The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN TELLIOE NOB, TWELVE o'CLoeK. The demand for accommodation in the general Discount Market continues very limited, and the rates demanded for the negotiation of first-class short -dated commercial paper ranges from 21 to 2 per cent., the supplies available being more than sufficient for the requirements. The sum of £4,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England on Saturday. The operation towards clearing off the whole of the Mortgage Debentures of the Atlantic Telegraph Company is progressing satiJactorily. Upwards of £40,000 have already been subscribed for that pur pose, and in addition thereto one of the largest shareholders has addressed a circular to his fellow s ha!ehoblers, of whom there are 4,000, offering to subscribe the sum of £4,500 to the completion of the object, provided the other shareholders will respo n d in proportion to their holdings. When this debt is removed there is little doubt that the debt of the Anglo-American Company will be shortly paid off, and the original company, after all its re verses, will come in to the full enjoyment of its valuable property. During the past week the re ceipts have averaged £1,230 per diem. From the manufacturing districts the accounts for the past week have generally been of an unsatis factory character. At Manchester dullness has pre vailed, and a further decline has taken place in the values of cloths and yarns, consequent upon the depression in the cotton market at Liverpool. In the woollen districts of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield trade has been remarkably quiet, and but few dealings have been entered :into in seasonable goods. The hosiery and lace departments at Lei cester and Nottingham have shown no mate rial alteration ; and in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton little change of importance can be reported in many of the principal branches of business carried on. At the half -yearly meeting of the Australasian Joint-stock Bank, held in Sydney on the 31st January last, the profits were stated at £40,316, out of which a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum Was declared, and a sum of £19,000 transferred to the r eserve fund, to meet the heavy losses arising from th e n umerous mercantile failures that occurred during the late monetary pressure in the colony, a su m of £55,000 was appropriated from the reserve fund, which now stands at £50,107. To mark their sense of the energy and tact with Which Mr. Richardson surmounted the difficulties which threatenedthe credit and position of the bank, through the failure of the Consolidated Bank here, Its. London agent, and for his successful negotiations With the National Provincial Bank of Engla n d (by which its h onour and credit were maintained), the d'rectors have awarded that gentleman a donation of £l,OOO. Two OCLOCK. According to R eu t er ' s telegram from ' Paris to day, the French Rentes were 66.70. Heavy. Consols are steadily creeping up, 1 per cent. having been added to their marketable value ; the latest prices, therefore, are 901 91 for transfer, as well as for the account. This sustained buoyancy is attributable to the a bundance of money and the demand for stock on behalf of the investing public. Speculators too are purchasing rather freely. More confidence is likewise felt in the probable solution at an early date of the different political questions which are still exciting so much attention throughout the Continent. The New Threes are 881 891 ; Reduced Annuities, 891 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 17s. to 23s preen ; Bank of England Stock, 2521 253 ; India Stock, 219 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 109! ; and ditto Bonds, 525. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market there has been a still further improvement. Greek have advanced 4 to 13 14 ; Mexican, 4, to 151 1 ; Spanish Passive, 4, to 201 I; Certificates, 4, to I 134; Turkish 5 per Cents., 1, to 271 4 ; Russian, 4, tol 11 prem. ; Chilian Scrip, 4, to 4 34 dis. ; and Danubian, to 6 4 dis. ; Italian Stcck remains at 484 a. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, but in a few instances prices are a !bade firmer. Great Western and South Western have each improved ; Metropolitan, Midland, and Sout h Eastern, eac h 1 ; an d Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, each 1; while Brighton have declined 1 , and North Western 1. In American Securities there is a fall of in Erie Shares, to 37 4 ; 1 in United States 5-20 Bonds, to 73 4 74 ; while Illinois are steady at 764 77. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little variation. Great Luxembourg are dealt in at 94, Grand Trunk of Canada 181 4, East Indian at 107 1. 3, and Great Indian Peninsula at 1074 1. Bank shares are very quiet at about previous quotations, London Joint Stock being marked 42 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 404 411 ; Union of London, 414 42 ; New South Wales, 624 ; and Standard of British South Africa, 12 124. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares remain inac tive at about former values, Egyptian Trading Co. being dealt in at 3 1-16 ; Hudson's Bay Company, at 164 4 ; London Financial, at 24 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, at 58 ; and Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance, at 121 121. Atlantic and Great Western Debentures remain steady at 31 32, and the Consolidated Mortgage Londe at 22 224. MINING MARKET. MONDAY EVENING. A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in the Mining Exchange to-day. Annexed are the latest prices : Chiverton Moor 5l 51 Marks Talley 4} 41 ehentales Cold Clifford Amalgamate 5} 6 North Treskerby Fast Basset . 17 18 Prince of Wales s3s 55s Fast CB *********** -.- Providouce Mines Care roe, ****** 11 12 East, adon ......... 5; 61 Tincroft Eas t Lovell ............ 88} West Seton t • t Russell ..• 31 31 West Chiverton ath ealGrenv • ine 21 21 Wheal Basset — Great Laxey ...... 174 18 4 Wheal Chiverton a l Retallick .... 33i Wheal Grenville ll4 Great -Wheal Vor... • 17 18 Wheal Seton 100 105 BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. lanYntonuExT IrIINDII. Der bent. Consols - 1 D o , • Account, May 9 904 1 ",,Per Cent. Reduced B9 t Me w 3 Cent I c , 89 8 J g per liel P Do. 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 A • L 'e• per Cent. Jan. 1873 '‘unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yra, expire sth April;lBBs — t.„.? (Rea Bills,graph), Auff., 1908 — ""cuequer £l,ooo, 3 tine , ' per Ct 2O 17 pin Do £500 Do. .ClOO k X2OO Pm S ank of, England Stock. 64 per Cent , INDI AN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Lella u Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 219 I) De. Account " D O O 5 per C ent. July, 1880 0 • 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - ,e. Certificates — "0. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent — D o u • 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ,°. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — L o , "). Bob., 5 per Cent Aug. 1873 De.., Bougie, 5 per Cent., £l,000 under £l,000 4 rig,eni TOILUIG N FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. . . ne Rep u bli c, 6 per Cent as t -o • triau Boucl e , 5 p er C ent, 1 85 9 r azilian 5 per C en t 974 _ b° . 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 D o . 1863 I . )° ' 5 per C en t. , 1 8 6 5 .00 D e• £loo ecount Bonds _ en.nos Ayres 6 per Cent — , DJ 2 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 9 - 7 v..ilian 6 per Cent De. 44 per Cent _ ue. 6 per Cent A . Do. 899; 9 791- 1)% " 1867 D 71 _ dis 0. Scrip, £2O paid C s , • . o _ ii "Inbtan, 6 per Cent. o s 'eb 9 ,. 6 per Cent. 1173 t nish 3 per Cent., 1825 ) - b• leper Cent., 1861 t 'ntin Pri• - •cipalitiep, 7 per Cent lender New Consolidated. 1 per Cent .." 4 gYptian 7 per Cent — I ) s e. Second issue u e• 4100 Bonds uo. Do. 1864 794 Do. .£lOO Bo i - n 8 . 79 iDe Government Railway Debenture Bi 9: 'reek 5 per Cent s ., 1821-5 , ex C oupons — in i D e. Acco unt DJ. Coupons DO, Account Gaatemala 5 per Cent .. — 1 'Han 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — M , xicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French thmtevidean 6 per Cent. .. — goorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferral Do Lfiud Warrants (Hectares) Pe -uvian 5 per Cent 1865 • Do Account — Do 41 per C6nt., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (thin:wren) Do 4} per Cent., 1862 Do Account P alsguese3 per Ct., 1853, 'tl, '7, '9,'60,'2,"0 401 1 tassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St -- Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do ti per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pm Cent., 1859 — Do 5 der Cont., 1862 B7} 6 71 l'o. 5 per Cent., 1861 — D .. Anglo-Dutch, 1866 Bll i Do. do. .£l5 paid `Ardiuinn 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account ~.....‘ Do New Detetieu — Do. Account Passive Do 2Ol 20 Do Accfrant —_, Spanish Cort. of Coup not funded l2 1 Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 7o} 11 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account _ _ _ Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed . — Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 — Do. 1861 22 31 Ditto 11 per Cent. — Divilends on the above payable in London Austrian t .o pm. Cent., , Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . .. French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — !Who, 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 4Bl TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9oi 1 Do, Account 9Ol 1 ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Labouchere was elected without opposition, this morning, at Brentford, M.P. for Middlesex, vacant by the death of Mr. Hanbury. Sheriffs Waterlosv and Lycett (the joint sheriffs for Middlesex) presided. Mr. Labouchere (nephew of Lord Taunton, and son of the late Mr. J. Labouchere, the banker) was proposed by Mr. Humphrey, the coroner for Ea s t Middlesex, and seconded by Mr. R. Freeman. After having been elected, Mr. Labouchere thanked the electors and declared himself a Liberal. It was a very tame affair. No music, no flags, no excit.ement—nothing but a little row. COMMENCEMENT OF TERM. Term commenced to-day, on which occasion the Judges breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his residence, Eaton-square, and then proceeded in procession to their respective courts at Westminster. Their lordships arrived shortly before two o'clock, and immediately proceeded with public business ; but the lateness of the hour precludes any report. ARCHBISHOP MANNING has obtained of the Pope an Indulgence of oft° year to all who shall devoutly recite the Gloria Patri and Ave Maria, with the in tention of obtaining from God the perfect conversion of the English nation to the obedience of the faith and re conciliation to the chair of St. Peter.—The Observer. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.--On Saturday morning a boy only 11 years old, named Thomas Walton, whose parents live in Wolverhampton, died in the hospital in that town, from the effects of shocking injuries sustained the previou s afternoon in a pit on the Sodg,ley-park colliery. Deceased had been employed with another boy in hooking on at the bottom of the shaft. Just as one of the loaded skips was being drawn up the boy is stated to have become affrighted and to have laid hold of the hook. The shaft was only 1G yards deep, and the boy being found on the hook as the load ascended au effort was made to get the engine stopped, but it was unsucc:.ssful. The lad held on until he was nearly within grasp of the backsman. This, however, seemed to be the limit of his endurance ; he re laxed his hold, and falling to the bottom three of his limbs became frightfully shattered. AN IMPORTATION FROM BROBDIGNAG—OR A CRAB " VERY LIKE A WHALE !"—A correspondent of the Atheneum (apparently no other than our old friend Baron Munchausen) writes to announce that the Jardin dos Phutes has lately acquired a gigantic crab, from Japan, the fore-legs of which are no less than 4 feet 1 inch iu length. " RAYMOND'S HEROINE." Three vole.—" Ray mcnd's Heroine," says the Saturday Review, " is a story which a reader will feel the better for having read, so genuine is the sentiment which pervades it, so refreshing is the acquaintance with pure and simple natures which it offers, so pleasant are the sketches which it contains, bright with the clear radiance of an open air life, or glowing with the cheerful firelight of a happy home. We recommend it to those who can appreciate the charms of a novel, through out which there makes itself unmistakably manifest the impress of generous feeling and of vigorous thought. It is also one through which there runs a vein of humour, which at once relieves and heightens its pathos, and testifies as strongly to the variety of its writer's powers as the more serious passages do to their force. Of the latter no ono can entertain a doubt who has read the singularly powerful description of ' Walter Lee's Dream.'" SIGNS OF SPRING. —The cuckoo has already been heard and swallows seen at Shepton Mr. GLADSTONE being unable to attend the in auguration of the Cobden statue at Manchester, which is fixed for Easter Monday, in consequence of having to go to Paris in connection with the Exhibition, the inaugura tion will be conducted by Mr. Geo. Wilson, formerly chair man of the Anti-Corn-Law League. GOLD-BEARING-GRAVEL. —Mr. Shea reports the discovery of gold-bearing gravels in the river-valleys of Central New Brunswick, and, judging from similrr deposits in California which have proved rich iu gold, he believes that the New Brunswick beds may be worked at a profit. We have to announce the death of Mr. Thomas Vardon, for many years librarian of the House of Corn !s, who expired ou Friday mo rn i ng at his official apart mil:unts at the Palace, Westminster. The late Mr. Vardon was greatly respected. He was appointed to the post he honourably and zealously filled ne ar l y 40 years by the Right Hon. Charles Manners Sutton Cthe late Viscount Canterbury). The appointment is in th e g if t o f the Speaker. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The 35th annual Passion-week performance of the " Messiah" takes place Exeter Hall on Wednesday evening next, the 17th inst Principal vocalists, Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Sainton Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley. ABANDONMENT OF A SHIP.—PLYMOUTH, Sunday. —The Norwegian barquo Fido, 650 tons, of Arendal, from Belize, With a cargo of logwood, was brought into Ply mouth Sound this afternoon with 7ft. of water in her hold. Sho was found abandoned in let. 43 N. long. 10.40 W. by the American ship Plymouth Rock, who put seven men on board to navigate her. THE COLCHESTER MURDER.—On Friday after noon, Henry Page Draper, who has been committed on the coroner's inquisition on a charge of murdering Mary Ann Pettitt at Colchester on the 23d of February, was brought up for examination before the local magistrates, the mayor of the borough (Mr. P. 0. Papillon), presiding on the bench. The prisoner was remanded till to-day (Monday). Draper appeared calmer when brought before the bench, but since the close of the coroner's inquiry h e has been much depressed in spirits. When the coroner's jury came into court at one o'clock on Friday morning, the foreman said; "We return a verdict of wilful murder —" Draper, who was in court, ejaculated, "Oh, my God !"—the foreman of -the jury, in continuation, added, "against Henry Page Draper." Draper exclaimed, "Oh, my God lam as innocent as the child in its mother's womb. As Almighty God is in heaven, I am innocent." The un happy m a n, who had knelt down with his head on the floor as the jury re-entered the court, rose on hearing the verdict, then fell down in a swoon. When he recovered he was taken into custody by the head constable of the borough police. When he was finally removed he said, "I appeal to the great Judge if I ever touched the woman, or over went to the side of the water. If I did, m a y Almighty God never forgive me. Igo from hero with a conscience fully knowing and feeling I never did the deed. So help me God." Brigadier-General Sir A. liorsford, K.C.8., has roturnod to Aldershott from Ireland, whither he was des patched on the Fenian outbreak. A brigade will shortly be formed for him . of the 71st Highlanders, from Edin burgh, and other regiments, and it is said that several Militia corps will also be attached to it.—United Service Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1867 SIIARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY 811A.RES AND STOCKS. Share l Railways. Paid. ittristot audExeter Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and Bandon...—. 'Cornwall . . •Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth,& Ab.J tine. E.London, berip Certi.' Do. Glasgow A S. Western, Great Eastern, Ord. stk.! Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2' G rrat North of Scoti.tn& Great Northern D A stoci , ... I Du. it stock Do. New, is. at 25 pa tit S, and W. ot lrelano. Gt. Western -uriginail 6. V3i. Itail gua., Do. South \Vales ; Do. W. Mid.—ON:we& Do. Newport i•o. Hereford • • I Lane 'shire A Yorkshir,, ll,,ndon and Black waßi Eon., Brigh., & S Coma Lon., Chat., and Dovri' Do. Mein'''. Ex. A Lon. A North Wl...sten:l Lon. & South' Western Man., Stmt., A Lincoln! . Do. New Do. Extension... Aletropolttau District. Do. do. do. Jo. and St. John's Iro Mid:and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. A Durbyl aid Kent . North British Do. ltd., Pth., & Dun,' Nth. Eastern—Berwictil Do. G.N•E purchas, Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling Do. dot •1860-til North London Do. do. 1803 5 . Do. to. 1866 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stocW Do. Scot, Mid. et:vit Shropshire Union South Devon outh Eastern itainee Wok., & Wok Call' Vale Do. C . • Vale ot death IVaterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whlteha (Vest Cornwall 20 et St 100 .t lOU it 1 too 1 PI, 100 WO 100 100 all BRITISH rOSSE Atlantic W St.Lawrenee Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. go. 5 percent Do. I? ellares Buffalo Lake Huron Do. Preference But ~Brant, & Godcrich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1.......• Oaloutta & S. E., lim aE e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, go. p.c. Do. .1 Extension i;rand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge R p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pt% t. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred DO. 4th Pret. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... t. India Pen. gua. 5p.0. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New giia. 5 p. 0.. South of India ...... g ua. 5 per cent D.,. 41 per oent Do - - great Were. of Canada.. Da. New .. Do. 6p. c Bt o. pay. 1873 do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 42 do ldo xtension Dpoo Fifth E Afelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. dt Hudson's Bay.. N. itl.C . da,6pclatpf.bs, Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub =,4 Do.lndus St.Elot Closing I Business ', Price. done. 107 1041 40 id 4 6 (6 OS 70 72 105 ;07 27 29 5 7 11:1 I U i 22 89 vi 4 4 A 55 A 27 25 It 1:1 1n 7} 70 17 13 13 10 116 .16 74 tO 47 49 .19 12U - 101 106 ,SIONS. 57 60 100 102 id ip 4 4i 711 6i 50 55 101 103 101 IG3 106 107 20 22 85 83 57 59 53 51 52 51 z 8 71 I,i~~~ 4 , 2 37 10 23 25 1'4,1 In Ani 2 10,3 106 6 1p 6 1p 100 102 91 93 12k 14 11 126 132 81 d 4 - it 1 1 I 100 102 92 04 85 90 82 8 5 97 gh 97 88 1 *(I 97 98 107 1 i } i 1071 I 101 1 1 ITIJi S. 113 115 82 83 34 36 4 18 101 IU3 61 62 92 14 33 35 9 10 p 112 115 2) 70 72 113 115 148 152 43 ' 45 67 6J 8 10 153 :58 3 4, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR: British Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31, Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.lz July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. 0. lob. & Aug D.,. sp. c. Mar. Sept l)o. 4 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed rb It ;ape U. Hope, ii P.C. 18:J DLL A pl. & UCt , 1890-190 I Do. do 1880-9,. Do. Jan..tJuly, ttl9o-9 Do. 5 per cout. 15 April mid 15 .tict., 1900 Ce 3 lon, Nuv. 1365, 6 p., Do. 1,78, Mum, 6 p. a, 1873, lan. and July Do. 1-78 .. ;o. t 88!, May ,5, Nov. Do. I , ob, Feu. & Atm +ti al •lov. 6 per cent N. 1i.G0v.6 ul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186 b Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1871, 1 Do. 5 p.c. 1883 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova•Saitia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c d. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1888-V Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c..fa &July Do. do, April & Oct 190 100 100 110 100 100 99 101 ! vs 100 100 1021 8,4 00 i 87 81 10: 164 tO5 407 106 102 101 91 ?3 tul 103 1t,6 1.8 102 104 1(3 iO5 103 106 tos 107 t 8 1( 0 tG V 8 81 VS 85 Y. 7 101 102 el 86 96 98 91 93 106 108 107 109 MARKETS.--.This day. MARK-LANE. The country markets held on Saturday were firm for wheat at is to 2s per qr. more money. The foreign markets continue firm for all kinds of produce. The imports of foreign and colonial produco into London fast week wore liberal. Only a limited quantity of English wheat was received of the samples was only up to our market this m orn i n g, coastwise and by laud carriage ; whilst the condition middling. The trade w as by no means active ; neverthe less, in the few sales effected, factors succeeded in esta blishing a further advance in the quotations of 2.s per qr. TAlere was a slight improvement in the demand f o r °reign wheat, the show of which was by no means ex tensive, at 18 to 2s per qr. more money. Floating cArgoes of grain were firm at the recent advance. Very little either English or foreign barley was brought forward. On the hole, the trade was steady, and malting parcels were is. per quarter dearer than on this day fortnight. The sale of malt was inactive ; nevertheless, last week's prices were supported. The oat trade was active at quite ls. per quarter more money. The supply of oats was by no means extensive. Beans met a Blow inquiry at late currencies. The sup ply was rather limited. _ _ The few peas on the stands were takon off slowly, on former terms. The flour trade was steady, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Linseed relapsed, and most other Feeds were inactive, at late quotations. Cakes moved off slowly, at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRR Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 55s to 658 Do., old 62s 69s Do., white, old 62s 72s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 01d...• s3s 64s Do., ner - s2s 64s Talavera Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3Bs 51s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown _ __.. s4s 62s —..., .... Kingstown and War• Chevalier 73s 745 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 23s 30s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2os 2bs Cork, white 2os 308 Scotch, Feeding 22s 29s Beans—Tick Pigeons ..„„ 428 46s Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 44s 46s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel French, per sack 445 52s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a fair average supply of foreign stock in our market to-day, and sales progressed steadily on rather higher terms. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were moderately good, and in prime condition. From Scotland the receipts were rather limited from Ire land trifling. The Scotch beasts came to hand in prime order. The attendance of butchers being large, the de mand for all breeds of beasts was tolerably active at an ad vance in the quotations compared with Monday last of 2d per Blbs. The best Scots and crosses realised 5s to 2s per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,500 Scots, short horns and crosses; from other parts of Eng►and 550 various breeds ; from Scot land, 135 Soots and crosses; and from Ireland, three heifers. There was a considerable falling off in the supply of sheep compared with this day se'ennight, whilst the gene ral condition of the stock was only middling. All breeds commanded more attention, and prices advanced 2d to 4d per 81bs. The best Downs and half-breds, in the wool, sold at 5s 10d to 6s, out of the wool, 5s per 81bs. Lambs were in moderate supply and fair request on former terms, viz., is 4d to 8s per 81bs. About 200 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Primo small cal res were rather dearer with a steady sale. Inferior calves were inactive at late rates. The top quotation was Sc 6d par 81bs. Pigs were in slightly improved request at from 3s to 4s 2d per Blbs. Per 81b to sink the offal. d s d sdad Crse Sc inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6 Pine ers- wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Second quality do ..3 8 4 4 Prune •I'tltdowit ilo 5 1. 6 0 ['rime large oxen ..4 6 4 1. Lake coarse oalyes 4 6 5 o Prime a 2 Franc small do 5 2 r) Crse. and int. stieep.3 8 4 Large hogs ...... 3 2 3 fi Second quality do ..4 2 5 0 Ninal! porkers 3 6 4 2 Larab....7s 4.1 to 8. Od. Suckling calves, 215 to Vis ; and quarter-old store pigs, 23s to k7a each. - • - Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 3,270 Beasts ..... .. ........... 930 Cows - COWS. .... ..... •• • ....... Sheep dud lambs 19,081 Sheep and limbs 4 l,O Calves 134 Ca yes .................. 111 Pigs 290 Pigs .... ......... Per 81bs. to sink the offal. A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great M etro p olitan Cattle Market on Monday, April 16, 1866, and this day, Monday, April 15, 1867. April 16, April 15, 1866. 1867. id id id s d Coarse and inferior beasts 4 oto 4 4 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4lO 5 0 4 6 410 Primo Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 6 0 7 6 4 5 10 6 0 54 5 8 Prime Southdown do 6 8 0 Lambs 5 4 4 Large coarse calves 5 10 4 6 5 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 410 3 8 4 2 Beasts 2 990 3,270 Sheep Calves Pi gs SUPPLIES ON SALE, April 17, 1865.—Beasts, 3,170 sheep, 14,050—calves, 65—pigs, 335. April 16, 1861—Boasts, 4,2 J0 —sheep, 19,020 —calves' 149—pigs, 490. The total imports of foreign stock into L ondon last week, amounted to 9,705 head. In the corresp ondin g week in 1866, we received 8,438 ; . 4,525 ; in 1863, 3,716 ; in 1862, 2,535 ; and in 1861, 3,211. in 1 865 , 4,914 ; in 1864. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. alves. Pigs. Antwerp Boulogne — ... .._ ... ••• . .---. ••• Bremen 8 Calais Geistemunde ... 922 ... 1665 ••• "' 25 "' Amsterdam — ... ... ••• ••• Copenhagen ••• ... ••• --- ••• Gottenburg GI Hamburg 353 ... 2063`.:... ... 17 ... Harlingen ••• 30 ... ... 9 ... Oporto ••• ••• ••• Dieppe ••• •'-••• liontleur... ••• -- ••• ••• --•••— Ostend Rotterdam " '" Flanders 199 ... _' '" The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs• L 866 1865 925 3,037 ... 7 275 670 1864 NEWGATE AND LEADENTI ALL. Prime meat is in improved request at full prices, but in ferior kinds are a slow sale. The supplies on offer are by no means extensive. Last week's imports into London were 474 packages from Hamburg, and 33 from Rotterdam. Per Slb by the carcase. sd s d s d • d Inferior beet 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 4 4 0 Middling do. 3 8. 4 0 M iddling m u tt on.. 4 2 4 4 Prime large do 1 2 4 4 rime do 4 6 4 8 pork 2 10 3 4 4 2 5 4 Small pork. ...... ..3 4 2 Lamb. Oa Ott to Os Od Veal Prim e small do 4 4 4 6 Large BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report fair avera g e supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise and by railway. On the whole the trade continues steady, at our quotations. Last week's imports were 549 sacks from liuukirk, 26 from Antwerp, and 1 sack from Rotterdam. Regents .....................110s to 140 s per ton. Flukes .......................120s to 161); Scotch Regents ......... 105 s to 150 s ~ WOOL. We have again to report a heavy inquiry for all kinds of wool. To effect sales lower prices must be submitted to. The imports last week were extensive, viz., 196 bales from Adelaide, 29 from Auckland, 6,555 from Melbourne, 2,879 from C a nterbury (New Zealand), 658 from the Cape of Good Hope, 1,35:3 from Port Philip, 3,472 from Sydney, 756 from Swan River, 130 from Van couver's Island, 3,069 from Dunodin, and 864 from Natal. Current prices of English wool per lb. a d 8 d. Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 5} 1 6} Half-bred do 1 7 1 8f Kent fleeces ........... 1 6 1 7 South Down ewes and wethers 1 Of 1 6} Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing BOROUGH HOP. Our market contizuee in a most inactive otete. To force sales lower rates must be submitted to, although prices on the Continent, as well as in America, continue high. Mid and East gents l6ss to 220 s per cwt. Farnham and country Weald of Kent Sussex - 1705 „ • Yearlings lOO5 to 145 s „ Olds Ns to 90s „ TALLOW. The market is rather fiat. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 44s 3d to 418 6d per cwt. Town tallow, 448 per cwt. nett cash. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. Stock—(this clay) ',2,116 37,005 31,232 21,478 Prices of Y.O f4lsol to 39s 94 48s (hi 44s nd —s 01 48s 3(1 448 6(1 Delivery lust week 1,002 2,152 1,386 1,009 Do. from June 1 68,370 86,148 96,179 86,739 Arrival last week Do. from June 1 82,639 78,132 91,928 82,291 Price of Town 43s 04 42s 34 48s sa 46s 64 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. THE SING LE-HANDED BILLIARD ill A 7 CH OXFORD v. CAMBRIDGE. This match was played on Saturday evening last, at the St. James's Hall. The attendance, as on the former occasion of the playing of the four-handed match, was good. Mr. Rodger (Oxford) and Mr. Wickham (Cambridge) were the representatives of the sister Universities, Oxford Jonathan taking charge of the marking board, and giving universal satisfaction. At first it was feared there would be no match at all, an objection having been raised against Mr. Wickham on the ground that his name was not on the college register, which should have been ascertained previous to allowing him to play in the - four-handed match the day before.. Eventually the objection was waived, but not with a very good grace, and play commenced at eight minutes past S precisely, and continued with a varying success, not calling for any special notice until 8.32, when the game stood—Oxford, 102 ; Cambridge, 50. The odds of 10 to 4 on Oxford were offcre I, but no takers. Oxford then got a break of 42, and Cam bridge one for 26 ; these were the two longest breaks of the match, the remainder of the points being made up of miserable eights, tens, and fif teens, from breaks which should have given many more, and on two occasions, only reaching 20. At 9 o'clock the score was—Oxford, 202 ; Cambridge, 109. Offers being now made of sto 4 Oxford wins with 100 points to spare. At 10 o'clock Oxford was 406 and Cambridge 275, the match terminating at 10.24, Oxford winning by 139. Time-2 hours 16 minutes. It had been hoped that this year an improve ment would have been seen in the play, but it proved fallacious. A comparison of the time taken to play the match, and the number of points made, will at once show to what a tedious length it was drawn out ; and it will be for the managers to con sider • whether, if next year they have not more talented - and better trained representatives, it would not be advisable to shorten the length of the game, the play not being equal to that which may be seen nearly every evening in any of the public billiard rooms of note in the metropolis. RACING FIXT Lichfield Spring 8 I Newmarket Craven 8 Abergavenuy Thirsk Ascot Spring York Spring 7 Doncaster Spring Salisbury 9 Bath Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB TES FOR 1867. Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Durham Catterick Chester 3O .Y. Harpenden Epsom Croydon Newton 29 lE. Beverley Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Summer N 3 Wett Ale .. 25 Ipsivica 27 Worcest:n . Summer 27 v ..,.....Y Carlisle '2 Down Royal Corporatn. 17 Newmarket July 2 Stamfo rd Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Winchester Hunge r f or d Nottingham l6 Goodwood AUGUST. Rip on Brighton • • 6 West Drayton 22 Brighton Cluu 8 Plymouth__ 22 Lewes Egham ... Wolverhampton l3 I Lichfield Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Weymouth Hastings York August SEPTEMBER. Margate Warwick Spring 3 Hendon l9 Abingdon 5 Monmouth l9 Leicester Doncaster Brecon OCT Northampton Autumn Edinburgh Budfurd BER. Newmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham to Newmarket Houghton COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running . Brampton. OUrnberland Mr. War Tick 2i, OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, -- Line()lnFli ire Mr. Spa fiord 110 W-STREET. DARING ROBBERY AT A WATCHMAKER:s.-T wo shabbily dressed young men, named John Green and Alexander Simpkins, were charged with stealing 7 gold watches, valued at £66, from the shop of Mr. Skelton, clock and watchmaker, 43, St. Martin's-lane. Mr. Porter appeared for Simpkin and Mr. Abrams for Green. Mr. Skelton stated that on the 9th March he went out about four o'clock and returned at about five, when he found that about 9 or 10 gold watches had been taken from the glass case. He knew the numbers and makers names of 7 of them. Catherine Cox, housekeeper to the last witness, said that shortly after her master went out a cabman came to the do3r and asked ber to speak to a passenger in his cab. She went to the door of the cab, but on looking round, and seeing some man in the shop, returned to the door. The man seized her in the passage, by the shop door, and flung her to the back of the shop. She believed the prisoner Simpkin was the man. On coming to the door she saw the same man and another, whom she believed to be Green, running away, and begged a gentleman to pursue them. They had iobbed the shop. She had missed some of the watches, especially three or four, which were kept in front of the case and were of peculiar appearance. She saw them safe about 3or 4 o'clock. Made a practice of looking to see that all was safe as she passed the shop door. John Willy, salesman at a China shop in St. Martin's lane;said he had seen these men, two of whom he believed to be the prisoners, loitering about in the lane. At the time the cab was at the door he saw the two whom he believed to be the prisoners running up the lane towards Hop-gardens, and they went down that turning. He did not see them come out of the shop, the cab being between him and the door. The witnesses were cross-examined both by the learned counsel and by Mr. Abrams as to the identity of the pri- soners. The prisoners had been apprehended by Sergeant Ackrill and Constable Gordon (the officers directed to investigate the case) in consequence of information, the nature of which did not transpire. Both prisoners were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PLATE ROBBERT IN MAYFAIR.—James Thompson, alias Riley, " no home—painter," was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing some silver spoons and forks, of the value of £lO, the property of the Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce, No. 13, Hertford-street, Mayfair. James Randall, servant to the Hon. Thomas C. Bruce, said—Last night, about nine o'clock, I put a dozen spoons and a dozen forks in the pantry, looking into the area, the window of the pantry being closed. I left the pantry but had not been gono more than a minute when I heard a noise and the rattling of plate. I ran to the pantry, and saw the prisoner in the area, the window of the pantry being open. As soon as the prisoner saw me he ran away up the area steps, and as he did so he dropped three forks. I ran after him and called "stop thief," and ho was pursued by others and brought back to the house, and in the presence of a constable took some spoons and forks from his pocket. The value of the spoons and forks, which are the property of my master, is £lO. Police-constable John Widding, 869 A -I was on duty at Stanhope -gate, Hyde-park, last night, and saw the pri soner running, pursued by some person crying "Stop thief." I ran after him as fast as I could, and some gen tlemen held up their umbrellas and turned him back, and I then caught him. He raid, "It's not me; let me go, I've done nothing." I told him that I had had too much trouble in catching bin to•let him go, and took him back to No. 13, Hertford-street, and he gave up some spoons and forks, and three forks were picked up in the area. On searching the prisoner a ticket of admission to the House of Lord; and a complimentary one for a ;aisle-hall wore found upon him. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. LOAN OFFICES AND THEIR PRACTICES.—A. gentleman waited upon the magistrate to complain of the conduct of the keepers of a loan offim, 84, Well-street, Oxford-street, who advertised to lend money on satisfactory security, and, after charging 10s. or £1 for inquiry fees, declined, on some frivolous excuse, to advance the money, and re fused to refund the amount charge I the applicants. Mr. Kim% said that several similar applications had been made at that court respecting the aline office. With every desire on his part to assist the applicant, he was unable to do so. What he would advise the applicant to do was to place himself in communication with a solicitor, and see if the persons could not be indicted for a conspiracy. The applicant thanked the magistrate for his advice. WESTMINSTER. PITIABLE CONDITION OF A DESERTED WIFE.—A re spectable-looking hard-working woman, about 35 years of age, made the following application to the magistrate. She said—l have come for protection against my husband. He deserted me six years ago, leaving me with four chil dren, and another of which I was shortly after delivered. He has done nothing whatever for me all that time, and I have had, as you may suppose, to work very hard to keep my children. My husband returned last night drunk, and I want protection. Mr. Arnold—Did he do anything to you ? Do you want protection for your person or your property ? Applicant—For my little home which I have worked hard for. Mr. Arnold—l cannot help you. Applicant —Can't 1 have any protection ? Is my hus band to break up the little home from myself and my poor children ? Mr. Arnold—You are too late; you should have come here before your husband's return if you had wanted a protection order. His coming back, in my opinion, pre vents your having the order now. My imAssion is that you are no longer deserted by your husband. You can, however, try the Divorce Court. THAMES. TOBACCO SMUGGLING. —Jane Macarthy, a middle-aged Irish woman, whose husband is now undergoing p h enol servitude for his connection with a large robbery of can vas, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with unlaw fullyparrying and conveying 201bs of foreign manufacturell tobacco which had not paid duty, by which she had in curred a penalty of £lO 195., being the treble value and duty thereon. Mr. R. Beverly, from the Customs solicitor's office, pro secuted on behalf of the Crown. The prisoner, on being called on to plead to the infor mation, said—l can't deny it; I plead guilty. Mr. Paget said ho would hear the whole case for the purpose of ascertaining whether he would or could not consistently reduce the penalty sued for. Inspector Holloway, of the N division, said ho met the prisoner in Whitechapel, and noticed that she appeared to be very bulky. He followed her to a tobacconist's shop in Leather-lane, Holborn, and before she could retire into a private room he took her into custody and brought her back to the station-house in Leman-street, Whitechapol, where she was searched, and 201bs. of leaf tobacco were found round her crinoline—(a laugh) —in fact, her crino line was male up of tobacco. He afterwards found 2ilb of tobacco in the prisoner's dwelling in Rupert-street, Whitechapel. The prisoner admitted that the tobacco" taken from her was contraband, and asked the magistrate to mitigate the penalty. Her husband left her some time ago, and ehe had a family to maintain. Holloway said the prisoner was an old offender, and Mr. Beverley said there was another charge against her of having 211 b. of smuggled tobacco iu her house. That was a case for the Excise. Mr. Paget said that he found, on looking at the act of Parliament, that he had no power of mitigation, and fined the prisoner £lO 19s. In default she would be imprisoned for six months. LIVERPOOL corroN MARKET. (THIS DAY.) Market opens with a more cheerful feeling and with less cotton offering. Sales probably 12,000 bales or more. TUE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE—GALLANT RESCUE. —Just previous to the Oxford and Cambridge crews reaching Hammersmith-bridge, a sergeant-major, belong ing to Aldershot, accidentally overbalanced himself while on bard the Victoria, and fell into the water. Mr. H. Bain, of Lambeth, who had chartered the Camelia steamer, fortunately witnessed the accident, who at once gave orders to stop the steamer, and just as the poor fellow was about to sink for the third time he seized a boat-hook and dragged hint on board his vessel. Stimulants having been administered to him he gradually recovered. After the race was over he conveyed him to his own hone° and supplied him with an outfit to enable him to return to Aldershot. Had it not been for the promptitude Mr. Bain displayed . the poor man would have lost his life. This makes the seventeenth or eighteenth life that Mr Bain has been the 4weans of saying on the river and elsewhere. _ . BIIITISII MINES. Cam. Consul. Cold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavtat Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon Eas t Cam BrPa last Grenville East Gunuislake East Loved W'l Russell (Tavialk lam.& StAubyn(G wen. Treat I,ixey, limited .treat South Tolgus Great Wheal tsusy •.l. Wheal Vor renvilie ilerod's Foot Ringston Downs Margaret Wily Lelant Marke Valley itwyndy Iron Ore, .Dew Se r,on North Rositear . N.Wh'l Bassett(l►lol;au North Wheal Crotty t'ros(►er United t'r vidence ,Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow i.Wheal Fran. (Mogan itray Park 'fin .... Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan .. Garadon (Luskeard WestChirerton ....... West Beton. ..... . ..... Wheal Bassett fillogan Wheal Buller atedrutir 'Wheal Mary Ann (2den.l Wheal Seton .......... Trelawney 2.1.0 204 2.11. t 2.14.(4 3.9.0 11.2.6 all 14.9.6 5.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.0 IS 17.1 4. 1 , 43} 38t 2.13. 7.1.0 10.6.; 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 ,35.15.8 586 5.17.0 7 8 9 37..) 390 1 /I 22 21 5 6 3 3i 2 3 9 10 3i 3,1 4 13 17 2G 22 11 14 3: 31 21 31 7 3i 11 14:1 5) 6 2i 21 26 26 310530 i la 34 44 12 14 i '4 9 .1 68 70 130 140 65 70 23 *45 1l 13 105 115 10 12 ettlGrEltigNus btiAtusb North. Staffoidshire, 21 rouziox RAIL WA great Luxembourg, 9i FOILEIGN MINX& Cliontales Gold and Silver Alining, 2 11-16 tcottish Australian, RA.14.1" Him, 12i 12 I mper ial Ottoman, lim., 8 7 L ou d on Chartered bans of Aust ralia , 221 Lo n don Joint 412 London and 11 estminster, 93} National dank. StandardOrientalll o a i n ..i tiBlCorporation. South Africa , 40 Union of London, 411 I iIIISCELLANCOUB. Anglo-American Telegraph, Atlantic relegrapu, pit o, per cunt., 90 87f City ()thous, lim., Credit r Under 01 England. Urn . 2 7-16 East India Irrigation and Canal. 131 ICZYptiau coin. and Trading, Hot., 3 E glish and Australian Copper # Credit and Discount , 1# International Financial society.2# London Financial Association, lim.. 21 Hudson's Bay, London General Omnibus Company, Hen, 2/ Merchant Shipping, 201 Lon 0.1 and Provincial Marine, If National Discount t_ ompauy. 11 National Provincial Marine, lint , I Rio de Janeiro City I mprovvineuts, Royal M ,i 1 Steam, 97 Te,e4rapti Cons.ruc. and Mainten., rim., Ditto, 121 The late well-known Daniel O'Connell once met a conceited literary friend, and exclaimed, "I saw a capital thing in your last pamphlet." " Di d you?" eagerly replied Ins delighted listener, " what was it?" " A pound of butter !" So m ebody recently asked a Parisian editor where he got all his intelligence. " From the newspapers," said he. " Where do the newspapers get it?" " From other newspapers." "But who is the first author of it?" " Nobody." ..----- -- -- . Bury your troubles, but don't linger around the grave-yard conjuring up their ghosts to haunt you. The favourite air now-a-days is a millionaire. Ilearts, the best card in the chance-game of matrimony ; sometimes overcome by diamonds and knaves ; often won by tricks ; and occasionally treated in a shuffling manner, and then cut alto gether. IMPORTANT TO DONKEYS. —False ears of flesh colour—india-rubber—have been invented for the use of ladies with large ears. They are used in front of the real ears, which are drawn back and con cealed under the hair.—Court Journal. A Doctor's wife attempted to move him by her tears. " Ann," said he " tears are useless. I have analysed them. They contain a little phosphate of lime, some chlorate of sodium and water." GENERAL JAMES LONGS7REET. The following is the letter from General James Longstreet to the New Orleans Times, alluded to in our leading article : NEw ORLEANS, March 18, 1867. In your paper of yesterday you have expressed a desire to hear the views of several gentlemen upon the political condition of the country. I find my name mentioned among the list, and prooeod without hesitation to respond. As I have never applied myself to politics, I cannot claim to speak to the wise statesmen of the country who are de voting their energies to the solution of the problem which agitates the public mind. I can only speak tho honest convictions of a soldier. It can hardly be neces sary, at this late day, to enter into a discussion of matters that are usually brought up in arguing upon the proposed plan for reconstructing the Govern ment. Indeed I think that many of them are not per tinent to the question. The striking feature, and the one that our people should keep in view, is that wo are a con quered people. Recognising this fact fairly and squarely, there is but one course left for wise men to pursue, and that is to accept the terms that aro now offered us by the conquerors. There can be no discredit to a conquered people for ac cepting the conditions offered by their conquerors, nor is there any occasion for a feeling of humiliation. We made an honest, and, I hope I may say, a creditable, fight; but we have lost. Let us come forward, then, and accept the ends involN ed in the struggle. Our people earnestly desire that the constitutional Government shall bo re-establiqhed, and th e only means to ac com p lish this, is to comply wpith tho requirements of the recent Congressional legislation. It is said by some, that Congress will not receive us even after we have complied with their conditions, but I can find no sufficient reason for entertaining this proposition for a moment. I cannot admit that the representative men of a great nation could make such a pledge in bad faith. Ad mitting, however, that there is such a mental reservation, can that be any excuse for us in failing to discharge our duty ? Let us accept the terms, as we are in duty bound to do, and if there is a lack of good faith, let it be upon others. —Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES LONGSTREET. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (By Telegraph.) FAL4OUTII, April 14. Arrived, the screw steamer Achilles, Captain Russell, from Shanghai, with a general cargo. She landed 33 passengers, and one bag mails for London. lier machinery is slightly damaged. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, April 1;I. —Cosmopolitan, steamer, from Ham burg; Wear, steamer, from Pillau; Saxon, steamer, from Dantzic ; Fitzroy, from Cape of Good Hope; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne; Hibernica, from Barbadoes; Medora, steamer, from Valencia. April 15—Candidate, from Barbadoes; Corcyra, steamer, from Patras; Delta, steamer, from Bordeaux ; Princess Royal and Invena, from Guernsey. _ . Sailed, April 11 —Naas, steamer, for Antwerp. DEAL, Monday Morning: Passed—Atalanta, screw steamer, from New York, for London ; Alert of Jersey, from the west, for London William Penn, screw steamer, from London, fur New York. WHAT THE WIND SAYS.—" Do you know what the December'wind says, grandpa ?" asked a little child at an old merchant's knee. "No, puss ; what does it," ho answered, stroking her fair hair. "Remember, the poor! grandpa. When it comes down the chimney, it roars, 'Remember the poor.' When it puts its great month to the keyhole, it whistles, 'Th.nnemb3r the pour.' When it strides through a crack in the door, it whispers it; and grandpa, when it blows your beautiful silver hair about in the street., and you shiver and button up your coat, does it not get at your ear and say so too, in a still, small voice, grandpa?" " Why, what does the chill mean ?" cried grandpa, who, I am afraid, had been used to shut his heart against such words. "You want a new muff and oldtipet , I reckon. A pretty way to get th em out of your grandpa ?" "Nb, grandpa," said the child, earnestly shaking her head ; "no it's the no-muff-and-tippat chi] - dren I'm thinking of ; my mother always remembers th er and so do I try to." After the next storm t h e old m chant sent fifty dollars to the treasurer of a relief e trea society, and said, "Call for more when y ou want it." Th surer stared with surprise, for it WILS the first time he had ever collected more than a dollar f ro m him, and that, he thought, came grudgingly." " wby," said the rich that mers - chant, afterwards, "I cou ld never get rid of child' words ; they stuck like glue." THE LATEST ANAGRA3L—Mister Ben Disraeli— Desirable Minister. BETWEEN' YOU AND ME AND THE POST OFFICE. —A Test Letter—li. —Fun. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETIFING.--(Turs DAY.) The main feature of the movements to-day was the extraordinary demand in which Julius was for the 2,000 guineas ; indeed there was so much money in the market for the Duke of Newcastle's, horse that at one time 5 to 2 was only obtainable, though ultimately 3 to 1 was the current price. Plaudit was in good request at 9 to 2, Vauban hav ing the call, b.ir two. Hermit was often mc.nrioned as a doubtful runner, but 8 to 1 was readily taken by those that should know smiethiug ; besides a. disposition to lay against Trocadero at his price,. the other quotations indicate the tone of the market. TWO TIIOUSAND. Bto 1 agst Julius (taken and offered) 9 to 2 agst Plaudit (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Vauban (take 8 to 1 freely), 8 to 1 agst Ilirkstnan (taken and offered) 8 to. 1 agst Hermit (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Trocadrro (offered) 25 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (offered) 50 to 1 agst Perragus (offered) 50 to 40 agst Hermit rtiuning (offered) 2to lon 'Vauban running (taken) DERBY. sto 1 agst The Rake (offered—take 1,100 to 200) 10 to 1 agst Hermit (offered) 100 to 8 agst Plaudit (taken) 16 to 1 agst Julius (taken) 700 to 50 agst Vauban (taken) 1000 to 13 agst Trocadero (taken) 3000 to 36 agst Pericles (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lecturer (taken) 100 to 8 agst Archimedes (taken) 33 to 1 agst Harrogate (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sweet Home (taken) THE MANCHESTER MARKET. (FROII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Julius (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst Plaudit (taken , freely) 100 to 14 agst Vauban (taken) 17 to 2 agst Marksman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Hermit (offered) 100 to 8 agst Trocadero (taken) 20 to 1 agst Star of India (offered) 4to 1 agst Hermit (with a start) (taken to ..£125) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lecturer (offered) 14 to 1 agst Rama (off., take 15 to 1) 16 to 1 agst Mdme. Cleopatra (offered) 20 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Tormentor (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Gomera (offered) THE DERBY. 6 to 1 agst The Rake (offered) 11 to 1 agst Vauban (off., take 12 to 1) 100 to 7 agst Dragon (taken) NOTICE.—CHANGE OF ADDRESS. —JOHN STIRS, late Ot Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the patronage he has received during the past year, and begs to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, Wel. lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LEE, of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Lombard-street; and at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. W. HOPKPS and JORX AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, .OXENDER- STREET, HAYMARKET. Commissions. JOHN PERCIVAL, Oxford Cigar Stores, 3, Panton-street, Haymarket. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches ; also in George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. THE HAVELOCK Turf Agency's Representative can be 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, We'worth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. ABERGAVENNY RACES. Stewards: Major Stratton, R. Herbert, J. A. Rolls, and B. J. Augell, Esqrs. Handicapper : Mr. J. F. Verrall. lion. Sce. : Mr. J. Howard. Tat; USDAY. The Mcumouthshire Handicap of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 40 added ; wiuuers extra ; oue mile and a quarter. Mr. I'. Rico's Arabia, by Ambrose—Grace, 5 yrs, 7 st 121 b (Towl.nson) 1 Mr. P. Merton's Little Ellen, 4 yrs, Bst (Thorpe) 2 Mr. li. Green's Libertine, 3 yrs, 6.,t 81b (Sayers) 3 Mr. Watkins's Canarella, 3 yrs, 6st 6lb ......(Matthews) 4 Mr. E. Edwyn'a Needle Gun, 5 yrs, Bst 41b ...(G. Sopp) 5 Mr. M. Owou's Wild Charles, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Barnes) 6 Betting: 2 to 1 each agst Arabia and Libertine, and 4 to 1 agst any other. Arabia soon took up the running at a hot pace, which she increased going down the dip. On rounding for the straight Canarella looked formidable, but, she soon died away, and halfway up the straight Little Ellen answered to the call of Thorpe, but was unable to reach Arabia, who won by half a length ; three lengths between second and third. Needle Gun's number was hoisted as third horse, but this was a mistake of the -'part of the officials. Tredegar Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added; .. _ weight for age; selling allowances; about a mile. Mr. Weyman's Chance, by Gemma Junior—Romance, 4 yrs, Bst 11113 (.£6O) (G. Sopp) 1 Mr. M`Kornan's Alice, 3 yrs, list 81b (4:20) (Sayers) U Betting : 6 to 4 on Alice, who made the running, but on rounding the bend into the straight the saddle turned, and Sayers canto to grief, Chance coining in alone, and being afterwards bought in. Open Steeplechase (Handicap) of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 50 added; winners extra; the second saved his stakes about three miles. Mr. G. Stevens's The Flea, by Gemina Junior—Frances aged, 10st 101 b (0 weer) 1 ed Mr. P. M e rton's Cabin Boy, ag, list lulo (Owner) 2 (G. Holman) 3 CMarp.tGaienorib'irter'ksiSupsorint'es, P ag tin ed fin l i i n s io t D 2 , lb aged, list 41b (J. Holman) 0 Mr. J. G. Holford's Larkaway, aged, list S. S. Harrison) 0 Betting: 2 to 1 agst The Flea, and 5 to 2 agst Sprite and Cabin Boy. Won easily by a couple of lengths; a good third. Plinlimmon fell, and threw his rider. Lark away was outpaced. The Brynderwen Hurdle Race, with a Purse added ; weight for ago ; gentlemen riders. About two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Mr. R. Stratton's Le Papillon, by Wild Dayrell—Maud, 5 yrs, list 91b Mr. S. Adams's Old President, aged, 12st (Mr. Barthropp) 2 Mr. P. Morgan's Lord Lieutenant, 6 yrs, llst 91b (Grad 3 Mr. G. Pritchard's Augusta, 6, yrs, list 91b (Owner) y). 0 Mr. J. E. Hales's Wye, list 41b (Mr. R. Morris) 0 31r. Cook's Rory (More, list (G resty) 0 Mr. I'. Cox's Nell Gwyuue, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. Dowse) 0 Batting-2 to lon Le Papillon. La Papillon, with the race iu baud won in a canter, without being stretched, by a couple of lengths; a good third. The Hunt Cup, two milt's, did not fill. FRIDAY. The Ladies' Plato (handicap) of 40 sovs for all ages; will ners extra. Abolt throe-quarters of a mile. Mr. P. Merton's Little Ellen, by Costrel, dam by Sir Hercules, 4 yrs, Bst (Thorpe) 1. Mr. P. Price's Arabia, 5 yrs , 7st 12lb (Tomlinson) 2 Mr. H. Green's Libertine, 3 yrs, 7st (Sayers) 3 Mr. Watkins's Cauarella, 3 yrs, list 101 b (G. Sopp) dis. Eight ran. Cauarella came in first by a head, but having gone the wrong side of a post she was disqualified. The Clythi. Steeplechase of 50 soya ; weight for age ; jockeys 101 b extra. About three miles. Mr. T. Geldby's Ace of Trumps, by liing of Trumps, aged, 12st Mr. Court's Mille; 6 yrs, 12st2lb ............... (Goodwin) 2 Mr. Stratton's Le Papillo n, list 71b ............ (Harrison) 3 Won by a length and a half i three lengths between se cond and third. Match. Landewy .......................................... (Capt. Smith) 1 The Llaudilo Stakes of 30 sous. One mile Mr. Weyman's Chance, 4 yes .................. (Tomii . so n) 1 Mr. E. Edwyn's Needle Gun, b yrs ............ (S. Adatus) 2 Mr. Watkins's Canarella, Mr. 3l'li..iruan's Alice, 3 yrs ........................... (Sayers) 3 3 Yrs .................. .' s ...................). 0 1 Won by three lengths ; a bad third. Canarella pulled up and did not pass the post. a had third. The Monmouthshire Hunt Steeplechase Cup; 12st each. Three wiles Mr. S. Adams's Old Pres ident 111ittua ........................ (Mertou) 2 Skylark ............................................. . (Lioodwiu) 3 Five ran. Wou by two lengths ; The N3lllool' Steeplechase Plate (handicap) of 59 s o y a . two miles and a half, was off. - IVenotice with pleasure that his Majesty the King of Dentnark and the Prince of T ec k , accomptaied by General Oxholm and Sir Richard Mayne, p a id a v i s it t o the Houseless Poor Asylum iu Pl a yh ouse - yar d , White cross-street, on Monday ni g ht, a t h a lf -past eleven. The distinguished party were conducted through all the wards by the superintendent.. There were nearly 500 inmates then in the house. His Majesty and suite expressed both surprise and admiration at the cleanliness, ventilation, and order that prevailed throughout the establishment. The Emperor of Austria will be crowned King of Hungary on the 26th of May. The festivals to he given to celebrate the event will last three days. "'You want nothing, do you?" said Pat. Bedad, an' if it's nothing you want, you'll find it in the jug where the whisky WAS." I 96 4