The Sun. — London, England, 1867-10-14 00:00:00

..-----s ,t one itside ~bout cer- Mrs. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the discount market to-day there is no mate rial variation. The supplies of money are abun dant, as they have been largely increased by the October dividends, and these have neutralised the effect of a slight increase in the demand for accom modation. The failure was announced to-day of Messrs. Theodore and John Ralli, of London, having branches at Liverpool, New York, and New Orleans, with liabilities of £150,000. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady at 241 25i, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 21 22. Gold amounting to £142,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England on Saturday. The adyices from most of the principal manufac turing districts report that during the past week there has been but little change of importance in the general state of business. At Manchester de pression has prevailed, and a very limited de mand for export has been experienced for either cloths or yarns ; while for the home trade buyers have acted with great caution, the impression being that quotations will yet rule lower. I n th e woo ll en t ra d e o f L ee d s , Brad ford, and Huddersfield a slight improvement has taken place in the inquiry for home requirements. In the hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham business hasremained very quiet without any material change in prices ; while at Birming ham, ,Sheffield, Wolverhampton, and most of the other hardware districts rather more activity has prevailed,ithe East Indian Railway Company ham mg invited tenders, as also the Indian Government, for the supply of considerable quantities of best British iron. The mail from Guayaquil ,has brought a remit tance of £950 18s. 11d. on account of the dividends en the debt of Ecuador. Two o'CLocE. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's tel egram, the French Rentes were 68f. 370. Scarcely anything doing. Increased depression prevails in the market for the English Funds, owing to the state of Conti nental politics, the condition of the Paris Bourse, t he Continued advance in the price of wheat and other r eals, and a di s p os iti on ev i nce d t o en l arge specula operations for a decline not only in Consols but likewise in Continental Government stocks. Italian are affected by the expected invasion of the Papal States, and the idea of war between France and Pr ussia increases the debility of the various ularkets. Consols at the moment of our writing are 94 1 for money, and 94 * for the account. ~T b e new Threes are 921* f ; Reduced Annuities, ; Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 30s. prem. ; Bank d etitto England Stock, 251. 253 ; India Stock, 221 223 ; per Cents., 114/ 1 ; ditto Enfaced, 1041 ; di tto Rupee Debentures, 104 k ; ditto 1882, 105 ; and ditto Bonds, 695. to 70s. prem. The Foreign Stock Market is rather depressed. The closing prices are—ltalian, 45k j. ; Greek, 13} 14 ; Mexican, 15k ; Spanish Passive, 19k k ; Cer tificates, 161 ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. at 3111. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on the most limited scale, the dealers and speculators being chiefly occupied with the arrange nients for the settlement, and, in a few instances, prices have shown a downward tendency. Cale donian have receded 1k ; Midland, k ; and Great Western, London, Chatham, and Dover, and Metropolitan, each k. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion. San Paulo are marked 161 ; Great Luxem bourg, 8j 9k ; East Indian, 1101 1 1 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 107 i 108; ; and Delhi, 101 k 102 k. The latest prices of American Securities are : Erie Shares, 45i 46f ; Illinois, 77f a ; and United States 5-20 Bonds, 711 f. Miscellaneous and finance shares are without any change of importance. MINING MARKET. MONDAT AFTERNOON. Business moderately active to-day. The shares c hiefly in demand have been Grenville, Great Re- Sto ta e liie n k' Prince of Wales, Marke Valley, and West ; while Chontales and North Treskerby are a Shade lower. Annexed are some of the closing quo tations :-- Chiverton Moor g h..ot i tales Gold 41 41 it""rd Amalgamate 71 71 St Basset tut Z t Oar adon tas Oar B arset:Lhel re al Grenville 2 21 ...... 17h1481 1 72, teTheal Vor 17 18 North Valley (ex div) 61 6} vrtla Crofty North Treskerby 31s 33s Od Prince of Wales 523 6d 543 Od Providence Mines South Caradon - South Frances Tincroft l2 13 West Chiverton 63 65 West Seton .. 160 170 Wheal Basset BO 85 Wheal Buller 23 24 Wheal Grenville 30s 32s 6d Wheal Seton 105 110 , DIITII3II PrIRDS—TWO O'CLOCK. 1 vOrERN M ENT FUNDS. 't Per l ieut. Co nsols . , Do. Account., Noy. 7 P Cent. Recilleod. New 3 per (C antt t 921 _ New 2 Per Cont. Jan. 1894 I) °. 5 Per Cent. Jan 1873 Annuities, 80 y expire ' sth Jan,, 1880 DoDo for 30 e rs ' xpire sth April (Red Sea Teeletbraph), Alio., 19°8'iraTch J une. 28 30 pm pm Eiche suer Bills & 2 1 per Ct pm p _ m Lo, £l,OOO, 2 .£560 .— Do_ £lOO & £2OO — 4-) 84,..41c of 0. Account England Stock, 4 per Cent 251 3 Lia, D tbllot GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. diau Stock, 10 vo.'per Cent., A pr il 18 / 4 221 3 1 3 bAccount 6 per C ent. July, 1880 114 i I o• per Cent Om 1888 _ 1) 0 a• -e " D o • erci.cates _ r\o Enfaced Paer 4 per Cent 1041 1 _ " 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 D , (2 '. 5 per Cent., May 1879 D '.. 104} D° 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 Do. do. 1877 10- 5 Do. do. 1882 Do Deb., 5 Cent., Aue- 1873 per , 69 pm O. Boucle, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 70 pm DO . under £l,OOO Ar . FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. A .o,lilue Reoublic 6 per Cent '"ale,ri* •- ' ~ .ian Loads, o per Gent. Jird,ziliti .5 per Ceui. _ D 3• 4 1 per Cell'. 1852. 58-60 ~ _ :... Do. 1863 73} rd. 5 per Cent., 1865 _ -',O Account _ A 130. £lOl Bonds.. • - 11 1 . 1 " " kz - res 6 per Ce-it 0 0 b ° 2 Pee Cent. (Deferred 3 per. Cent.) ..._— n, ?., 6 per Oen.' , ii , ,, D 416 Per Cent _ u o• 41 per Cent ti °. 6 per Cent , B • too., 18 . 67 pin Do.' .1 Scrip, £64 paid _ 4 -'O, 7 Per Cent., 186 0 D 0 8, • _ Darn .crip, £2O paid bian, 6 per Cent. _ Vn, 3 tier Cent., 1825.....•... bqiiillian Pr incipalities, 7 per Cent — __ 1 .1 0 0 per Cent., 1.67 41iiiic9r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — p" 0 0 7 per Celt je• Sec, ad issue D o• 4100 Bonds BB 1 u u. Do 1864 — • ' to• 45',0 Bonds 1)°. 10C Bonds B7l 7 4 ..4,ol,(ioveranient Railway Debentures ; 871 r ) 0 per Cents. 1824.5, ex Coupon, --0. Account ' 1).,°. Coupons 'Jo. Account 11°,:teititila 5 per Cent . — , tit i 69} D ° Per Cent., 1865 ,0‘ AA:count Up . Ai . 11, lt,,zi -10eininana Railway Ditto e at. 3 per Cent for Account Dr, 'D o 6 • 1861 k 0,,, P'l" Coit Anglo-French — 9.v1".1ea1l 6 per Cent. .. — tie„.v ..t. I,r,Jerial 5 For Cent. D ° Dol'ada -,Per Ceti 4- 6 , () I ;4 tra.rants 1 ........... 6 v all 0 i,er eew 1 "65 .20 Ac couni - .'' (40 4 , i. pei . ... e .... ; ... . . •••• ........• _ U 1., 1 865 _ b e 4 4 Pe, Cent (Uribarren) Ijj 4 1 . Per Cent., 1862 le.°0"°1111t ...... .. ............ Dolan'.,''°•'o 3 per C u Is .... '6, '7 '9,'60,'2,'3 301 } 5 -, •i ' , I Per 1822, £ St Do 4 1 - Pe. Cent. 1850 . I), ,l Per Cent., 1860 i): b ?. Per Cent., 1859 i) .0 per Cent., 1862 bt!). Anglo-Dutch, 18 61, £lOO Bonds — 0 0 , , do. £Bl 15s. do. Do,' 4 • 86 '), -£lOO Bonds .... ... 3 4 . ,ii,• do. £B4 15s. do — 11/44hLtani 5 por Cent., --• "...4 3 per 05W•itity.. .. .. ...... m." r— "'a ,k.il -)o Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Do Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account l'urkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 621 I. Do Account Do flOO Bonds 65 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cont., 1865 Di Account Do 6 per Cent., 186:5 DJ .1 per Cent., Guaranteed - Dividends on the above payable in Londou. Austrisu a Fn. Cent. Ex 10 Florins ... 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Doich per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail, Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates .... . French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. 'Witt!. 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 Do. Account POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. " THE TERROR OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD."--RObt. Smith, lately keeping a beershop in Newport-mar ket, was charged with selling beer before one o'clock on Sept. 22, and also with permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the house. Sergeant Harvey said—At a quarter before 12 on the morning of Sunday, the 22d Sept., in company of a constable, I visited the beershop kept by the defendant. I knocked at the door, and some one inside said, " Who's there ?" I said "Police," and I then heard a bolt put on the door, and some one say, " Keep them out and clear away." I knocked several times, but received no answer. At last the door was opened, and I walked into the parlour. I saw some earthenware jugs, pewter pots not being used at the house, one of them half full, and the other having a quantity of malt liquor in it, The defendant went behind the counter, placed a jug there, and on my asking him what it was he said it was only a little beer for himself. He asked the defendant if he was the proprietor of the place, and he said he was. In the parlour, a room 9 feet square, there were 13 men and two women. He told the defendant that some of the persons did not appear to be sober, and that ho should have to turn them out. One of the persons was so drunk that he had to hold by the door to let himself out. One of the women got up to leave, and on the floor I found a jug which had contained beer, but had been concealed by her dress while sitting down. The defendant asked me to look over it, saying that he would have his name painted out and give up the beer trade, and open the place as a respectable shop. The woman he had spoken of was also drunk. I visited the house again with Sergeant Bunco, and found one man and three women there, the same whom he had seen before, and two others, one of whom was also drunk. The defendant spoke to one of the women, who told him to " shut up. or she would round upon him." Mr. Tyrwhitt—How long has the defendant kept the place ? Sergeant Harvey—About three years ago I served two summonses on the defendant—one for opening his house before the proper time, and the other for permitting drunkenness—but ho never attended. He said he was not the proprietor, but I advised him to attend. The Defendant—Why I did not appear was because I was acting as the agent for another. Sergeant Harvey—l have seen the defendant at the place for the last year managing the business, and representing himself as the proprietor. Sergeant Bunce, 5 C—l know the defendant well. I had occasion some months ago to go to the defendant's house. It was full of thieves, and has always been a terror in the neighbourhood, being conducted in a very bad manner. The defendant then told me that lie was going to give up the house. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have not the slightest moral doubt about the defendant being the proprietor of the place. Sergeant Tinnan—On the day the summonses were fixed for hearing they were put off, owing to the defendant requesting that he was very ill, but I saw him the same day, and he was in better health than now. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall fine the defendant 50s. for each offence, and I consider the sooner the de fendant gives up the place the better. THAMES. AN UNFAITHFUL STEWARD.—DanieI du Siloa, a man of colour, the steward of the ship Eliza Shaw, lying in the West India Dock, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with stealing 2 bottles of champagne, a bottle of brandy, a bottle of gin, a bottle of sherry, 2 tins of sardines, a bottle of mus tard, a bottle of pepper, a knife, a pistol, 6lbs. of candles, a tablecloth, 15 dessert spoons, 3 teaspoons, and 4 table forks. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. SOAP. Most people imagine that the best soap is that which dissolves easily and makes a good deal of froth in water ; but this is a mistake, for soap c..-anot acquire those qualities without being overcharged with alkalies. The only way of having soap deprived of causticity is to keep it a long while ; because it then loses some of the water it contains, whereby the caustic soda incorporated with the mass is brought to the surface by efflorescence ; it then com bines with the carbonic acid of the air, and becomes a carbonate. The soap -wort (saponarici) of Egypt contains a vegetable base called saponine, which was obtained for the first time in 1832 by Professor Bussy. This principle exists in various other plants. Dioscorides tells us that the ancients used a plant called struihion (Lanaria herba, Pliny) for washing wool with. Forster states that the root of this same plant, called chohen in Persian, is reduced to powder by the people of Thibet, and used to cleanse the goat's hair with which Cashmere shawls are manufactured. In all Asiatic intertropical countries, such as Java, the coast of Coromandel, and Cochinchina, there is a tree called Sapo In dicus, corrupted into Sapindus, producing red vis cous berries much used in those countries for wash ing linen. In Chili there is a tree called quillay, first described in 1716 by Frezier. Its leaves resemble those of the oak ; its bark produces suds like soap, and is an excellent detergent of wool, though not for linen, to which it imparts a yellowish appear ance. The Indians wash their hair with it, under the impression that it makes it blacker. The wood of this tree is much used for building. In Europe there are several plants enjoying similar properties. Soap-wort commonly grows among the hedges and on the banks of streams, and the roots of clover are generally employed for washing linen in many parts of France. M. Dump extracts saponine from the above-named quillay, which is now sold by grocers under the name of Panama wood. With this saponine a soap is made of a pe culiar quality which mustsurprise those who consider toilet-soap the best. It does not froth up in water, and does not stick to the skin, but cleanses it per fectly, imparting to it a peculiar softness and elas ticity. Pure saponine, however, will produce abundance of suds; a centigram in a litre of water is quite sufficient for the purpose. It decomposes lime and even sea-water, while these, on the other hand, decompose soap made with soda, and trans form it into pellicles which do not possess the slightest detergent quality. UNWELCOME SIGNS.--The swallows crossed the Rhine this summer before the end of September, a sure sign of an early, if not of a severe winter. Firing will, three weeks hence, be a necessary, and the crop has disappointed expectation. It is believed to be a third short, and the price of wheat in country depots like Bury St. Edmunds leapt up last market day four shillings a quarter. The accounts from Odessa aro unfavourable, and it is stated that the American crop was overrated. Meanwhile, the Bank can lend little money at 2 per cent., and we aro told, on high City authority, that trade which, despite the collapse of specu lation, remained "good," is becoming " bad." With an early winter, trade declining, speculation ended, and bread likely to cost 10d. a loaf, the winter in England will not be a pleasant one.— London Review, BRITISH MINES. --_. Cam. Consol. Gold, lien. 1 - - Chiyerton Cliiloid A „nalgumated 3O 7 8 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist 1 19.0 430 Drake walls 7 . 1.0 s t East I.l.op.:ett (Illogan) lO 21 East Caradon 7.11.e 5 6 East Cain Brea si 3 34 ast Grenville East Gunuislake 6.3.6 * I East Loveil -.u.n 8 9 E. IV '1 Russell (Tavistk '.2.6 2 2r, Gam.& S cAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited.. Qll 18 19 171 Great South Tolgus.... 0.14.6 Great IVheal Busy. 11.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (I.lelsts , u 4J 13 19 „ , 9 0.6 4 1 Elerod's Foot .... 85 37 Ringston Downs ...... 23 2 1 Margaret (Uny Lelant ''t.17.6 6 8 Marke Valley. k.to.6 41 51 4 llwyndy Iron Ore, lim 21 11 New Se ton ............ 66/ 40 60 North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4. North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 8.14.0 2 24 Providence J.Jny Lelant 10.6.: 19 31 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 090 410 South Condurrow 3.2.0 I S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan .11. 1 :. - -9 371 421 Stray Park . 35.15.6 a 6 Tin Croft 9 13 14 Vigra and Clogan, lim a*l West Bassett (Mogan l4 f 13 W. Caradon (Ltskeard 12 8 10 West ChivertOn ll et 67 West 5et0n....... e7, 110 1:0 Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 51 674 72 4 Wheal Buller (11edruth 16 25 77 Wheal Mal , Ann (Men. 8 16 18 Wheal Seton Wheal T..elawnw :ma 5.17. 0 7 4 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. !British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Deo. 31, 1872 lOO CanAloy.6 p.c.J a.A July 1877-84 o. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lOO r 9 101 Do. sp. o. Mar. A Sept 100 99 101 Do. 6p. o. Jan. A July 100 83 90 881 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 67 89 Cape G-.llope, 6 p.o. 1873 100 103 105 Do.Apl.&001, 1890-1900 100 107 102 Do. do 1680-96 100 107 108 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 105 107 Do. 5 per oe it. 15 April ar u 15 Oct., 1900 lOO gl Cev!on, Nov. 186, 6 p.c 1 00 101 104 Do. 1378, do lOO 109 11J Alm:rains, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and J aly Do. 1878 . Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. it, 100 105 107 !Da. 1695, Feb. iV Aug lOO 104 106 Nail , ioy. 6 per cent lOO 102 104 ttl% 100 Ito 1(2 N. S.W. Gov. 6 p•e.,.18°.6 1 100 Do. 5 p.c. 18% to 1816 100 99 'Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to /Sea 100 94 95 91 New Zealand, 6p. Cer ; 100 00. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 98 98 gueertslaud Gov. 6D. c lOO 98 100 991 S. A.us.Goy. 6 p,c. 1808-9 100 -- Do. 1878 & onwards lOO 106 108 Vic,(3 ov. 6 o.c. z July 100 Do. do, A pri 1 Oot 'oo I')9 110 1094 rttEleEltNN(l/1: btiAttlGs North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Eel,. $2l LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 109 i Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10 s'inaaGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 9} Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3 1 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 161 FOILEIGN MINE% Don Pedro. North Del Rey. 2f pm Yudanamutana of South Australia, litn., 1 BANlib. Agra. lim.. A, 61 Alliance, lim., 141 Australasia. 66 Bank of British Columbia, 121 Chartered .►ler. of India, London, and China, 271 Consolidated, Urn., 4é Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London and Westminster, 70 091 Ditto, Scrip, 33i Union of Australia, 481 Union of London, 36 IEIISCELLANEOUI3. Anglo-American Telegraph, lim., 17/ Atl4ntio Telegraph, 32 Berlin Water Works, 11m., 12i Credit Fancier of England, hm.. 3 3.. Gen. Credit and Discount, Um, 6, Hudson's Bay, l4f Land Securities. lim., 2 Ocean Marine Insurance), 20 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 51 Ditto, new, 1857, 44 Rio deJanciro City Improvements, 20i Royal M. 1.1 Steam, 96 Teie4raph Construe. and Maintenance, lim., 15; Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance Um., 51 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 724 AMERICA. (REUTER'S TILEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, OCt. 12. The Cunard steamer Russia has not yet arrived in the river, having been detained out all night by the fog. The outward Cunard steamer China has not yet sailed, owing to the same cause. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 11.—The Reichstag has adopted all the articles of the bill for abolishing the limitation of the rate of interest throughout the Northern Confederation. Count de Bismark gave his support to the measure, and also promised a reform in the law on mortgages. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day. Market opens strong, at full prices. Sprats clearer, Sales probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCrOBER 14, ltin7. per quarter. 102/ 34 1101 t 108 f 7* 1031 1011 21 MARKE T B.—This day. MARK LANE. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to this morning's market was only moderate, but in fair average condition. At the commencement of business factors de manded an advance in the quotations compared with Mon day last of from 4s to Cs per quarter. Although the trade was very quiet, most descriptions sold at fully 4s per quar ter more money. In some instances the rise was equal to 5s per quarter. There was au improved inquiry for foreign wheat, the value of which improved on the average of 4s. per quarter. Tho supply was tolerably good. Floating cargoes of grain were held for a considerable advance. The supply of English barley was very limited, of foreign slightly on the increase. The demand for all kinds ruled steady at an improvement in value of from ls. to 2s. We have to report a slow ',sale for malt; nevertheless, Into rates were supported. The supply was only moderate• Oats moved off frooly a.t ls. per quarter above the rates current on this day so'ennight. The show of foreign was tolerably good. Beans were fully ls. per quarter higher, with a moderate demand. Tho sale for peas ruled steady, at quite ls. per quarter above previous rates. There was some inquiry for rye, at 465. per quarter. Indian corn was very firm in price. Both English and foreign flour sold on lighter terms. Seeds generally were inactive, at last week's quotations. No change took place in the value of cakes. - z e'filtrt -•••••- •4-I'''t • tenVIII: HER MAJETY. BALKORAI y Friday. The Queen drove out in the morning: with Prin cess Christian, and again in the aftern.oon, accom 'wiled by Princess Beatrice, and attt aided by the Marchioness of Ely. SATURDAY. The Q.ieen drove to Alt-na-Gui tha.sach with Princess Christian, attended by the Mar , Thioness of Ely. Prince Christian went out for a drive of deer in Colonel Farquharson's woods at Inverca uld. Prince Leopold, accompanied by Mr. Duckworth, went to Glen Ey. Sir Stafford Northcote has left Balmoral. The accounts received of Prince Arthur are most favourable ; the fever has entirely subsided. MR. KNA TCHBULL-HUGESSEN, .111. P., ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. Mr. Hugessen, M.P. for the united boroughs of Sandwich, Deal, and Weimer, on Friday night ad dressed his constituents at considerable length on the various public topics of the day. He commenced by referring to the great question of reform, which had occupied so much of the attention of Parliament during the last session. He saw a great disposition on the part of the organs of the present Govern ment to claim to themselves a great deal of merit for passing the Reform Bill, and for the consistency with which they had advocated the cause of Reform, and he would therefore place before his audience a simple view of this question. No candid man could deny that after the settlement of the question in 1832 the Tory party con tinued their opposition to any further reduction of the franchise, and Mr. Disraeli, in 1865, in his manifesto to the electors of Buckinghamshire, said that the bill of Lord Derby had been defeated, on the ground that no extension of the suffrage would be sufficient which did not involve a lowering of the franchise in boroughs. In that state of things Lord Derby advised an appeal to the country, and, not having obtained a majority, resigned office, and an administration was formed pledged to a lowering of the borough franchise. During the last six years the efforts of the Tory party had been neither insig nificant nor fruitless. The only principle on which they had proposed to extend the borough franchise was that of fancy qualifications, which they threw over this year withotf.; even a debate. Lord Derby declared that he would no longer remain as a more stop-gap, and preferred taking a leap in the dark. (Laughter.) Lord Russell's Government had resigned because they could not carry a Reform Bill in accordance with the prin ciples which they professed. Lord Derby's Go vernment retained office by consenting to a Reform Bill at variance with all their former principles. (Hear, hear.) When he saw the present Govern ment making a claim to a character for consistency, it only proved the truth of the old saying that men were most desirous of having attributed to them the virtues of which they were most deficient. It was then owing to the efforts of the Liberal party that the country had at last obtained a Reform Bill, and it was their efforts that had rendered it much more liberal than it would otherwise have been. (Cheers.) The chief credit to which the Conser vatives were entitled was their not having allowed any predilections for old opinions to stand in the way of attempting to settle the question of Reform. (Cheers.) He contended that having obtained office in the manner they had done, by the profession of certain principles, their conduct in carrying a Reform Bill had struck a blow at the confidence which the English people reposed in the political morality of their public men, which was fraught with most serious evil. (Cheers.) But still there was a general feeling among the Liberal party to condone the offence on account of the mag nitude of the boon which had been conferred upon the country. (Hear, hear.) So far as he was concerned, he would rather have gone by more gradual ways to that household suffrage to which he had always looked as a resting-place, and he much regretted that the personal payment of rates had been mixed up with the measure. (Hear, hear.) He believed the Small Tenements Act to be of great practical utility, and that their abroga tion would cause much annoyance and inconvenience. He regretted that the basis on which the franchise had been settled rendered a speedy renewal of agita tion absolutely inevitable. The Government bad made it their boast that they had done better than the Whigs, by settling the question on the broad principle of the personal payment of rates ; but he did not see how, with that settlement in boroughs, a £l2 rating limit could be maintained in counties. The vacillating conduct of the Government through out had shown that they were made of very squeez able materials—they had encouraged the agitation which they deprecated, and only whetted the in satiable appetite of the democracy. When Mr. Gladstone was defeated in April, he declared that he would not initiate any more vital amendments to the bill, and there was a tacit understanding among those who sat with him on the front opposition bench that they would follow his example to avoid the appearance of any factious opposition, and thus it happened that some amendments, which would have come better from Mr. Gladstone or his colleagues, fell into other hands. An amendment disfranchising all boroughs with a population under 5,000 was rejected, and but for that rejection, and had the door been opened, he (Mr. Hugessen) would have proposed a larger scheme, dealing with 90 or 100 seats, by taking away a member from every borough with a population below 12,000, and disfranchising all boroughs with a population of less than 7,000. The scheme he then shadowed forth was now entirely endorsed by the leaders of the Liberal party, who acknowledged it as one of the main objects for which the Liberal party would now almost immediately have to strive. (Cheers.) Turn ing next to the representation of minorities, he con sidered that that was by no means a party question, though it was, generally speaking, imperfectly understood. He supported the proposal, because, in a constituency of 100,000 having a third mem ber given to it on account of its importance, and where theremight be 60,000 of one party and 40,000 of another, it was obviously unfair to allow the 60,000 to return all the members, as in that case the existence of the 40,000 would only be made to tell against themselves, and to add to the political importance of their opponents. It was said minori ties were already represented in the small boroughs, but that argument ceded the principle that mino rities ought to be represented somewhere; and if that were so it was surely better to represent them directly than indirectly. Mr. Bright had accused those who supported the scheme of desiring to aim a blow at the power of the large towns, but that was absurd, inasmuch as the great majority of the con stituencies affected would be county, and not borough constituencies. Mr. Bright recommended them not to deviate from the old lines of the constitution ; but would Mr. Bright say the same with regard to the laws of primogeniture, church rates, the privileges ; of the peers, and all questions affecting land ? If he were to oppose Mr. Bright on that ground, the hon. gentleman would tell him that he was showing a foolish and servile deference to an obsolete tradition. Such an argument, appealing only to prejudice and ignorance, was not worthy of Mr. Bright's high position, and he protested against the manner in which the hon. gentleman and his school of politi cians treated matters of this kind. Directly any one differed from them he was branded as a Tory and a heretic. This style of rebuke was an impor tation from a Transatlantic democracy, and lie (Mr. Hugessen) as an English gentleman was not pre pared to submit to it. He admitted the obligations of party, and was ready and anxious to agree with Mr. Gladstone on most questions, but he would never pledge himself implicitly to follow any indi vidual. (Cheers.) With regard to the future, he looked with perfect confidence upon it, feeling satis fied that the good sense of the English people would stilt keep the vessel of the stAte in good order, lie had always been in favour of a large extension of the franchise, and did not regret what had passed, if it did not exercise a baneful influence on the political future. Questions of immense importance must soon come under discussion. Let them bring to the discussion of these questions the spirit of generous and mutual forbearance. Having referred to the important question of education, and to the relative position of capita and labour, the hon. member said that the relations between church and state must be revised before long. The Church of England should be kept free from ecclesiastical arrogance and senseless innovation. The establish ment in Ireland, however, was an insult to the religion of the majority of the country, an injury to Protestantism, and a source of weakr.ess to Eng land ; but, in dealing with it as it must soon be dealt with, he was strongly opposed to the endow ment of any religious body. (Cheers.) The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr. Hugessen. ' honest run for their money. Lothario most certainly fell lame on Satu r d ay week, after a splendid trial with Dales. man, and it must have been a great disappointment to the Baron and his trainer, after having the Cesarewitch almost within their grasp, as Lothario's chance was second to none had he kept well. Odds of two to ono w ere laid on La Belle Jeanne for the Rectory. Stakes, but I was correct when I told your readers last week she was out of all form and could not beat Puff. Nothing was talked of on Tuesday except the Cesare witch, and other sporting writers having worn the sub ject quite threadbare, it will not be interesting to your readers fur me to tell them the oft told tale over again. All the touts and prophets have now found out that Julius is the most improved horse in England, and that Honesty e hocks bore the marks of having boon blistered. Why did they not say so before the race, instead of stuffing tho ears of men with false reports about ho was tried with Julius, an I that Mat Dawson said he couldnot lose, and a lot of similar rubbish. I told your readers tle weeloafter Goodwood that Julius was the most ; .mproved horse running, and recommentbd him for a place iu the St. Leger; and I stated after Donca ;ter that Daley could have been second, but was told not to bo there, as ho would incur a penalty of albs. for tho Cesare witch and Cambridgeshire, and when he was at 50 to 1 for both races I recommended him as a good investment. Julius is about the second or third best horse we have seen this year; but I think all those behind him are only moderate. Still I helievA with a stronger boy on him, Blinkhoolie will show to More advantage in the . Cambridgeshire. The Middle park Plato, on Wednesday, brought out the best lot of tyro-year-olds I have seen for some years. The backers of Lady Elizabeth and Lady Coventry got a regular facer, which they wont forget for some time. I can't help thinking that, had the ground been in better order, Lady Elizabeth would have been nearer the winner, if not quite have landed, as I am told she slipped once or twice in the race. Her performance in the match with Julius is without precedent—the game struggle she made, at a difference only of 91b., upsets all calculation of handicapping two and three year olds. Should she keep well until the Derby day, and be brought fit to the post, he will bo a most fortunate man that can find one to beat her; yet I am under the impression had Daley made more use of Julius he must have won, as he seemed to have the race in hand at the Busbea when he turned round to look at Fordham. In my opinion he ought to have ridden his horse from start to finish. The Oatlands Plate brought out 13 runners, and one would have thought from the betting that Viridis was only out for an airing, as she started at long odds and no takers. There is sure to be some brisk butting on the Cambridge shire during the present week. lam told to-day that Honesty is first favourite again, but I shall not stand on him, nor anything else that aru in the Cesarewitch. Surely there must be some better horses in England than we have seen run lately. I hope to be able to select the winner from one or two outsiders that we have here. My present fancy is for the Duke of York or Laneret, as the best in vestment at their present prices; but should Mr. Pryor make up his mind to run Friponnier, I should stand on him in preference to anything in the race, as I have not seen anything but Achievement this year that can ruak e him gallop, and should strongly advise your reader s to be on should they see him backed by the right party, for ho is sure to start at 2 to 1 if he runs. SHARE LlST—This Day. Sharel Railways. et !Bristol and .... et 'aledonian --.... et Cambrian Cork and 8and0n......, IL 20 ii.;ornivall st *Dublin & Belfast June ! et ,Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc , 100 E.London, scrip Ceti' Do. it iGlasgow & S. Western , it Great Eastern, Ord. stk.' it Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2! et Brest North of Scotland' et Great Northern it Do. A stock. ..... i st Do. B stock it Do. New, is. et 25 pm' at US, and W. 01 Ireland! at Ut, Western -Original it Do. S. Val. Rail. gua.! st Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford it Do. Newport et Do. Hereford st Lancashire & Yorkshire et London and B'r.ckwall st Lon., Brigh., &tF Coast et Lon.. Chat., and Dover st Dc 310.trop. Ex. A st Lor. & North Western it Lou. its South Western! at Mar.., Slid., & Lincoln st .11ett000litan.... at Dc. New at Do. E..ctension... st f nei,ro s tolitar D.stric,t 20 t Po. uo. :u 10 Do. end S.. Jo'?n'ili 'n it Alio:and Do. ; , .:.9 Share.. it Do, Bimini.. k Darby —11 id Kent . . st North British et Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun et lath. Ea 'stern Berwick 25 Do. G.N*E purohabc et Do. Leeds ..... et Do. York et Do. Carlisle et Do. Stook. & Darling. 45 Do. do. 1860-61 et North London Do. do. 1864 5 . 10 Do. ,o. 1866 . st North Staffordshire et N. & S. W. Junction Sootti'ih Ceotril Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Da. Scot. Mid. stook it Shropshile Union it South Devon it South I , ',.stern 20 Staines, Wok., Wok et 'l': , , , f N ale 10 D 0.(.; .. .. _ 82 E 4 104 105 35 16 3 5 73 76 70 72 103 110 32 33 4 6 IS 6 100 111 1.6 117 123 lis 91 16 471 18 25 3-) 29 31 :27 1;8 53 3 / 4 44 19k 20 11 14 113 )15 83 84 4 4 )1 s)} /2k 1246 Vale of iV e a Witte :Lltra & fi ili - enny Waterloo & Whiteha West; Uorou all ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS. 1(31 2i 47 I I 4 61/ 4 i 191 4 14 131 14 M 34 44 12.1 120 1 191 46 68k & Closing Business Paid. I Price. done. 331 1 3 21 111 113 8,5 87 120 121 88 10 32 34 1(2 103 62 63 94 96 133 135 8 9 1. , 115 .117 1 Itp 61 66 109 112 56 67 45 47 68 G 9 8 JO 143 148 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic St.Lawrenoe liom.,Baroda, at Cen.ln. go. 5 per cent... Do. F allures Mani. & Lake Huron Do. i'reference Buif.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.o. Calcutta & ,E., Cape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, go., 5 do East Indian, go. p.c. Do. <I Extension G rand Tr aok ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist P eft Bonds Do. do deterred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. no. deterred Do. 3d Piet. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4di V:Li. stook Do. do. deterred tl t. i:‘ Peu. gua. sp.c. A:O. Gi , a. 5 per cent 9i. New gua. 5 p. o t. South of India gua. 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Do. New .... •• Do. 6 p. c Bob. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 411 do Do. 14 do Do. Plitt' Extenvion Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bode. slel. & Hobson's Bay N. Ill.C'da,6pc latpf.bs, Scinde I Do. Delhi Do. do 9l Do. Punizob.... 5. 42. 1 Do.lndus St.rlot bA 66 68 103 103} 4 4} ip 5 6 68 71 55 65 V 9 101 iOO IGE 109 110 17 18 80 65 50 52 40 45 32 34 19 20 107 109 - 2 p - 2 100 101 02 94 15i 15i 95 t 7 85 87 id 100 02 93 '5 89 91 83 65 100 101 1001 1014 0' 100 85 87 UREENCY PER IMP. HEAP Ea Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 68s to 73. Do., old —s --a Do., white, old —e —I Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, rod, old —B —s Do., nest Talavera Rye— Barley —Grinding Malting 32s Ms Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 69s 73, Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 25s 31s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 22s 26s Cork, white 22s 23s Scotch, Feeding ... Beans—Tick 3Bs 40s Pigeons ..,, 43s 48s Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour —Town-made, per 2801 b sss 60s Suffolk 47s 48s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 29s S 4. French, per flack 47s 131 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign stock on offer here to-day in moderately good condition. Sales progressed heavily at depressed currencies. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts wore rather on the increase, and the quality of most breeds was good. The attendance of butchers was rather limited, hence the demand was in a sluggish state at, compared with Monday last, a decline in the quotations of 2d per 81b. The highest figure was 4s 101 b per 81b. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received about 1,900 short horns; from other parts of England 750 various breeds; from Scotland 4 Scots; and from Ireland 160 oxen, cows, Ace. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with sheep. The trade was heavy, and prices further de clined 2d. per 81bs. The best Downs and half brads changed hands at 4s. Bd. per 81bs. The general quality o the supply was tolerably prime. Calves, the show of which was moderate, moved off slowly, at about previous rates viz., from 4s. 2d. to ss. 2d. per 81bs. Prime small pigs sold steadily at full quotations. Large hogs, however, were very dull. Prices ranged from 38.4 d to 4s. 2d. per 81bs. . . Per Elbe. to sink the offal. ds d s ds d Crse & inf. beasts... 3 2 3 4 Pme ors-wool sheep 4 0 4 4 Second quality do ..3 6 3 10 Prime t'thdown d 0.4 6 4ts Prime large oxen ..4 0 4 4 Large mares calTes.4 2 4 8 Prime] Scots, 6 4 10 Prime small d 0.... •.4 10 5 2 Crse. and int. sheep. 3 2 3 4 Large hogs ....3 4 3 6 Second quality do ..3 6 3 10 Smal: porkers 3 10 4 2 Suckling - oalres, 234 to 264 ; and quarter old-store pigs, 23s to 27e each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts ...... Cows. Sheep and 1 imbs Beasts Cows. .. Sheep and lambs 22,050 Calves ' 73 Ca• Tis ll2 PigA 04.1104. 553 Pigs l2 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Groat Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Oct. 15, 1866, and this day Monday, Oct. 14, 1867. _ _ Oct. 15, 1866. Oct. 14, 18G7. s d ad ad ad Coarse and inferior beasts— 3 6to 3 10 1 2to 3 4 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarso-woolled do. Prime Southdown d 0........, 6 0 6 4 4 6 4 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 6 5 0 4 2 4 8 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts 6,160 6,800 Sheep Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 16, 1865.—Beasts, 6,340 — sheep, 31,860—calves, 236—pigs, 470. Oct. 17, 1864—Beasts, B,lso—sheep, 29,740 —calves 377—pigs, 620. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 12,556 head. In the corresponding week in 1866, we recoired 12,213; in 1865, 21,090; in 1864 17,089 ; in 1863, 1,4081 ; in ;1862, 8,909 ; and in 1861 9,501. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. ... ... 108 ... Antwerp .... SOO Boulogne Bremen 290 ... 121 ... 19 ... Cadiz New Diep ... ... ... -- Corunna — ... Rotterdam ••• Geistemunde ... Trouvillo -- ••• ..._ --- ••• ••• ... Gothenburg Hamburg l4q ... 447 ... ••• ----„ •" 20 Harlingen 383 ... 2734 ... '" ' 1 "• 689 Modemblik Oporto Ostend ••• -- ... ••• 10 ... Tonning 2126 ..• 1275 ... ••• ••• ••• --- ...... ... .... ••• ...' - 401 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. L a mbs. Calves. Pigs 1866 1865 3192 ...14,674 m 494 480 ...2525 1864 NEWGIITB AND LAIDBIILIA.LL. These markets are rather heavily supplied with country and Scotch meat. For all kinds the demand is heavy, and prices have a drooping tendency. Last week's im ports into London wore 32 packages from Hamburg, and 378 do. from Rotterdam. Per 81bs by the carcase. acted edsd Inferior beef 3 2 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 2 3 6 Middling do. 3 6 310 Middling mutton-3 8 4 2 Prime large d 0... —4 0 4 4 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Prime small de....4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 2 3 6 Veal 3 10 4 6 Small pork.. ..... ..3 10 4 2 BOROUGH HOP. The :demand for most kinds of hops has continued quiet, and last week's quotations have been barely sup ported. The imports of foreign hops have been again extensive, consisting of 1,043 bales from Antwerp, 318 Bremen, 361 Calais, 1,120 Dunkeld, 689 Hamburg, 111 Harburg, 205 Ostend, 816 Rotterdam, 374 Boulogne, and 10 bales from St. Petersburg. Mid and East liege .........£ 9 10s t• £l2 Os per cwt. Weald of Kent ............... 7 155 to 9 Os „ mussel 7 10s to 9 0 3 Farnham 9 10 s to 12 Os " Bavarian 7 Os to 99s " " Belgians 5 125 to 6 105 Yearlings BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are wail supplied with potatoes. Gene rally speaking the trade is steady at our quotations. The import into Lcuion last week consisted of 15 tons from Caen, 369 casks from Dieppe, 109 packages, 106 bags, and 408 sacks from Dunkirk, 10 bags from Hamburg, 21 baskets from Rotterdam, and 47 tons from Havre. English Flukes loss to 1308 per ton. Regents TALLOW. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. Stock—(this day) ......... 47,864 42,427 37 , 998 16 ,317 f . 4!s 3d to 48s 6d 44s Gd 45s 6d Prices of Y.O l—s 0(1 —s Od —s Od —8 Od Delivery last week 2,465 4,081 2 , 565 2 , 008 Do. from Juno 1 .. 26,811 38,264 34 , 130 2 5,09 5 Arrival last week Do. from Juno 1 29,684 48,208 43,803 22,781 Price of Town 413 3cl 50s Od 46 8 6d 47 8 3d WOOLS Colonial wool has met with but little attention, at late rates. In English qualities the transactions have been on a limited scale, at drooping prices. Last week's imports consisted of 1,330 bales from Port Philip and Geelong, 2,597 from Sydney, and 2,143 from the Cape of Good Hope. Currant prices of English wool por lb. _ sd s d Fleeces—South Down hogets Half-bred do ..... 1 4} 1 5 Kent fleeces ........... 1 3/ 1 4 South Down ewos and wetherc.. 1 3 1 4 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing , 3. 1 1 6f Combing tomittitititttwittiosimi 2 1 8 SPORTING NOTES. Julius won the Cosarowitch like a race horse. Blink hoolie is an overrated animal; indeed, I feel persuaded, over a distance of ground, he is not within 2st of the win ner. Westwick's forward running caused great surprise, but the simple fact is, he did what three parts of the field had not the slightest pretension to, and that was to stay over this severe course. Armourer was the acme of con dition, and over a shorter course is sure to figure conspi cuously, as he ran fast t o th e B as h es. B ut s h ou ld ..... William Day have.a better representative over the Cam bridgeshire Stakes, ho will take an immense amount of beating. Rodomontq (4 yrs, 7st), is highly spoken of in connection with tldt stable, and on his two year old form would certainly be about winning, as he several times beat some of the best horses of his year. The handicap run last week usually furnishes the winner, and frequently first favourite, for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, but I ques tion if it will do either one or the other this time. There have been several fresh animals brought into the market lately, and one or two of them are likely to figure conspicuously, not only in the betting but also in the actual race. I allude to Wroughton and Knight of the Garter. The former was backed for a good deal of money on Saturday down to 14 to 1, and as when in his best form he and Vauban are the same class he looks with his impost of 7st 31b excessively dangerous. Knight of the Garter is also a great horse over this short course, but both well at the post, I think he is bound to succumb with 111 b. more on his back toMr.Cartwright's representa tive. Reports of the. most flattering nature also reach me concerning Ammunition, 4 yrs old, turned loose with the ridiculous weight of sst 71b, which, however, is only on a par with her performances. Many startling changes may be expected during the week, but I hope on Monday next to be in a position to recommend some good things for the last meeting this year at headquarters. Mean while, as I cannot believe the owner of Friponnier will throw such an opportunity away, an investment on him appears to me the best your subscribers could possibly make at this time of writing. The result of the Middle Park Plate quite upset my cal culations, as, although it will be perceived 1 entirely ig nored the pretensions of Lady Elizabeth in consequence of her penalty, and went for Blue Gown and The Earl, I was not fortunate in having a start with either, though, extraordinary to say, the owner of the former, Sir Joseph Hawley, who preferred to start Green Sleeve (allowed 31b) and Rosicrucian, ran first and second. Sir Joseph's other representative had, however, incurredllb. penalty by win ing the Clearwell Stakes the day previously, and I would strongly advise your subscribers to take advantage of the furore in favour of the Middle Park pair, to back Blue Gown for next year's Derby. I am quite satisfied that before Doncaster Rosicrucian was not within 101 b. of him, and I do not believe in the latter having made such a wonderful improvement in so short a time. As regards the winner of this rich prize, had the weights been re versed between Lady Elizabeth and her I do not think she would have been in the first six, and it appears to me that those parties who were lucky enough to back her would not be so much impressed with her quality if a match were to take place at even weights, as I believe the Marquis of Hast ings's wonderful filly would beat her in a canter. Public form vindicates itself nine times out of ten, and judged by that, apart from other private information I may possess, there is no doubt on my mind Blue Gown will always beat both her stable companions whenever they meet. The Cheltenham Meeting takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday next under the usual aristocratic patronage. The Gloucester Stakes looks a good thing for STEAMBOAT, who won it giving 61b to Eigbaston last year. LAURA ought also to win the Cleave Hill Plate on the first day, and VEDA the Hamilton Stakes. On Wednesday, I think, the County Cup rests between STEAMBOAT and BANDMASTER, but should Lord Coventry's horse have incurred a penalty for winning previously, 1 piefer the last named. LILY and THE RETURNED read best for the Nursery Handicap. THE RETURNED should also give a good account of himself 'in the Prestbury Stakes. Hereford and Ealing Ro:ces will wind up the week's sport on Thursday and Friday neat, but I cannot make any suggestion respecting the latter meeting, as I have no idea what animals are likely to start, and the same re mark will apply to the Royal Caledonian Hunt Meeting which is announced for this week. As, I presume, PEARL DIPED, or MOOSE will be sent for the Herefordshire Stakes, I shall look no farther for the winner. The Nursery Handicap TRIANA. or OSPREY night win. QUEEN OP TRUMPS ought to have no diffi culty in securing Lord Bateman's Plate, and HONEYMOON the Shobdon Cup. • On Friday in the City Members' Plate 1 see nothing to beat PROBLEM or VEN; and if anything defeats VEDA for the Lugwardine Nursery Plate it will be Cork Jacket, who meets her on 171 b better terms, as she has to carry 10Ib extra, and he is allowed 71b. The other races I know nothing about. A FRESII MAN. From the Newmarket Correspondent of the Racing Times. The curtain has fallen on the Second October Meeting, and never in my recollection was so short a price quoted as 7to 4 for the Cesarewitch Stakes b3fore. However, that price was taken about Blinkhoelio, who was a tre mendous favourite with the general public, and was also looked upon as a certainty by some of the best judges, one of whom, Captain Machell, at any rate should not have made such a mistake in his trial. Every week and every great handicap proves what has been so often asserted by me in these columns, that the handicap horses of the pre sent year are the worst ever foaled, and a convincing proof was furnished of this fact when Julius cantered in with 8 stone on his back for the principal event last week. They must indeed have been an iudifferent lot behind him. I told your readers not to back Honesty when he was at 10 to 1, though to my surprise he cams to half the price afterwards, and even then was recommended by sundry sporting writers as a good investment. Nearly every horse in the race was selected by some of the prophets to be worth backing, but how can backers win when they invest on so many ? I only recommended four to be backed, Blinkhoolie, Julius, Lothario, and Mont goubert, and had the Baron's horse kept well there can be very little doubt he would have been nearer the winner than Westwick, as it must be admitted he was superior, according to public form, to Mr. Bowes's horse. Turf writers generally follow the money, and not the merits of the horses, and as I remarked in my article on the Monday before the race had Mat Dawson recommended Clarice to be' backed ho would have been as good a favourite. Ono of Honesty's warmest supporters tells us in his article on Thursday last that the most remarkable thing was the forward position ho held in the race, and had ho not fallen lame from the favourable trial he kad with the Duke of Newcastle's horse he must have won. Now, the fact is, he never was tried with Julius, indeed was as sound on the day of the race as over he was in his life. He had a rough gallop with the winner before the latter went to Doncaster to run for the St. Leger, and pleafied his trainer so much that he thought ho had a good horse, but he found out ho had made a mistake, and had to fall back on Julius. I saw Sweet Anne beat Honesty in a gallop on the Limo Kilns about a week before the race, and was quite satisfied he had no chance of winning. The remarks I have alluded to respecting his trial and forward running in the Cesarewitch will doubtless assist in mak ing him a favourite for the Cambridgeshire, but I strongly advise him to be left alone, and let those back him who write him up as a good horse. I have a better opinion of the animals engaged in the great event next week to be lieve ho is at all likely to got a place and if he does, those behind him must be a wretched lot. Still there are strong symptoms of his being an equally great favourite this journey. The racing of Monday does not call for any special remarks. Throe very moderato animals contested tho Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, and the batting was, in accordance with my anticipation last week, 6 to 4 on the field. Lady Hester was backed to win a groat stake, and some of the backers of Lord Re_ nald for the Great Easte rn Railway handicap, whos e number it will be recollected was taken down at the last moment, in consequence, it was stated at the time, of the short price offered against him by the bookmakers, wore not sorry to see her noble owner's investments upset. Loonie was made a great favourite for the £lOO Plato, but was easily defeated by Suffolk. The in and out running of the Baron's colt is most extraordinary, as The Earl boat him in a canter at the First October Meeting, and he was never in the race for tho Prendergast Stakes on Friday last. No trainer pays more attention to his business than Joseph Hayhoe ; but somehow, as a rule, the King Toms disappoint their owner, trainer, and backers. I think a good deal of this arises from their possessing a delicate constitution and not often being up to the mark. Such horses must give their trainers a groat deal of trouble, and likewise leave suspecting backers imaginary cause of com plaint ; but I am quite sure all those parties acquainted with Mr. Hayhoo are well aware that he does all in his power to bring his horses . fit to the post, and as far as he, the - °NMI) and jockey to oncerhod, they (think; ktaY@ an SPORTING IN TELLIGEN OR—This Day, • VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAY. The heavy settling on the past Newmarket events principally occupied the attention of members, who as sembled in strong force. Some little speculation took place on the Cambridgeshire, for which event Honesty re mained first, finishing in fair request at 8 to 1, accepted in hundreds. Julius, Friponnier, Wroughton, and Actioa, were each in good request, while despite Knight of the Garter being supported to win some thousands, Blink hoolie, his stable companion, found a backer who accepted 1000 to 30, and would have gone on at the price. The prices are appended. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Bto 1 agst Honesty (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Julius (taken) 14 to 1 agst Wroughton (taken) 100 to 7 agst Friponnier (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Actoaa (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Knight of the Garter (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Ammunition (taken) 40 to 1 agst Monarch of the Glen (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Lanaret (offered—take 50 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Rodomonte (offered—take 50 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Thalia (taken) 50 to 1 agst Attack colt (offered) 1000 to 12 agst Archimedes (taken) 100 to 1 agst Duchess (offered) MANCHESTER BETTING—SATURDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 10 to 1 agst Honesty (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Julius (offered) 100 to 7 agst Friponnier (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Wroughton (taken freely) 20 to 1 agat Actesa (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lozenge (offered) 200 to 9 agat Knight of the Garter (taken) 25 to 1 agst Valorous (offered) 100 to 3 agst La Dauphine (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) JOHN S TIRK, 25, WELLINGTON -STREET, STRAND, Executes Commissions on all the races to any amount. The full market odds laid. Price list daily. PROGRAMME OF CHELTENHAM MEETING. TUESDAY, Oct. 15. A Plate of 40 sovs ; two year olds 7st 71b, three 9st 51b, four and upwards 10st. T.Y.O. The Gloucestershire Stakes (handicap) of 15 sovs each, with 100 added. One mile and a quarter. Age st lb 1 Age at lb Edinburgh ... 58 12 Elegance ... ... 47 4 Vespasian ... ... 48 10 Wild M00r... ••• 37 2 Queen of Trump , ... a 8 8 Greenback... ••• 37 2 Jupiter ... ... 5 (pd) Foxholes ... ... 5 6'13 Steamboat ... ... 48 2 Prodigal ... ... 3 613 B.tudmaster ... 3 7 9 Elf King ... ... 3 611 Arabia ... ... 57 4 Madame Wright ... 46 8 Tho Cleevo Hill Plate of 40 sous (handicap). Half a mile. Ago at lb Ago st - lb 1 Alberta ... ... 48 12 Lute ... ... 37 4 Secrecy ... ... 37 12 Sultana .. ... 2 612 Canard ... ... 3 7 9 Haymarket ... 2 6 12 Laura ... ... 37 2 Veto ... ••• 2 6. 8 Miss Elizabeth ... 3 7 6 Futurity . •.• 2 6 6 A Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 30 soya added. One mile and a half, over fOur hurdles. Age st lb The Doctor ... a 11 0 King of Trumps ... a 11 0 Heurlys ... a 11 0 The Colonel (h b)... 4 10 12 Little Ellen ... 4 10 10 Faint Heart ... 4 10 7 Brigand ... ... 510 0 Marie Louiso ... 4 10 0 Lord Waldegrave... 5 9 10 Bugler ... .. 4 9 10 The Hamilton Stakes of 7 with 50 soya added, for. t Age st lb Fright ... 5 910 The Dane... 4 910 Havelock ... 6 9 7 B g by Chanticloor— Eliza ... ... 4 9 7 Mountain Maid ... 4 9 5 Pakingt on ... 4 9 Colenso ... 3 9 0 Miss Sudeley ... 3 9 0 Tottie 4 9 0 sovs each, 3 ft (to tho fund), ,wo year olds; colts, Bst 121 b, E 100 Boys 51b, 200 71b extra. fillips Bst 911); winners of T.Y.C. Mariner, Veda, Schiedam, Golden Gift, Arigill, Northern Star, Futurity, Contempt, Manse, Shooting Star, Lily, Lord Palmerston, Ransom, Maesderwen, Faun, Chateau Margaux, Phemy colt, Fogleman, Tho Returned, and Catton. The Coltswold Hunters' Stakes of 3 sous each, 1 ft (to the fund),'with 40 sous added. Two miles. Goosestep, Galen, Countess, Fire-eater, Lucinda, Ros- Fington, Gemel, Fright, Empress, Prince Henry, Hunts man, Mustang, The. ane, Belgrave, Ann Hathaway, Milk Maid, Rule Britannia, Umbra, Lady Sandford, Bold Davie, The Nun, The Needy Mizzlor, Miss Dodson, and Susa. MR. CHARLES DICKENS is spoken of, we observe, in the London Review, as "still rather lame from his accident"—he having had no accident w h a t ever, and being about as vigorous and light of foot as a chamois hunter in perfectly sound condition. Our contemporary adds—a little more correctly, however, when speaking of Mr. Dickens's proposed voyage to America —that " he does not sail from our shores till the 9th of next month." Tho London Review adding thereupon "Those who know .America prophesy that he will have a great reception In the southern and eastern cities, and also in the Athens of America—Boston. But in New York it may be that the Yankee-Irish press may get up some little anti-Eng lish demonstration, basing it upon the too truthful re presentations of Scadder, Pogram, the war correspon dent of the New York Stabber, and other characters in ' Martin Chuzzlewit,' and certain representations n American Notes.' However, it is but fair to say tha true Americans thank the great author for the lesson h gave them; and the utter truth to nature—American nature that is—of the portraits drawn. Surely liberty must be a mockery if he who paints so truly be blamed for his truth. The Americans are fond of talking about General Washington. Let them imitate a greater general and a more ardent Republican—General Cromwell, who dared to say, `Paint me as I am; paint me with my warts.' It was not a hero but a woman who desired to be drawn without a shadow to her face." FARADAY'S WIDOW.—We are glad to hear (says the Athenasum) that her Majesty, of her own proper motion, has written to Lord Derby, suggesting that a fitting pro vision should be made for the widow of Professor Faraday. Nothing has yet been done in the way of fixing tho sum to be secured to the bereaved lady; but our readers may bo sure it will be such as England should propose to the relict of her foremost man of science. FENIAN ALAI Ms.--.A night guard has been on duty at the lioneurablo Artillery Company's head-quarters during the past week, and will ha continued until further notice. Duty commences at 7 p.m., and ends at 6 a.m. This precaution arises out of the current alarms. No excuse for non-attendance of members .is received, but those who aro unable to attend on the night indicated for thou may and substitute. .~~~~ ri -4 r rtain Bis- no of ~ but necni very roves hear wag b. 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