The Sun. — London, England, 1867-02-23 00:00:00

n v h P-KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no change whatever to report in the discount market, it having closed for the week with a very quiet and easy aspect.: There were no gold operations yesterday at the Bank of Engl and. The specie movements during the past week have been on a rather moderate scale. The imports have amounted to about £409,764, including £13,009 froth New York, by the City of Paris, and £2,000 by the Cuba ; the Chariot of Fame, from Australia, has brought £42,000 ; the Atrato, from the West I ndies and Pa c ifi c , £203,310 ; an d £149,424 in silver has been received from the Continent. 'The exports have been £10,300 to the West Indies, by the La Plata ; £28,972 to East Indies and China, by the Delta ; and there have been remittances to the Continent, through private sources, estimated at .4134,689—the total amounting to £173,961. Advices from Birmingham state that an improved feeling has prevailed in the iron trade of South Staffordshire. Orders to some extent have been re ceived for sheet, hoop, and strips, as also for Arm strong gun iron. The demand for pigs has also been more active, and a slightly improved inquiry has been experienced for finished iron, and the de mand for coal at most of the works has increased. , Mr. Cyrus W. Field has arrived in London. fie understand the object of his visit is to enter l ute a contract with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, on behalf of the New Y ork, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Com pany, for the immediate manufacture and laying of a. sub marine cable between Placentia, Newfound land, a n d some point on the continent of America. When this line is completed, the uncertainty of the present communication by the land lines getting out of repair, w ill b e i n a gr eat measure, if not entirely removed. The public may not be aware of the fact, but we are in a position to state it with certainty, that the two cables of the Anglo- American Telegraph Company are employed at present on an average about four hours out of every 24 . They are in every respect in the most perfect condition for the transmission of messages. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co., request the inser tion of the following letter, which they have re ceived from Senor Don M. Errazuriz, the special agent of the Republic of Chili, in consequence of a communication made to him by them on the sub ject of the proposed issue on this market of the Internal Conversion Bonds, which have been the subject of recent remark : " do Lonn, Feb. 22. " Gentleme n ,—l h ave considered, with the atten tion due to the gravity of the subject, the represen tations which you have made to me as agent of the Chilian Government, to the effect that serious im putations attach to my Government for not having late communicated to you previous to the issue of the bloan the fact that the loan of about five million oll ars, which i n A ugust l ast was contracte d w i t h ankers in Chili, was to be represented by sterling 1 ° , ( B, the i nterest and sinking fund of which would endpayable in England. " I cannot admit that there has been any want of could f aith on the part of my Government, who s'ouid not have made the communication which it is 8,11. g g es ted they ought to have made, inasmuch as the tune elapsing between thedeclaration by the holders of t he bonds that they availed themselves of the o p ti on reserved to them by their contract with the of ° ,. ver nment, and th e i ssue of the recent loan did s u E nglan. Me d e to convey the information from Chili to c." T here certainly was no desire on the part of my Pvernraent to withhold any information connected wdith the lean in question, as is perhaps best evi tireecl by the fact th a t all the particulars of e contract for that loan were submitted to the r Comm ittee of the St oc k E xc h ange on th e applica eil for a settlement and quotation of the loan e ntlY issued by your house. Feeling, however, most strongly that the Chilian faith, desire not only to observe perfect good ..:7"c, but scrupulously to avoid any- semblance of a 7, an t of st ra i ghtforwardness in. their dealings with ape'll public,. 1, us t h eir only representative (ril(hough ,1Y Possessing specific powers in England), have ` 4l enlecl it my duty to put myself in communication th the gent l emen in Loudon who represent the pci ldholders of the Internal Loan Conversion Bonds, Ind have urged on them to postpone offering their t°l°llds for public subscription until I could represent tl e cir cumstances to my Government. These gen t e nieu at on ce acce d ed to my suggestion, and will, b etween the next mail, communicate with their principals, whom and the Government I trust satis .a. °tory arrangements may be made for postponing proposed issue, which, in any event, will not (_ 4l se place until further instructions have been re ceived from Chili. These instructions cannot be looked for before Juue next. _ " In c onc l us i on, I can with every confidence as dsure you that th e course w hi ch my Government may ecide on ad op ti ng will be dictated by that earnest esire which had always animated them, of maintain ing the high credit which Chili enjoys iu Europe.— I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, " MAX. E RRAZURIZ. " Special Agent of the Chiliau Government. "Messrs. J. S. Morgan and Co, 22, Old Broad -street." Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris te ch% the French Rentes were 69f. 85c. Firm. Notwithstanding extreme inactivity, values at the Stock Exchange have closed buoyantly. Con -4018, for example, are 901 91 for money, and 90 15-16 9 1 1-16 for the account, the latter show -% an almost infinitesimal advance. All Foreign Securities, despite the fluctuations of t he week, are better at the finish ; American Seca- V i es, like w i se, are slightly in the ascen d an t, an d English Railway Shares manifest greater firmness. ogthese a n d ot h er circumstances there i s p l en t y °f evidence to show that the public have been bear s," and ar e now di sposed in most cases t o close their accounts with substantial profits. i j he New Threes and Reduced Annuities were L'z ; Exchequer Bills, 17s. prem. ; Bank of Eng -44,„nd Stock, 254 ; India 5 per Cents., 107 ; do. .r...tifaced 4 32 8 per Cents., 841 ; and do. Bonds, 308. to . prem . S crip' Stocks generally show a slight advance. has improved 11. to 11 dis. ; R u s s i an Gre e k it scrip to 2 1 -I prem. ; Mexican to 171 ; b to 16 ; Spanish Passive, i f to 221 23 ; . 17- the Certificates i to 141 15 ; and the Turkish 5 5 3C5 e 4 11 . te * Ito 31 Italian Loan were firm at t°• Pr Danubian Loau Scrip has improved to par AtaArkfiraler tone h as preva il ed i n t h e R a i lway Share Gr eat e . t ' a nd Pric es genera ll y h ave t en d e d upwar d s. We —daet ern, Lancashi re an d Y or k s hi r e, North eeNitl-ern, Me tropolitan, and South-Eastern have ea ch 4 toprov e d Great Western and Midland, ; and B r i g . . r Brighton 1f any Forei g eiaeo iteration and Colonial lines remain without of importance, Bahia and San Fran tacit ibging marked 12k, Great Luxembourg 12, 10$ 10 6 i, and Great Indian Peninsul a ta nk 8 , til e of t "arear emaininactive. Chartered Mercan -34-; 'lldia) London and China, have improved to ef -.A!„,:erldna and'Westrainster, to 94,1 ; and Union L are .3tr a li a, to 47i ; fwhile London and County declin ed t - 4iseellat, o 63 i' rat e re —eous and Finance shares are in mode ; 16 i 17 14 est ; City of Moscow Gas are dealt in a ; Anglo-American Telegraph at 15 ; eetrie , l ' a nY at telegraph at 134 ; Hudson s Bay Com et 6 6. 1 ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam Secnl‘l°°llb uri ne iii r ni l:l is revails in the market for American have declined to . 76177 i ; 6- 20 13: 1 : t. are firm, at 37 ; but United States antic an h ave advanced to 73f- /. hav e n , a " and Great Western Railway Debentures 4- terti e ' y v e anc e to 31 32, and the Consolidated 13 on , 2 - , to 24 25. ALINING MARKET. ~ . A n li SATURDAY, , exec]. aro the current quotations : k;•t r , Two o'Ciocx ' 4 Caltlborne, tale s ; Chirorton Moor, Xit 2„ °l4 ' 2 1 2i; Clifford Amalgamate, 5 1 6 ; Cooks 7 7i ; Chou- , ° ---..1 .".. ; DrakeWOUS, — s --s; East Basset, 17 19 i East Caradon, 5 54 ; East Cam Brea, 34 4 ; East Love= 94 104 ; East Russell, 84 4 ; East Wheal Grenville, 24 24 ; Great Laxey, 16 17; Great North Downs ; 3; 4; Great Retallack, 60s 725; Great South Tolgus, 12s 6d 15s; Great Wheal Tor, 16 17 ; Marke Valley, 4 44; North Crofty, 44 5; North Roskear, 7 8; North Troskerby, 24 24; Prince of Wales, 32s 85s; Prosper United, 34 1; Rodmoor, Os lls; South Condnrrow, —s —d; South Grenville, 7s 6d lOs ; South ilerodsfoot, —; Tincroft, —; West Caradon, —; West Chivorton, 60 62 ; West Seton, 1324 1374 ; West Drakewells, 5s 7s; Wheal Basset, —; Wheal Buller, —— ; Wheal Chiverton, 8 84 ; Wheal Grenville —; Wheal Seton, 105 110. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GCVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cent. Consols Do. Account, March 7 9ok 1 3 per Cent. Reducmd 904 t. slew 3 per Cent 9Ol 1 NJw• 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — tnnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs_ Do (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug.,1908 — xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent l7 pm Do £5OO ~ 17 pin Do £lOO & £2OO 17 p , m Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 251 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. lacban Stock, 10i per Cent., Apri11874... Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B4l Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 e — Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Oen' Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 150 - . . 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 75 Do. £lOO Bonds u.... Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent _-_. - , DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 0-ilian 6 per Cent 9Bl Do. 3 per Cont. uo. 6 per Cent A , Do . ~ B — Do. , 1867 Do. „ Scrip, £2O paid ll I dis o)lombian, 6 per Cent. luba, 6 per Cent. )anish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Di 5 per Cent., 1864 — ).), mbian Principalities, 7 per Cent elquador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred E;yptian 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue — ' Do. £lOO Bonds iio. Do. 1864 B2k Do. £lOO Bonds B3l Do Government Railway Debentures • 81 80f Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 16 151 16} Do. Accou n t Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Ronan 5 per Cent 1865 - Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway DI 'vicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account — Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Ilontevideau 6 per Cent. ......•• — %10orish Imperial 5 per Cent Ne v Granada — Do 3 per Con 33 Do. Deferred' — Do Laud viarrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account PJrtuguese 3 per Ct., 185?, '6, '7. '9,'60,'2, '3 421 i ttussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4i per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 BBl 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 9o} Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BB Do. do. £25 paid 2l f put iardinian 5 per Cent ipanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do. Account Passive Do Do Account 22i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 por Cent. Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1853 Do. Xecount . — Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do .A , 00tuit • Do £lOO Bonds stii Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — • Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per Oqnt. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 23f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 5l 31 TWO O'CLOCK. onsols, Meney 9oi 1 Do. Account IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at one o'clock. THE HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) (ACT). The Earl of Derby moved that the bill bo road a first time. The LORD CHANCELLOR, having put the question declared the bill read a first time. The second reading was fixed for - Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. MARKETS.---This day. COVENT GARDEN. Tho supplies of fruit are seasonably good, and of veget ables large. The trade is steady, as follow8: Fnurr—Pine apple; 4s to 8s; grapes, 3s Od to 8s Od; apples, 4s Od t o 8 s Od ; chestnuts, lOs to IBs per bushel ; oranges, 3s Od to 8s ; lemons,,4s to Os per 100. VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to 6s Od ; cabbages, 2s to 3s Od; turnips, 4s Od to 68 carrots, 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen bunches; horseradish, 4s Od to Gs Od; celery, 18 Gd to 2a Od per bundle ; onions, Os to Os Od per bushel ; rhu burb, 6d to is 6d per bundle. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od; geese, 6 5 O i l to 9s: ducks, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 9d ; wild do, is Od to 1s 3d ; pigeons, 9d to is Od ;. hares, 2 s Gd t o 4s Od ; p h e asants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges , O s Od to Os 0 4 each ; Surrey fowls, 9s to 12 s ; do. chickens, U s to Os 10d ; barn door fowls, Os 04 to OS Od per couple. English eggs, 14s to 15s Od ; French do., 12s 6d to —s per 100. Fresh butter, is Icl to is 74 per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, b Od to 3s Od per pair ; cod, is to 76 ; haddocks, 6d to is 6d each ; plaice, Gd to is ; flounders, is to is Gd per dozen; Salmon, 2s 6d to 3s; eels, is per lb. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3B oa to gle Gd I Veal Mutton ... 3s 2d to 4s 8d Pork WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3B Od to 4s 8d 1 Veal Mutton ... 38 2d to 4s 10d 1 Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro froM, Od to 9/d. ; of household ditto, 7/d. to sp. per Sibs loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 21d to —d ; 64 to 721bs, 2}d to 3d ; 72 to 8013 s, 3d to 34c1; 80 to 881bs., 344 to 31d; 88 to 961b5., 344 to 4d. Horeenides, 9s to 10s 6d ; calf skins (Light), 2s to 4s; full, 7s • polled sheep, 10s Od to 12s Od; half-breds, Os Od to 108 Od ; downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 ss; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 16s to £2 6s per load. Trade quiet. CUMBERLAND.—:Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load. Demand inactive. WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, .£2 15s to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 16s per load. A heavy inquiry. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) Market opens quiet, at about yesterday's closing rates. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. SO THAT THEY RATHER LIKE IT !—A Cambridge paper states that at a business meeting of the Cambridge Union last week a proposal was made to exclude Mr. Swin burne'a poems from the list of books recommended for purchase by the library committee. After some discussion, it was carried by a large majority that the book should re main on the list. THE LATE Mu. N. P. WILLIS.—The funeral of the late Mr. N. P. Willis took place on the 24th ult., at Mount Auburn, when the following gentlemen acted as pall-bearers : Professor Henry W. Longfellow, Dr. S. G. Howe, Edmund Quincy, Esq., Professor Oliver Wen- . dell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Esq., James T. Fields, Esq., E. P. Whipple, Esq., T. B. Aldrich, Esq., and Mr Merritt Trimble, of New York. YREFEREN (Ur. tiriAltEn. Great Western, Orig. 44 per cent., SO North Eastern, G.N.E.. 4 per cent. pref., Stockton and Darlington B, 6 per cent., 32 PREFERENCE S:IARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent Ditto, 5 per cent., 1862:63 London, Chatham, ac., Metrop. Eat. B, 6 per cent.. 30 FoREIGN RAIL WA YtN. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per 0ent.,12 great Luxembourg, 12 San Paulo, lien., gua. 6 per cent., 13} FOREIGN MINES. Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, 2 Don Pedro, Nunn Del Hey, pm , St. John del any, lira., 52 United Mexican, lira., 21 BANKS. Alliance, Jim.. 17 Australasia, 67 Chartered ller. of India, London, and Chilta, 34 1 onsolidated Bank, lim., 4} L andoll and Brazilian tlim.), Ditto, new, 41 London Chartered Pans of Australia, 22 London and County, 6:li London and 11 estminster, 941 Midland Bank, Um., 18 4 Union of Australia, 47 Union of London, 454 MISCELLANEOLJI3. Anglo-American Telegraph, 151 1 Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 55 3f Berlin Water IVorks, Rm., 111 Ditto, new, 54 Canada Company, 70 Ceylon Company, .04 I Ditto, A shares, 14 City of Moscow (i'as, lim., 17 17 Commercial Union, Insuran..te, 4 3 i Crystal Palace, DU to, Prderence, 102 Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 1(9 Ebbw Vale, of Egyptian Com. and Trading, Um., 3 Credit Fonzler of . 3 Electric Telegraph. 131 Hudson's Bay, ;6 1 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, Urn., 11 international Financial society, Um. 21 London General Omnibus Company, lint, 34 Lon , on and Provincial Marine, 111 M dras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 6 per cent. by In dian Government), 191 Merchant Shipping, Wu., 121 National Discount Company, Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of Whioh 24 is to pay, 11 New Consolidated Discount, lim , North British A ustrAssian, 42 Ocean marine Insurance), 101 Panama. New Zealand, and Aus. R. Mail, 71 Peninsula and Oriental *team, 65 Ditto, new, 6ba Submarine Telegraph, 62 Thames and Meisey Marine, Insurance, lim., rust and Loa,' Company f Upper Canada, 4} Universal Marine, Insurance, ilia., 2: The ADULLAMITES are going to set up a new penny daily paper, so it is rumoured, of which Mr. Hutton is to be the editor, and the Marquis of Westminster the capitalist. LAW INTELLIGEME.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. HOLAR V. HARRISON AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover a sum of £146 its. 6d. for goods sold and delivered, to which the defendants pleaded not indebted, and the acceptance of a bill of exchange in payment of the claim. It appeared that the plaintiff was the trustee of Messrs. Golistnidt and Cross, who had been provision merchants, and the action was brought for provisions supplied to a ship called the City of Melbourne, in the port of London, which was bound for Mobile. Tho defendants were the owners of a vessel, and were extensive shid proprietors at Liverpool. The orders were given in writing by Mr. Machi, the husband of the ship, and who had previously had several dealings with the firm of Goldsmith and Crow in Feb., 1866. There was prima Pcie by the register of the ship that the defendants were pin Owners of the ves sel, but that fact 4as not disputed. With regard to the bill of exchange, the parties from whom it had been re ceived had failed in business, and the bill was dishonoured. There had been no money payment whatever t.) Messrs. Goldsmith and Cross on accouut of the amount claimed. As the evidence was proceeding it was agreed between the parties that the case should be made special on a point of law to be brought before the upper Court. APPEALS.-110USE OF LORDS, FEB. 19. O'MALLEY IRWIN V. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART. The arguments in thite, appeal from the Court of Exchequer chamber w ere resume d this morning by Mr. O'Malley Irwin. The app e ll an t, w ho sought for a mand amus from a jury, under the provisions of the Common Law Procedure Act of 1851 (sections 69 to 74 inclusive) and not from the discretion of the judges, commanding Sir George Grey, the defendant, to return his petition of right, dated 24th of April, 1861, having obtained her Majesty's fiat t o sa id pe titi on "that right be done," pursuant t o th e petitions of Right Act, 1860 . The jury having ret urne d a ver di c t f o r the defendant the appellant made applicati on t o th e co urt below to set aside the verdict, on the ground that 10 only out of the 24 special jurors struck had been summoned, and that 8 were actually admitted by defendant not to have been sum moned. Consequently the issue having been tried by a jury not duly constituted before whom his application for a mandamus came had not jurisdiction, and therefore the verdict of such a jury was not valid. He brought error in fact before the court, and submitted that the judgment of the court below, founded on such a verdict, in fact founded on a nullity,is erroneous and illegal. Ile contended that he had no erroneous judgment to complain of until he brought the fact before the Court, placed it on the record, and taken their judgment on it, which made the error in fact error in law. The judgment being erroneous and illegal, the House of Lords ought, and were bound by the authorities from the most ancient times, uuiformally to that of O'Con nel and executors v. the Queen in Error, to reverse it. He referred especially to Chief-Justice Raymond, 5 Term Rep. 453, where it was held, that after a special jury struck, the picking up talesman ;" jury the method andicause stated,is must supposing i b pn e rge va t tried by img b ai y s ct oh t i h he the fa vf j er t o t a r m y appoi n t e d, w h ore it packed will be this :—A rule for a special jury, a jury struck, 24 returned, and those be will continue on the Distringas, till he bath time and opportunity to mould them to his pur pose." Exactly "the method" which appears to litrve been adopted in the present case, to deprive the appellant of a duly constituted jury by not summoning more than 10 of those struck, omitting to summon eight, and having there two tales jurors from Pimlico in attendance before 10 o'clock, the hour for which the special jurors were summoned. The question was argued in the court below before two judges. That this shows the mischief so much complained of in Exchequer Chambers on 2d February, 1867, in "Kemp v. Halliday," of the recent innovation of only two judges sitting in bunco. He submitted that the error as signed did not contradict the record, which is silent as to a special jury being struck, and that the matters assigned as error were causes of error, and not more irregula rities. That the record and judgment roll proved how fallacious were the defendants' cases—printed for their lordships' use—as well as the law reports, which were the cause of the Exchequer Chamber's affirmance of the erroneous judgment of the court below. lie ad mitted that the judgment of the Lords must also affirm the lodgment of the court below, if those printed cases and the law reports of the case were accurate ; but the judgment xoll and record, by which their Lordships were bound, proved their fallacies, which he enumerated and pointed out specifically. Their Lordships, without calling on the respondent, dismissed the appeal on the same grounds as the Court of Exchequer Chamber affirmed the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. POLICE INTELLIGE.tiCE.—Xhis Day. BOW-STRIMT. Harold 'Hirst, 2G, who was brought before Mr. Flowers last week on a charge of embezzlement. was again brought up, charged with having forged — toro cheques for £7O and £5O on the Union Bank of London. A gentleman from the Bankers' Protection Society_ prosecuted. Mr. D. L. MacAfee (instructed by Mr. Haters, of Cifford's-inn, ap peared on lo.thalf of the accused. The pi isoner was clerk to Mr. Jones, solicitor, of Now-inn, who proved that on i t s w bankers u o t h n: e o f o a r rl y zi part a y o ab t l eh to i s a m m oi r it . h Hi b ll e , tftonudu going d nt t o ho aht of £3O, payable to a Mr. Lloyd, had been pre sented by the prisoner and paid. The cashier was also called, and after his evidence was given Mr. Flowers re manded the prisoner for a week. 'THE SL N, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23 1867. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDLNARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. Paid./ Cplorisoelng. at 'Bristol anti Eketer ....""ltiO 85 87 at Caledonian lOO 116 /18 at Cambrian - L'ork and Bandon - -.- 20 Cornwall all 4 6 at Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 05 68 at Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 100 E.London, scrip Certi all - - Do. 100 - - st Glaegow &S. Western 100 1•4 116 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 50 32 31 et Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6 8 at UreatNortliofScotland 100 - - et Great Northern lOO 120 +22 et Dv. A stock lOO 1.8 13 it Do. 14 stock lOO - - Do. New, is. at 25 pn loi at GtS, and W. of Ireland 10v 89 91 et Gt. Western -Original Iko 50 Ii 501 401 it Do. s. V4l. Rail gua. 100 - - et Do. South %Vales , 100 - - et Do. W. Mid.-Oxtorci 100 32 35 et ' Do. Newport lOO 34 36 st Do. Hereford.... - at Lancashire .L 100 126 128 1 1261 4 st London and Blackwai 100 - - et Lon., Brigh., & S Coasi 100 8! 84 r 4 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 104 is 19 18/ at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 13 16 at Loa. & North Western 100 122 121 12 4 3 at Lon. & Soutn Western 100 81 86 844 at • Man., Sher., & Lineol 100 4) 60 604 at Aetrop_011 tan.... - Do. New lO - at Do. Extension.- all 103 110 Iletropotitan District. all - 100 Do. du. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and at. John's 6 - - at .Midland 9 Do. £9 Share 7 104 11 st Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 92 94 25 It'd Kent . - - et orth British at Do. Ed., PIA., & Dun lOO 4 18 st Nth. Eastern -13erwiel lOO 104 10.' Irs 25 Do. (.I.N•E purolia.a 16.13.4 - -• at Do. Leeds ..... 100 63 65 et Do. York lOO 90 100 994 st D&. Carlisle . . ... 100 -- 25 Do. Stook. & Darling all 35 36 10 Do. do. 1860-01 lB 10 11 p/ et North London at Do. do. 1864 5. . lO 1 2p et Do. do. 1866 et North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junction 25 'cottisli Central et . Soot. N. E Aber. stock 100 - - 10 Vo. Scot, Dlid..tJak lOO -- - at Shropshire Union - - et South Devon lOO 49 61 50 et Smith Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 10 st TatT Vale lOO 155 160 10 Do. C 3 4 at Vale of Netith - - et Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 6 - - et West Cornwall lOO - - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic &St.. Lawrence all 67 LO at 110m.,Baroda,&Cen.ln. 100 100 102 1004 gu. 6 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares lO Id 1p 204 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 44 10 Do. Preference too Butt,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 - - et Calcutta &S. E., lira XOO - - at ,;al e Town & Dock, gu. 100 50 55 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. all 101 103 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 163 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 106 107 20 Do. J Extension - - et rand Trunk of Canada 100 20 22 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bond. 1 charge 6 p.o all 85 88 100 Do. Ist t'ref. Bonds all 57 59 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. Id Prof . 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Caradon (Luskeard 1: 10 .2 West Chi rerton ....... . 11 61 03 61 2 -- West Seton ..... 174 130 140 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 65 75 Wheal Buller ( itedruth 16 25 28 -- Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 10 12 heal Seton Trelawr,ev (1.41 5.17.0 10 12 Business done. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. STEALING A PARSEE MERCHANT'S TURBAN. —AN OLD OFFENDER.—Wm. Burton, describing himself as a porter, but well known t o th e police as a carr i age thi e f, was charged before Mr. D'E yacourt with stea li ng f rom a car riage, in Oxford-street, a turban of the value of £lO, the property of Sorabjeo Darashaw Captau, a Parsee merchant, residing at 16, Holland Villas, Kensington. The prosecutor identifi e d the turban which was pro duced as his property, and stated that it cost him £lO, having had it sent from India to him. He left it in his carriage in Oxford -street yesterday. George Ellaway, cabm an , badge 8481, said that on the previous night be was corning along Oxford-street on his cab when he saw th e prisoner walk roun d a carr i a ge standing at a doo r , an d take a parcel out of the carriage. He told the coachman i n charge of the carr i age w h a t hap pened, and to follow hi m, and they went a f ter t h e pr i son er, who dropped the p arce l , which was picke d up b y a ma n, and stopped him and gave him into the custody of Hands, 374 A. David Bourn; coachman to the prosecutor, proved going after the prisoner on being spoken to by the cabman, and seeing the prisoner drop the parcel. William Allan, a labouring man, proved picking up the parcel, containing a turban, and putting it into tho carriage. The prisoner said he was not in Oxford-str3ot at all. He was coming from Ca,vendish-square, when he heard a cry of " Stop thief !" ➢ir. D'Eyncourt asked if the prisoner was known ? Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said there were several convic tions against the prisoner for similar offences. Mr. D'Eyncourt committed the prisoner for trial. THAMES. IMPORTANT CONVICTIONS.—WARNING TO PAWNBROKERS. —Louis Lodblinier, a foreign Jew, carrying on the business of a licensed pawnbroker at No. 117, Kerby street, Poplar, appeared before Mr. Paget to answer live summonses, charging the defendant with as many infractions of the bOth section of the Metropolitan Police Force Act, 2 and 3 Vict., cap. 47, which prohibits all pawnbrokers in the police district purchasing, receiving, or taking in pawn any pledge, goods or chattels, from any person apparently under 16 years of age. Mr. Richard Ring, solicitor, appeared for the defendant. of the s t o l en ,The complainant in this cas e, Sarah Rance, is the wife of a carpenter and joiner , dwellin g in Poplar ; and it is their misfortune to have a dish onest son under 16 years of age, and apparently not more th an 14 , who had been Pal •tene d parents eandftu disposingdefendant's sh shop. On the 24th o f pro perty plunderin g n p awn his at the December last he pawned a saw, on the 15th of last month a plane, on the 24th of the same month a shawl, on the 6th of the present month an iron, and lastly on the Bth instant another shawl. The boy, who was the principal witness, said that the defendant's wife received the articles and lent money upon them. Re was never asked any questions about his age or anything c i s ,. Mrs. Rance, the com plainant, said the duplicates relating to the stolen property were found under her son's pillow. She waited on Mrs. Losblinier on Monday evening last, and expostulated with her for taking in goods from her son, and she said she could take anything of a boy or fool over twelve years of age. Mr. Ring said that was so under the 21st section of the pawnbrokers' act, but the police act extende , l the ago to 16. Mr. Paget said the police act had been many years in operation, and must bo generally known to every pawn broker. Mr. Rirg then called a boy in the service of the defen dant, who swore positively that his mistress asked the boy Rance on every occasion when she received anything from him if he was 16 years of age, and he always replied in the affirmative. . . _ Mr. Ring argued that the principal witness against the defendant was, on his own confession and upon the state ment of his mother, a thief, and that his evidence was not to be depended upon. On the other hand, the boy called for Mr. Losblinier was a person of untainted character, whose testimony ought to bo preferred to that of a dishonest lad who robbed his own parents. Mr. Paget had no doubt whatever the defendant and his wife knowingly violated the provisions of a very wholesome statute, and he had as little doubt that the statement made by the defendant's boy was utterly untrue. There were five cases, and ho should convict the defendant in the miti gated penalty of 40s. in each case, and 10s. costs. The total amount which the defendant would have to pay would be 10 guineas. The money was paid. Mr. Rance—We will give up the goods, and not put Mr. and Mrs. Ring to any more trouble. TILE JAMAICA PROSECUTIONS. BO W-STREET. -THIS DAY. EXAMINATION OF GENERAL NELSON AND LIEUTENANT BRAND. The further bearing of this case was resumed this morning before Sir Thomas Henry. General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand on this occasion occupied seats at the solicitors' table, and did not to day- stand in the felon's dock. Mr. Stephens appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. ll►►nnen and Mr. Poland appeared on the part of the IVar-office to defend General Nelson, and Mr, Bristow, from the Admiralty, attended for Lieute nant Brand. Mr. Phillips recalled. Mr. Stephens—l understand you arc acquainted with the law and history of Jamaica ?—Yes. Mr. Hannen—l object to the evidence of history. Sir T. Henry—You can put it as a matter of law. Mr. Stephens—Do you know what the state of the law of Jamaica was before the acts were printed? —I do. Was Sir Thomas Muddford Governor in 1664 ? lie was. To what.period was their power limited at that time ?—To two years. Did the Jamaica Legislature in 1664 make a law relating to the law of England in Jamaica ? —Yes. State the effect of that law.—Witness was about to read from a memoranda-book, when Mr. Hannen—What are you reading from ? From a memorandum I have made of the opinions of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General. Mr. Hannan—l object to that. Sir Thomas Henry—The opinion of any living person.is not evidence. Witness—lt is the opinion of the law officers of the Crown at the time I have mentioned. The objection was over-ruled, and Mr. Stephens continued his questions. Witne:a--•An act was passed declaring the laws in England in force in the island of Jamaica, and always after to be in force, except in so far that they were allowed by the local acts of the Legisla ture. That was passed in 1664 ; was there up to 1683 any legislation on that subject ?—I find no trace of it. In 1683 had the Assembly of Jamaica the power to make permanent laws ?—Yes, unless disallowed by the Crown. Was an act passed the 35th of Charles 11., chap. 13 ?—Yes ; but that law wasdisallowed by the King. It was, however, law until that disallowal was known. Do you know, as a matter of law, between that time the 35th of Charles It. until George I. and 11., two acts were passed, but they were disallowed. During that period was it a matter of opinion how far the law of England extended to Jamaica ?—Yes. Subsequently, however, the question was how far the King had power to tax?—lt was. In the first of Geo. I. was there another act passed which has been substantially re-enacted ?—Yes ; an act was passed settling the question in 1728. The act was repealed by the Bth of •Vic., sec. 9. Was the last section of the Act of Geo. I. (the 22d sec.) re-enacted ?—Yes ; by the Bth of Vic., chap. 16, sec. 7. Mr. Stephens—l have asked these questions to clear up the state of the law of Jamaica. The short-hand writer's notes of the examination of General Nelson and Lieut. Brand at Spanish Town, Jamaica, before the Royal Commissioners, were then put in and portions of them read. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Hannen, for General Nelson, said he had now to submit that the evidence before the court against the two gentlemen on a charge of murder had altogether failed, and that they ought to be discharged, as their conduct was entirely justifiablq by the law. if they had refused to do other than they had done, they would have been liable to have been shot. They had but one duty to perform, and that was done fearlessly. That they were to be brought to a criminal bar and charged with murder, ao penalty for which was death, was a proposition he felt certain he (Sir Thomas llenry) would be slow to come to. If they were subjected to the pain of a public trial for inur- I der it could but result in an acquittal, and there fore the present inquiry was merely a solemn, serious farce, and nothing more. General Nelson and Lieutenant Brand had been guilty of no legal offence, and therefore he asked that they might be discharged. He contended that the law was quite clear on the subject, and by it if officers holding the position of General Nelson and Lieut. Brand were called upon to provide for the safety of the State in cases of great danger—when the courts of law were closed there was no limit to their discre tion, and whilst they acted bona fide in the inte rests of the Sovereign and the State, and in good faith, they could not be called to account in any court of justice. There had been cases of the suspension of the common law in Ireland both before and since the union, and in Titler's " Essay on Military Law" there was clearly laid down the cases that justified such a state of things. What he said was that the Legislature of Jamaica had done precisely what Ireland and this country had done, for by the act of th e J ama i ca Legislature, 9 Vict., chap. 35, provision was made by anticipation for an occasion which had arisen, and thus martial law had been enacted precisely as it had been done in Eng land and Ireland. There was, however, no defi nition of what martial law was—but there was a limitation of it in favour of loyal subjects, and there was nothing stating the extent to which martial law might be exercised against foreign invaders and in ternal rebels. The 96th sec. of the act laid itdown that before martial law was put in force there should be a great council of the nation acting upon informa tion. That great council had been called in Jamaica ; it had been attended by the governor, the officer in command of the troops, the admiral, and all the authorities in the island. What had been done he was clearly of opinion was justifiable by law, there being that state of things in existence which one of the witnesses for the prosecution had stated was open insurrection. It was brought to the attention of the great council of the nation. They declared martial law, which the two gentle men now in court were compelled to administer. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) DEPARTURE OF GARIBALDI FROM • • • CAPRERA. FLORENCE, Feb. 22. Garibaldi disembarked at Leghorn yesterday from Caprera and has arrived in this city to-day. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 20. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert William Keats, Esq., late Governor and Commander-in -Chief of the Island of Trinidad and its dependencies, to be Lieute nant-Governor of the colony of Natal. FEBRUARY 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henry Gosling, Esq., to be a member of the Bermudas or Somers Islands. CROWN OFFICE—FEB. 21. - - _ MEMBERRETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Suffolk—Eastern Division.—Frederick SHOW den Corrance, of Broadwater, in the said county, Esq., iu the room of Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, Bart., who has accepted the office of Steward of Her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. ADMIRALTY, FEE. 9. Royal Marine Light Infantry Lieutenant-GeneralJo hn Tatton Brown to be General, vice Coryton, deceased ; Ma jor -,Gen. T. Lemon, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-General, vice Brown; Colonel Commandant 11. Marriott to be Major- General, vice Lemon ; Colonel S econd Commandant William Stratton Aslott to be Colonel Commandant, vice Marriott; Lieutenant-Colonel Richard King Clavell to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Aslott; Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. R. Boyle to be Lieut.-Col. vice Clavell ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Joseph George Shanks to be Captain, vice Boyle; Second Lieutenant Herbert St. George Schonberg to be First Lieutenant, vice Shanks. Mr. Thomas Murray has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Feb. 6, 1867. The French steamer La Seine and Tamise, Capt. Corr, belonging to Messrs. Gaudet Freres, yesterday embarked at the T pier at Woolwich arsenal 300 tons of War Department models, being the heavy portion of the samples of ingenuity prepared and packed in the departments for the Paris Exhibition. She expected to sail to-day. About 50 tons still re main of additional lighter articles, which will be shipped from the Custom-house in London on the 10th of March. 86 61 The Ensuing Week's Selections. NOTTINGHAM SPRIN G MEETING. TRIAL STAKES (one mile).—" Bell's Life :" Bis marck, Volunteer, or Clarice. " Era :" Bismarck. " Field :" Bismarck, or Volunteer. " Sporting Life :" Bismarck. " Sporting Gazette :" Bismarck. " Sportsman :" Bismarck, or Clarice. STAND PLATE (half a mile).—" Bell's Life :" Landlord, Lady Valentine, or Columbine. " Era :" Landlord, or Lady Valentine. " Field :" Usher, (I , ti Vive, or Landlord. " Sporting Life :" Qui Vive, or Landlord. " Sporting, Gazette :" Panta loon, Columbine, or Mr. Angell's best. " Sports man :" Qai Vive, Flying Jib, Lady Valentine, or Landlord. INNKEEPERS' PLATE.—" Be11'; Life :" B . smarck or Landlord. " Field :" Crown PLinc^, Contract, orSweet Anne. " Sporting Life :" Luly Pam or Rustic Beauty. " Sporting Gazette •" Mr. Anpll's best. " Sportsman :" Crown Prince or Chapel Royal. MACARONI STAKES (two mil es ) . —" Fi e ld : " H og ue not or Lideote. " Sporting - Life :" Huguenot Sporting Gazette :" Greyfoot. " Sportsman :' Mustang. NOTTINGHAM SPRING HANDICAP (mile and a quarter.)—" Bell's Life :" Vigorous or Sweet Anne. " Era:" Beadle or Life Guardsman. " Field :" Brick, or Vigorous. " Sporting Life :" Beadle, Brick or Vigorous. " Sporting Gazette:" Fortu natus or Beadle. " Sportsman :" Helen, Fortu natus, or Beadle. GREAT ANNUAL HURDLE RACE (2k miles.) — Fan, Surney, or Fortunatus. " Field :" Fortuuatus, Surney, or Lord Burleigh. g‘ Sporting Life :" Fan. " Sporting Gazette Fortunatus or Fan. " Sports man :" Fortunatus, Dean Swift, or Fan. LITTLE JOHN STAKES (strarght half mile).— " Bell's Life Ninny. " Era :" Ninny or Eau de Vie. " Field :" Ninny. " Sporting Life :" Ninny. " Sporting Gazette :" Ninny or Eau de Vie. " Sportsman :" Ninny or Traviata. FOREST HANDICAP (six furlongs).—" Field :" Crown Prince or Sweet Anne. WEST DRAYTON MEETING. IVER PLATE (five furlongs).—" Sporting Life :" La Sorrentina, Bay Leaf, or Countess 8010. " Sporting Gazette :" Mr. Pitt or Marquis of Worcester. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE (two miles).—" Sport. ing Life :" Holkar or Pirate. " Sporting Gazette :' Pirate. COLHAM PLATE (one mile).—" Sporting Life :' Feemy or Libertine. " Sporting Gazette :" Liber. tine. MIDDLETON STAKES (half a mile).—" Sporting Life :" Mr. Ten Broeck's best. WELTER Cur (one mile).—" Sporting Life :" Lord Douglas or Slender. "Sporting Gazette :" Royal Tartan. OPEN HUNTERS' STARES (mile and a half).— " Sporting Life" and " Sporting Gazette :" Pearl Diver. WEST DRAYTON HANDICAP (mile and a half).— " Sporting Life :"—Opposition, Hop Leaf, or Libertine. " Sporting Gazette :" Libertine or Royal Tartan. DERBY SPRING MEETING. GREAT MIDLAND STEEPLECHASE (81 miles).— " Bell's Life:" King of Hearts, Patience, or Elsham " Era :" Elsham or King of Hearts. " Field :' Elzham or Balder. HARRINGTON PLATE (half a mile).—" Era:" Eau de Vie or Pyrenees. "Field :" Eau de Vie, Vex, or Speculum. _ _ DERWENT PLATE (one mile).—" Sporting Life :' Sweet Anne or Black Prince. " Field :" Best of Cliff's. GREAT MIDLAND SPRING HANDICAP (one mile).— " Bell's Life :" Beadle or Bismarck. " Era :" Beadle or Bismarck. " Field :" Beadle or Queen of Trumps. NOTES TRAINING QUARTERS NEWMARKET. The Rake continues at work, but gallops less than a mile, and very steadily, all by himself. The Hermit still canters about, but Knight of the Garter is at good exer cise. Leybourno is taking D'Estournel nice mile gallops. The Dragon is striding along now, but Trocadero and Enchantress are not doing a great deal. Julius is doing uncommonly well, but he is a light-timbered horse, and should the ground become hard he will not like it. We shall have nothing for West Drayton, but sevoial will go to Nottingham and Derby. The Beadle and Ninny have gone on from Lincoln. Qui Viva is fit, and so are Landlord and Lady Valentine. Sweet Anne, too, is in form; and Chapel Royal never wont bwttor. Bismarck has all the pull of weight in the Trial Stakes at Nottingham, and cannot lose, but:Volunteer is as well as he possibly can be. Wild Agnes, Indigestion, Havelock, Lizard, Fortunatus, Claverhouse, Caprice, Gretna, Gauntlet, Black Prince (by Knight of Kars), Leases, Sweet Home, Barrington, and Numa Pompilius, are severally forward in condition, and will take part in next week's encounters. The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester day evening ; NEWMARKET. The Rake and the Hermit have not galloped this week; but D'Estournel and Julius are now working freely, as also is Knight of the Garter. Dragon continues at long, steady exercise. Hippia gallops a mile and a quarter, looking and going first-rate. The handicap horses are healthy, and in nice work. Whalebone leads Chippen ham, and Tormentor is galloping with Seringapatam, the Oaks victress's action being unexceptional. She must be backed at Once for the Newmarket Handicap. Bloss has Blinkhoolie, Breadalbane, Broomielaw, Indigestion, Pro blem, Red Shoes, the Topsail colt, Trombone, Vespasian, and Volunteer in good working order now, and Cooper's pair, Dr. Syntax and the Lizard, are looking and going uncommonly well. The Earl of Derby is at exercise again, and Mount Palatine is galloping a mile freely. Vandorvelde has only been trotting since his return from Lincoln. Mr. Joseph Dawson's great attention is being paid - to Bismarck, Knight Errant, Little Rover, Miss Harriette, Numa Pompilius, Orne, Othello, Sweet Anne, and Troublesome; and at Mat Dawson's Apsley, the Beadle, Greenback, Sultan, and Wild Agnes continue in nice preparation. Tourmalin goes the best of the elder Hayhoe's team , but Lothario is ex ceedingly well, and Camilla, Jasper, and Janua aro pro mising. The junior Hayhoo is sending the Molly filly and Union Jack along swimmingly. Amongst the French lot perhaps Ariel, Atalante, Bretoline, Montagnard, Plutus, and Sweet Home are doing the best. Nutrition is gallop ing a mile and a half, and must bo looked after for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes; and so must Quick March, who is more forward than Leases and Scipio. Gretna has lost all her early form. Sam Rogers is getting Sydmonton exceedingly ripe, and Sealskin never moved bettor than he does at the present time. S T OCKBRID GE. Vauban continues to gallop a mile and a quarter freely, and Lord Ronald is also tutoring Uncas, who looks much improved, though still wanting time. The Duke has re commenced good work, and could net possibly do better ; and Lecturer is again in strong exercise. John Davis and Gomora are doing the most of tho whole of the Dane bury team, and the former looks a "dead certainty" fur the Great Northamptonshire. Copenhagen is stale and slow. Redcap has been in physic. Red Ribaud goes to Notting ham, and is bettor than Black Prince. Ischia gallops a mile and a quarter, as do Seville and lees. RICHMOND. Plaudit is improving daily, and no fear need be appre hended about his being fit—quite fit—on the Two Thou sand day. His action is beautiful, and he is pulling over Lozenge every morning. Ho gallops a mile and a quarter fast, as do Newland and Bumble Kite. Empress of India and Begum are galloping a mile and three-quarters each morning. Strathconan ani Bob Chambers canter freely; but Newland is merely trotting now. it )so is getting on first-rate. MALTON. Cora gallops a mile and a quarter fast, and is in splendid condition. Southminster is taking the youngsters along merrily, and Knight of the Crescent pioneers Uraud Cross a mile and a half, the pair being followed by Tarztban and Wild Wind. Knight of the Grove has resumed work, and accompanies War, who, with Klarinska and Vernon, are doing as well as John Scott could desire. Messmato -gallops a mile and three quarters, and Punster a mile and a half. FINDON. llama and Thalia are undergoing a thorough preparation for their Epsom Spring engagements, and must be remem bered for them as then exceedingly well in. Rama, too, is most leniently treated for the Groat Northamptonshire Stakes. Our two-year-olds are all forward, particularly Adelaide, Spurgeon, and the Norna colt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This M'Ap. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—THIS UAL LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 7 agst Shakespeare (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Columbia (offered) 20 to 1 agst Surney (offered) 25 to 1 agst Fan (taken) BO to 1 agst The Plover (taken) 30 to 1 agst Rhodomontade (taken) 40 to 1 apt King Arthur (taken) 40 to 1 eget Silver Star (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 40 to 1 nest Brown Tommy (taken) Two THOUSAND GUINEAS. 83 io 9 0 agst Plan,lit (offered—taken) 5} to 1 agst Julius (offered—G to 1 taken) 50) to 35 agat Vauban taken) 10 to 1 agat 1141114. (offere.l) 14 to 1 agst Marksman (uffared) 2U to 1 agst Master Butterfly (offered) DERBY. 9to 1 agst D'Estuurnel (offered) 9 b 1 agst 'Pho 114ko (offered—take 10 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Plaudit (offered) 100 to 7 agst Dragon (taken and offerod) 18 to 1 agst Marksin.trquffered) 20 to -1-agst li,rtait (offered) 25 to 1 agst Julius (offered) 33 to 1 agst Master Butterfly (taken) 33 to 1 agst Vauban (offered) Two MONSTRE SWEEPS OVER THE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE, drawn Monday, March 4th, 1867. 10,000 members at is each,. and 3,000 members at 28.63. each. Address, HARRY Wu.sox, Turf Herald Office, Hull. Commissions executed on all races. Reform Meetings in the Provinces. Last evening (we learn by telegraph) a large town's meeting was held in the Temperance-hall, Leicester, to consider the Government's proposed Reform resolutions. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. T. Paget, and the assembly numbered about 2,000 persons. The borough members, Mr. P. A. Taylor and Mr. J. D. Harris, who had been invited to at tend, sent letters of apology for not being present. A number of addresses were delivered, and reso lutions were unanimously adopted, expressing an entire want of confidence in the present Ad ministration, and an opinion that the peace, order, and good government of this country re quire a speedy enactment of a Reform Bill which shall secure a full and fair representation of the working classes in Parliament. The meeting also recorded its undiminished and entire confidence in Mr. Gladstone, and called upon the reformers of the United Kingdom, of all shades of opinion, to unite their efforts in supporting the right hon. gen tleman as the leader of the liberal party in the House of Commons. We learn also by telegraph that a successful meeting in favour of reform was held last evening at Devonport, on the occasion of the in auguration of a branch of the Reform League. The hall was crowded by respectable persons, chiefly artisans in the Governments establishments of the town. Resolutions were passed, amidst deafening cheers, declaring that the conduct of the present Government in its treatment of reform is an insult to the well known wishes of the people, besides marked by a very despicable desire to ob tain office by any means ; and that under these circumstances the meeting declared its conviction that the liberal majority of the House of Commons would be justified in proceeding at once to the ex pression of a vote of want of confidence in the Ministers. Another resolution in favour of the Re form League's principles was unanimously passed. Meetings were held on Thursday of the Wallsall branch of the Reform League, and at York, the latter being one of the largest assemblages which can be remembered in that city, at both of which resolutions, in substance the same as those referred to above, were adopted. Sir W. Hutt addressed a meeting of his constituents on Thursday, at Gates head. Having referred to mid commented on the " Resolutions," he said—" What arc we to do? (A voice—" Kick them out.") Are we to swal low heaps of resolutions, and follow Mr. Disraeli wherever he would lead us, under the assurance that lie is going to bring the subject of Parliamentary reform to a satisfietory termination ? (Cries of " No, no.") I sly with you No, no.. (Hear, hear.) I say that If thin plan, under ordinary circumstances, were proposed to us, our cours.! would be simple and plain. We ought utterly to reject it. But in the emergency in which we are placed, I think we must take a dif ferent course. I think it is the duty of the House of Commons—and especially the duty of the Liberal party in the House of Commons—to endeavour, if they can, to shape out of those unpromising mate rials, a real and an effectual reform bill. And if, gentlemen, after an earnest and sincere endeavour to arrive at this end, we should find that it is wholly impracticable, well, then, I say that the time has arrived when the Liberal party must step forward. (Loud cheers.) They cannot have in the House of Commons a better advocate than Mr. Gladstone. (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Let Mr. Gladstone introduce again, with certain amend ments, the bill which was rejected in the last session of Parliament. (A Voice—" Let him go further.") And in the conjuncture we have arrived at I have no doubt we shall carry the measure triumphantly through the legislature. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Gladstone is not titularly—is not nominally— but he is really now the leader of the House of Com mons. (Cheers.) He will be the leader and the Prime Minister of England—(a voice—" Yes, he will, soon")—if the nation's confidence—if his own singular training for public life—(cheers) — his o wn unimpeachable honesty and integrity —(h e ar, hear, and city and and cheers)—his earnestness of qua lifications for purpose and won derful accomplishments—his great s a g a in comparable eloquence—are any ) that duty. (Loud and protr acted cheering. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. This morning the 41st half-yearly ordinary gene ral meeting of the proprietors of the Great Northern Railway Company was held at the board room of the King's-cross station ; Col. Packe, M.P., in the chair. The report, which has already been published, was taken as read, and the further business of this meeting was to elect four directors in the place of Major Answick, Cul. the Hon. C. Duncontbe, Mr. Turner, M.P., and Mr. Waterhouse, M.P., who retired ; and alsa an auditor, in place of Mr. Morgan. The Ch AIRMAN said that the report was longer than usual, because they wished to give to the pro prietol s, who did not attend, the fullest information possible. He (the chairman) and 'his brother directors regretted to announce that they had been obliged by circumstances over which they had no control to decrease the dividend during the past half-year, but it would be satisfactory to know there were ample rea3ons why such a course should be adopted. The receipts on capital accounts during the last half-year had amounted to £666,171, out of which there was £210,000 which had been issued in exchange for a similar amount of Wrest Riding and Grimsby Company's stock. The expenditure on the capital included £415,130 on account of new lines not yet complAed ; but, in reduction of this sum, £201,771 had been received from the Midland Company for their proportion of the amount expended on the Cheshire and the Liverpool station. He now came to the revenue ; and although there bad been an increased receipt of £41,120, yet their traffic had fallen off. This was owing to several causes. The excursion traffic had fallen off princi pally, in consequence of the unfavourable and the panic which had taken place in the money market during the last autumn. The report having been seco n ded was unanimously weather, agreed to. SIEPPING INfELLIGENCE. LONDON, Feb. 23.—Wind this day at noon, North-West ; moderato breeze and fine weather. (By Telegraph.) GAAVESEND, Saturday Morning Arrived, Feb. 23.—Albion, steamer, from Ostend; steamer, from ADtsVerp ; General Slade, from Guernsey; Providence, from G►xvelices; Wave, from St. Michael's ; Caroline, from Faaborg; Wopkea, from Emden ; Aretas, from Genoa; Carl, from Alexandria; Humber, from Trini dad ; Evelyn, from Adelaide ; Heron (steamer), from Hamburg; Rhine (steamer) from Antwerp. 190 100 100 1, 0 100 100 91 2