to the form of a hemisphere. Col. Boxer aims at simply peeling off the iron shell with the smallest possible bursting charge, and thus to liberate the bullets in their direct onward flight, with only the resistance of the air and the modified centrifugal action of the original spin of the rifle projectile to spread them out into a shower of balls against the Lead of au advancing line or column of men. In this way the elongated cone of the dispersion tends towards, though not to come near t), a proper cylinder of ballets ; and the great value of this elongated cone of dispersion is its direct course forward and the great limits of varia. tion of distance short of tha enemy at which the shell may be exploded with effect. Indeed, at from 100 yards short to 200 yards She smaller missiles of the new shrapnel continue their onward course with terrific effect. And it will be obvious that with the capability which the present rifled guns possess of throwing such shells effectively for from 1,000 to 4,000 yards before bursting extreme accuracy in the judgment of distances will not be possible in actual warfare, and that therefore to be possessed of a shrapnel shell that will be perfectly effective under errors of judgment•amounting to 300 yards will be a most valuable addition to the artillery service. To test the Boxer shrapnel and the segment shells three rows of targets, each row 54 feet in frontage by 9 feet in height, were erected on the sands, and were fired at by the 9-inch muzzle-loader Wool wich gun, and the 7-inch breechloader Arm strong gun, the missiles being exploded by the concussion of their fuzes against a thick wooden screen through which they bad to pass ire their flight. With the 9-inch muzzle-loader, fired with 301 b. of powder, experiments were confined to the Boxer shrapnel, with lead or iron balls ; the 9-inch gun being of recent introduction there have been no segment shells made adapted for it. The first three rounds fired missed the screen which was placed to make the burst at 200 yards short of the target. The effects were of course not taken. The projectile in the fourth round contained lead or rather inixel metal balls, and was fired from the gun at 1 deg. 47 min. elevation ; it passed through the screen at 19i feet above the plane of the ground, burst close behind it, and the effects were—On the front row of targets, 149 balls through,:on the second row, 133 through, 2 lodged ; on the third row 49 through, 47 lodged, and 31 struck ; these rows being respectively 1,000, 1,020, and 1,040 yards from the gun. In the fifth round the Boxer shrapnel was filled with sand shot or iron balls. The elevation of the gun 1 deg. 42 min., the shell passing through the screen 20i ft. above the plane, and bursting in going through. The effect was—On the front row, 188 balls through and 1 struck ; on the second row, G 4 through, 77 lodged, and 23 struck ; on the third row, 21 through, 8 lodged„ and 7 struck. The sixth round was also Boxer shrapnel with iron balls; gun at 1 deg. 42 min. elevation. Tho shell hit the screen at 231 feet abovo the place and burst in going through. The effect on the front row was 142 balls throughand e,2, and 19 strtick; on the second row, 46 through, 60 lodged, struck ; on the third row, 26 through, 6 lodged, and 8 struck. The bursting charge of all these shells was 12 ounces. The practice was next made with the 7-inch breechloader gun, fired with 111 b charge. The two first rounds missed the screen, which was placed so as to burst the shell at 50 yards short of the targets. The third round was fired from the gun at 2 deg. elevation ; the shell, a Boxer shrapnel with mixed metal balls, passed through the screen at 51 feet above the plane of the ground, and burst on going through. The effects were — On the front row , 285 balls through, 2 lodged, and 1 struck ; on th e se c on d row,l 8 thirdrow, £7 lodge], and . 24 stru c k. The bursting charge of the shell was 8 oun ces . Th e 7 through, 6 1 through, 5 lodged, and 3 struck ; on the fourth and fifth rounds were not effective. The sixth rJund was with segment shell gun, 2 deg. 15 min. elevation. The shell struck the pole of the screen 111 feet above the plane and burst. The effects were—On the front row of the targets 8 segments through, 4 lodged, and 7 struck ; on the second row, 1. through ; on the third row, 1 through and 1 lodged. The seventh round was also with segment gun, 2 deg. 12 min. elevation. The shell grazed close in front of the screen; went through at 4 feet high, and burst in going through. The effects were—On the front row of targets 7 segments through, 2 lodged, and 3 struck ; on the second row, 3 through, 2 lodged, and 1 struck ; on the third row, 1 lodged and 1 struck. To sum up, tho total effect of the new 9-inch shrapnel with mixed metal balls was 331 through, 49 lodged, and 31 struck ; the average effect of the • two 9-inch new shrapnel, with iron balls, was 236 through, 75 lodged, and 30 struck. With respect HA Y. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 15s; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 Os per load. Supply moderate. OUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay. £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover. £4 Os to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load. Trade slow. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os Od to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od.; and straw, £2 Os to £2 Gs per load. A dull demand. NEWPORT. Por 81b. by the carcase. Boof 3s 4d to 5s 01 I Lamb Gs 4cl to 7s Chl Muttou 3s 8d to os 01 Purk Veal WIIITEWIAPEL. Per £slb. by the carcase. B,,ef 3s 4d to 53. Od I Veal Mutton 3s 8(1 to 5s 0.1 I Pork • Lamb POULTRY. The poultry market is very scantily supplied, and prices rule high. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; turkey poults, Os to Os ; goslings, Os to Os Od ; common fowls, 2s Gd to 3s GI; dunks, Os 01 to Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 7s to 8s ; tame rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do, Os Od; pigeons, 7d to Lid each ; wood pigeons, Od to Os ; Surrey chickens, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; ditto fowls, 4s Gd :to lOs 61 ; barn door fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple; Guinea fowls, Os to Os. English eggs, 7s Od per 100 ; French do., 6s Od to Os Od ; fresh butter, Os Od to Os Od. Hares, Os Od to Os Od ; teal, Od to Os; wild ducks, Os Od each ; widgeons, Os Od ; plover, Os to Os Od eaa. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 2d to 3d; 64 to 721bs, 3d to 3,1 d ;72 to 801bs, 3-id to 3cl; 80 to 881bs., 31d to 4d ;88 to 961b5., 4d to 41d. Horsebides, Os to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, Os Od; polled sheep, OOs Od to OOs; half-breds, Os Od to 00s Od ; downs, Os Od to Os Od ; lamb, 3s 3d to 4s Ud ; shearlings, is 6d to is 7d. . BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81-d to Pd.; of household ditto, 7d. to Bd. per 41bs loaf. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. This Day. The Market continues to improve. Sales pro , bably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, April 26.---The market for export yarns assumed an appearance of greater animation yesterday, and to-day there has been a still further improvement, owing to the change which has come over the Liverpool cotton-market. There has been a large business doing for shipment to-day at an ad vance of id. to ld. per lb. for these yarns generally as compared with the lowest prices taken during the recent panic, and prices closed strong, with an up ward tendency. The Germans, who have been out of the market for some time, are expressing them selveS somewhat sanguinely here to-day as to hopes of peace, and there is an expectation that they will be rather free buyers for some time to come stocks of yarn on the Continent having become very bare. In home trade yarns we have had a quieter feeling than in that for bundles, but a fair business has been done at an advance of about id. per lb., but any attempt to advance prices in excess of id. has been found to arrest operations. The change, however, has produced a good deal better feeling in the mar ket generally. The cloth market of course partici pates, to some extent, in the improvement. Buyers that have been holding back their orders have now been anxious to place them at a trilling advance on the rates of Tuesday, and have in most cases been willing to give about 3d. per piece more than on that day. The advance, however, appears to check busi ness, and it is believed that the operations have been far from considerable in the aggregate. In cloth there was a very large business done at the low prices prevailing up to yesterday, and those who had the sagacity to supply themselves then of course are the less disposed to operate now the market is against them. The cause of the sudden rise of prices . was a large business in cotton at Liver pool yesterday and to-day-20,000 yesterday and 30,000 bales to-day, at an advance of nearly ld. per lb. Buyers of manufactured goods see no cause for this reaction. There is no improvement in the de mand for goods, and nothing either in politics or our foreign relations to account for the change. The quantity of cotton is so great as to place the future wants of the trade beyond a doubt of supply. It is believed the change in Liverpool is caused simply by speculation, which has brought buyers suddenly into the market to cover sales made last week. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT CLIFTON SUSPENSION BIIIDGE.—On Thursday evening, shortly after six o'clock, a lad named Wm. Miles, 13 years of age, who is engaged•as a ticket-collector on the Clifton side of the Suspension-bridge, which spans the Avon and connects the counties of Glocestor and Somerset, left his post and got on to the parapet at the side of the bridge for the pur pose of gathering some of the wild flowers which abound iu that locality. While so engaged he slipped and fell over the steep declivity of St. Vincent's rocks. His fall was im peded by the ivy, but when rescued and convoyed to the General Hospital it was found that ho had sustained a compound fracture of the skull, besides other serious in juries. On inquiry at the hospital last evening it was stated that the boy was still alive, but that he was in a very precarious state. rpv if 31 1111t1) EDITION. SUN OFFICE; 6 O'CLOCK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening. CILESTEat CUP. 4to 1 agst Lecturer (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken and offered) 10 to I agst Miss Havel.ck (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lucifer (taken) 1000 to 40 angst Rescue (taken freely) 1000 to 35 angst Beesxving (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Leases (taken) 33 to 1 angst Leap Year (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Tormentor (taken) 1000 to 10 angst Skirmish (offered) DERBY. 7 to 2 agat The Rake (taken) 7 to 2 angst Vauban (offered) Bto 1 angst Hermit (taken and offered) 9to 1 agat Dragon (taken) 20 to 1 angst Marksman (taken) SCRATCHINGS. Gontran out of Chester Cup, and all Mr. Bennett's horses out of Chester engagements. • VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.-•TIIIS DAY. The week's settling and comparing over the •Chester meeting occupied so much time that specu lation prior to the move westward made very little progress. Lecturer nominally was at 4 to 1, but both buyers and backers seemed chary of dealing with either of the Danebury horses. Miss Have lock was in good demand, but the feature was the support accorded to Leap Year, who was said to have beaten Archimedes in a trial. Dalby retired to 50 to 1, which only in a single instance was accepted. The Rake further advanced for the Derby, 4 to 1 being the highest price obtainable. CHESTER CUP. 4 to 1 agst Lecturer (off., take sto 1) 11 to 1 agst Miss Havelook (taken) 11 to 1 agst Rama (off.) 12 to 1 agst Lucifer (off.) 100 to 8 agst Archimedes (taken and off.) 25 to 1 agst Tormentor (off.) 25 to 1 agst Leap Year (taken and off.) 30 to 1 agst Leases (offered) 33 to 1 agst Gomera (offered) 33 to 1 agst The Rescue (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Dalby (taken) DERBY... 4to 1 agst The Rake (taken) NOTICE.—CHANGII OF ADDRESS.--JOHN STIRS, late Of Beaufort Buildingi;, Strand, returns' his best thanks for the patronage he hits received' dUring the past year, and begs to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, 'Wel lingto.n=strdet,'Str&hd;Lonlen, where' commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LEE, of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoroditch; at Three King-court, Lnubard-street and at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. IlorKixs t.,nd Joll7t - (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, OXMAN STREET., HAYMARKET. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ton till two at the City Arches ; also is George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Moux's Brewery. THE HAVELOCK Turf Agency's Representative can bo seen daily in Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf you want a good foreign cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walworth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. THE INTENDED FIGHT FOR TilE CHAMPIONSHIP Another of these discreditable affairs, which have tended of late years to throw discredit on the prize ring, took place to-day. Wormald, one of the candidates for the champion's belt, was on the ground at the appointed time to meet his antagonist, but Baldwin, "The Fenian Giant," failed to make an appearance, whereupon the backers of Wormal I claimed the stakes. The reason given for Baldwin not being present is that he missed the train at Loudon-bridge, and tried by other means to reach his destination. Baldwin claims to have the case referred to arbitration, as he contendsthat he was only prevented meeting Wormald under circumstances over which he had no control. Apprehension of Betting Men. At the Marlborough-street Police-court, yester day, Stephen Hopkins, of 33, Oxenden-street, Hay market, described as a commission agent, and John Ambrose, of 22, Nassau-street, Middlesex Hospital, were brought before Mr. Knox on a warrant, by Superintendent Ilannaut, of the C division, charged Hopkins with keeping the house, No. 33, Oxenden-street, for the purpose of betting with persons resorting thereto ; and Ambrose with assisting in conducting a betting-house ; and W. Barrett, Ealing, horse-dealer ; C. Watson, address refused; and E. Sloman, musician, were charged with being found in the house. The defendants Watson,. Simian, and Barrett were discharged. Superintendant Hannant produced Sir R. Mayne's authority to enter the house, 33, Oxanden-street, and said—l went to 33, Oxenden-street this day, between twelve and one. I know Mr. Hopkins as the keeper of the house for several years, and found him at the door. On seeing me he stepped back into the shop. I entered immediately and said, " Mr. Hopkins, I have a warrant to enter your house." I found the other defendants in a back room of the place, which is a betting-house. On the counter of the shop I found some handicap books lying and a tissue and racing calendar. In the back room on a table 1 found a book containing different entries of racing events, and on searching the place I found a great many memoranda relating to horse-racing, of which I took possession. Ambrose was in the back room, where I found the book. The defendants were taken to the station. On telling the defendants that I should take them into custody Ambrose made some objection to the state of the law, remarking that persons could stand about the streets, and in Hyde-park, and receive money—persons who did not intend to pay debts—and those who kept a re spectable house, and intended to pay, by doing so committed an offence. Hopkins said he did not deny being the keeper of the house, and had kept it for 13 years. Superintendent llannant—You did. Sergeant Shillingford, 4C, said—By direction of the superintendent I went to No. 33, Oxenden-street on Monday last about one o'clock, and saw the de fendants. Ambrose was behind the counter at a desk. I saw seven or eight cards on the counter with odds marked on them. There were three men in the shop at the time looking at the cards, and one said, " Book me £2 on Plaudit for the Two Thousand Guineas," this horse being at 3to 1. Ambrose re ceived the money from the man and turned round to the desk and bookedit in a similar book to the one pro duced. I did not hear the name the person gave. I then left. Hopkins was present all the time. I visited the house again at 20 minutes past one, and from there were cards on the counter, as on my former visit, and on one of the cards there was " Marksman 5 to 1 for the Two Thousand Guineas." There were four others present besides myself, and a gentleman card aa out ask e o ci f said, " Book me half a sovereign on Marksman," "Ambrose and and Ambrose received the half-sovereign the man, and turned round and booked it ju a t a r v e e e t k . ' e ' p t similar book to the one produced. I think th e Ir. ,gentleman gave the name of Ford, for a card, and Ambrose gave him a a drawer, there being on the card shop three e 3 l 3 l:ii ° ni x t e es n . dell l - 1 8 1 remained i, the house since Monday last,and observation on the I have to 50 persons go into th e li ouse from elevenseen from 40 —men I know to b e b ett i ng to three M K r. nox.The d men. defendants adjournment, and as they have have asked for an a short time, I think they only been arrested if they think arc t • en itled to it, so that proper they may with professional il • provide the m s e lves . a-vlce ' but I inuA have , as the penalty is £lOO good bail. I shall h s a require the defen dants to enter into their own • • sum of recognisances ln the £5O each, and each. to find two sureties in £5O The required sureties were at once entered into. 20 st Bt 100 at 100 I loi 10 too 1 1151 } 1011