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

- -- - - - b [ 101........... .............••1... 9...... ••••.... , -.............• IiONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS.--This day. AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, I ' Closing ' Business share, Railways. ' Paid. Price. done. i i et oriatut and laiter .... liar , 77 80 TWELVE O'CLOCK. at Caledonian -.; 100 1108 110 I_ . F ull rates are demand e d f or di scoun t accommo- _ et ~.?, Ott k t bria rs. an 11and0n...... _ r IGO 40 5 dation, and th e supp li es of bills are larger than of oaot ( 6 3 o u r n d a u ot 1 till !It Belfast June 100 5 70 4 5 6: late. E ar l y i n t h e week the terms for discount did at Dun„ Perth, & Ab. Jun e. . 100 72 - - 110 t vary, but th ere h as b een su b sequent pressure f or 100 E.London, scrip Certi, all the Indian 1,0. tut, - - a engagements, and the ordinary calls for at relMia,i=2:; 11U° 105 107 271 assistance have created a stronger inquiry ; the rate, at Do. Enol. st. No. •ti , sou 5 7 therefore, has risen to 3 per cent. The purchases a i :. ( 4. . , lr r , e ...a ,a t t lgr r t. l l l l . oL Seottaild 10000 112 114 of gold for France and Ger.nanv have produced a at ILL': A a5t0ck........, 1 I, 9 j g iii iii o ali ght change. It s eems certa i n t h at t h e rate w ill Do.s. at 25 pt lO , - - at (it S, and W. ot Irelantf lou 89 11 Lot now experience any great fluctuation. From st GL Western -Originali 1. 0 40 41 I 411 4 1, 1 2 1 per cent, the rate has advanced to 3 per cent., at 1" 1. ) )0.. . I' o 11411. Rail le g" a. 1 a I'° - , ' o ;,0 55 and, temporarily, the market is very firm. at Do. W. Mid.-Oxtord i 100 F 4 27 1 A further withdrawal of £54,000 took place at a n t D i, 0 0 .. N i v i ezp r o u r r t (i 1 :0 0 0 0 25 3, the B an k of England yesterday. at Lanes.;tere & Yorkshire:, 100 1211 1271 1 123 The speci e movements during the - past week have it it !Lon., lirigli.,4 6 Coas,lLJudon and Illackwali4 1 100 10 i 58 - 00 been of an important character. The imports have at a ' I 'M , . C i l i l e a t t r ", l 4 ). " d ,,, x l) . l e . IC 1•: ( , ) 17 8 t r i onl y amounted to abutit £113871 includingl6o,ooo at Lo o n .: k & t) tf u r t t i ti t , 11 eaten 19 0 0 0 .T 1 11 1151 1151 1 f rom New Z ea l an d , b y the Blue Jacket; £3,500 it Man., Slid., & Lincoln, 100 46 17 fr om New York, by the City of Antwerp; and at Metr0p01itan........,, a t ? ) 1.051 1 . 6 ! £4,500 by the Hansa. The Nyanza, from Alex- at lic u t o io E o x i t i e ta n n sio l ;i i;ir . iu . t it a l l i l 105 107 baudria, has brought £1,040. £1,339 in silver has too I Do. P do. do. 10 een received from Portugal, and £43,492 from the 10 at 1, 1 17 a i v d s t. John's W'd 6 100 110 e 111 1111 - Continent, The exports have comprised remittances 9 Do. p rm Sh ru are - , i .. & Derb 100 70 81 - to the Continent through private sources, estimated 25 a id o Kent . - at £170,363. at North British at Do. Ed., Pth., &Du 100 4 18 At the half yearly ordinary meeting of the share- at N th. Eastern - Berwic 100 101 102 1011 holde rs Do. G.N•E purch..• ‘6.13.1 -of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Com alit. Do. Leeds 0 61 9 60 14 Pa a _nY held yesterday the report of the directors was et i Do. ~i o i , : iti, e ..... adopted ;it stated that the sum available for 25 Do. Stock. & Darling all 33 55 18 9 10 j; dividend amounted to £10,898 Bs. 7d and a . l a o t North 3 1!e . London 01 109 112 115 dividend .9 at Do. do. 1865 5 - at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was at Do. Jo. 1866 . a 1 21. -- declared, payable on and after the 28th of May at North Staffordehire next. at N. &S. W. Junction 'The2s Scottish Central aster of th Me Rolls has appointed Mr. Price, at soot. N. B , Aber. atoc 100 - - of the Scot, firm of Price, Holyland, and Waterhouse, rt sL ij r:p . ahire Mid Union ..... . 100 100 - - WO 44 44 official liquidator of the Estate s Investment Corn- sal southll.?4ez.tocorn • leo 65 65 4 Pany (Limited). 20 itaines, Woks, & Wok all 8 94 '• ~ , st fall Vale No 153 :58 The traffic receipts on the East Indian Railway 10 Do. 0 for th e w eek ending 10th March amounted on 1,131 et Z'fa l fertr il l a l li Kilkenny 10 0 0 0 - -- 10 Waterloo & Whiteha i 6 - p e riod t o £ 5 2,447 7s. ; and for the corresponding tilins_ d or,flas? year, on 1,1291 miles, to £43,726,158, at West Cornwall 100 -- , BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ' n 'ln. an increase of £8,720 lls. 4d. -- ;ov Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 67 60 ---- According Two O'CLOCK. ,t l Rom.,Baroda, AL Cen.ln. 100 100 102 gu per shar es cent 10 Id 1p a ' ••• .. F •• - • day the to Reuter's telegram from Paris to- 10 i D o 2 French R en t es were 66f . 70 c. G rea t (1, 04 troDtroa.lorr&e i e L r i e rk n e Ce Huron all ; ii 1 2 g it ation. Bull.,Brant,&Goderich _ 100 1 6 p.c. 1872-3- 1......•• lou The lastest prices of Consols are 90 for transfer at Calcutta & 16. E., lim lOO 5 -- 5 - 5 - and.e the May settlement. The New Threes have e a ,t, i'; a g in j a W 7 ` t p D e. b en steady at 89/1 I ; It'll 1001 10 ° 1 los and the Reduced Annuities at .i Nast. Indian, ..u., 5 5 d u o 1 1 8 0 0 tot 1c.3 1C 0 . 7 3 11t 89 1 •i• Bank Stock is marked 252 i 253 ; India 20 Do. J teXt'n u s . ion P • . 15 - st Grand Trunkot Canada 100 20 22 5 Per Cents 110 1001 ; and the Bonds, 525. . 2 .00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds Prelll, 1 charge 6 p.c alt 85 88 --- tOO Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 5 9 10 Do. do defered „ BRI TISH FUNDS-CLOSING ICES. 1 0 0 Do. 2d Pr e f. r Bonds all 52 51 a / OVI4RNMENT FUNDS. 100 Du. do. deferred - - B Dr (Ault. Consols 100 Do, do. deferred .... all - - I:" C ent. 8 0. A.ccount, M ay 9 914 1 100 Do. 4th Pret. stook .. all 23 25 Reduced 894 4 100 Do. do, deterred .... all - - I, Te W 3 Per Cent B 9 - I ~t, (it. India Pen. gua. sp.c. too 106 106 1071 ,1 7 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - is to. Gus. 5 per cent.. 18 i 1 1 l' 10 Do. New gua. sp. 0.. 0 1 c Au-u°nuitbiepuer3Cent. Jan. 1873 Do. for '3ooyrs, - at ut.South of India ...... expire sth Jan., 1880 -- gun. 5 per cent Do yrs, , expire sth April 188'5... - et D./. 41 per cent loa 91 93 tu,,_ (Red Sea relevaph), Au.., 1908... - at Do 2 - - 201 Great Wes. of Canada all 121 131 neqUer Bills, .£l,OOO, o and 4 per Ct. - all to 12y Do X5OO - 204 D. New.. .. bo. £ lOO .00 Do. 6p. e 114 s. pay. 1873 all 1+822 Bank dc £2OO 2O pm toc pay. .. 84 of Engl an d S tock, 61 per Cent 81 2 1/ 11 1 at Madras, gua. 5 pa) ~,, 100 100 102 , INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIEB. at Do. 41 do lOO 92 14 "„ ti Stock, 104 per Cent., Apri11874... - at Do, 41 d 0 ..~... •Vse.• Account - 29 Do. Fittli :xtension 5- - D u ?' Per Cent. July, 1880 - - ~,'-'• 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - - Pi/o. Certificates - at . I tl.C'do.,6pc lat plbs 100 8 1, 2 .9 o. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent B4 at Scinde ..... ..... A • 100 l '' " 1/0 5 et Do. Delhi is d 10 " 97 98 99 1 b • per Cent. Jan. 1872 - 20 Do. do 46. 10 1 1 „ 0 ' 5 / per Cent. Ma 1879 - st Do. Puniaub.... ama 100 97 98 "o• Deb., 5 per Lent, Aug. 1873 - et Do.lndus Stlelot 64 10 ° - Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., Xl,OOO 52 pm - ---___ Do. under £l,OOO - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. -- - tine Republic, 6 per Cent - British Columbia, 6 per ----- . Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 - cent., Deo.al, 1872._ 100 - - Brazilian 5 per Cent - - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - 1 877-e4 1863 - D. 6p. c. leb. & Aug 1 0 98 100 Do. - 1) ". S P. 0. Mar. & Sept lOU 100 102 De Aceotint o. 5 per Cent., 1865 - 1 )o. sp. C. Jan. .t July 1 100 83 00 D - Do. sp. e. Inscribed ski lye b 7 63 00. £lOO Bonds - Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 10 : 194 b onitos Ayres 6 per Cent. 7B .- Do. Apl.&Oct . 1890- lvuu 100 105 107 0 '1•11 Do .011 6 er Cent 2 per Cont. (D e f erre d 3 per C ent ) - - I 'o. d o I sBu - 9: , 100 10 1 100 , - Do. Jan.&July, 1139 U-11. 100 102 NI p - Do. 5 per cent, 15 April D . O. 41 per Cent and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 111 i'3 U. 6 por Cent A - ,Csylon, Nov. 1868 6 p., luo 101 1i , 3 Do, . _. B - I Do. 1878, do, 100 196 1 8 Do, ti. 8 0. 71 1867 - s lauritfuts, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Cpl„ • " Scrip, £2O paid dis - Do, 17€1 ... lOO 11,3 tO3 uthran, 6 per Coat. - .)o. (882, Slay 1 5, Nov. .. 10a 193 106 l ' i n a l s 6 per Cent - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 1 0 5 107 111 sh 3 per Cent., 1825 - kaatal *-loy. e per cent.. 19,1 98 110 •,, 133 . 5 per Cont., 1861 - N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.&.111.1 ) 100 06 98 4,lliiibiata Principalities, 7 per Cent - N. S. W. Gov. 5 irc., 1866 lOU 91 93 Do, Do. 8 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187,1 100 Do - - „ 1867 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 t o 18 93 100 85 ~.7 :1 -„, Do. Scrip, £2O pa id -- die - New Zealand, 6p. cent lee 101 192 ' 11ador New Consolidated, 1 p er Cent - - Do. 5 per cent......, too el 85 Ptian 7 per Cent B2l Nova &Alt% GOV. 6 p. c. -1 , 0 . Seco n d I ssue sterling, 1875 ....... . 190 96 98 -1,0 - £l.OO Bonds - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 91 93 " 0 . Do. 80. .£ l OO Bonds - Do Gov ore It eminent Railway Debentures - _ Per Cents_ 1824_5 1864 804 NT. ( - 1,,,,„,,.,. - S. A us.C, ov. 6 p,o 1868- 0 100 - - Do. 1878 &up ward s .. 1 , 0 106 108 - Vlo,tiov. 6 p.c. J a &July 1 00 r, e - Do. do, April & Oct.. 100 107 109 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cent. Consols 8 . per Cent. Reduced Do. Account, May 9 9l; 1 i is le e W 3 Per Cent B9f 1 1 DO. 21 per Cent. J an . 189 4 — " 0 . 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April ' lBB5 — ,„ (Red Sea Teletoraph), Au,,., 1908 — v-zetioquer Bills, £l,OOO, o an 4 per Ct — Do. Do £5OO — £lOO & £2OO 2O pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. D lonian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — 0. Account bO. 5 Per Cont. July, 1880 1101 10 0. per C en t. , O ct. 1888 Do 4 . Certificates 84 Do. Enlaced Paper 4 por Cent P, O . 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872 '-'°. Deber Cent., May 1879 — Do. ~ 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. B on d s, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO 52 pm Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 J ) 0 Account, t• 00. £lOO Bond s ogenes Ayres 6 per Cent. 7B De 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) o.o.lian 6 per Cent D 0. 41 per Cent Liu. N. 6 per C en t A . DoB Do , ~. 1867 o• 71 dis • Scrip o 7l 'Hathian, 6 per Cent., £2O paid — 1 , 06 . 1., 6 pe r Cent. "'mush 3 per Cent., 1825 , per Cent., 1861 -.4tubian Principalities, 7 per Cent Do, Do. 8 „ 1867 Do, Do. Scrip, £2O paid -- dis 4 illuador New Consolidated, 1 p er Cent —Zlptian 7 per Cent B2l 0. Second Issue Do. .£lOO Bonds ~'!0• D o , 1864 O. £lOO Bonds BOl ~., Do Governm en t Railway Debentures — ' iree lc 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons D O . Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. J alian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account . .. Do. I N laremmana Railway sal , xicn. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French I S l ontovideat C per Cent. • • Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent see- Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) l'e:uvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do A ccoun t — Do 41 per Cent., 1865 O D_ o 41 por Cent. (Uribarren) 4 per Cent., 1862 391 , DO Account c,)rtuuese3 per Cl., 1853, '6, '7, '9, 60, 2, . it uZslan 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St _ _ .„,0 43 per Cent. 1850 Dolie 41 per Cent., 1860 ~, 3 pm Cent., 1859 — '"" 6 p er Cent, 1862 B6 5: 61 D , • 86 r,_• 5 Per Cent, 1864 '" ). A nglo-Dutch, 1866 843 31 N. a ardini an 5 per do. Cent Pr,lrlish 3 per Cent "0 Ace/flint . w .~ I) 0„ Now Debi te d -.0. Account D o p...._ :_ 20 D o A'''', ' y e fj, . ,CC k ant 2 Ol i '",,""r"80 Cert. of Coup not funded l3/ f 13 , "0 Account Iledish 4 per C en t . — 0 0 ' 4 i Per Cent. 1864 • Sc Tu r k• , rIP, £6O paid h 18 it 6 er Cent. 1854 —, •.o• Account o 6 b o P ,, r Cent. 1858 ts • Accot -,,0 .£lOO 0 Bond s — DoCent. 1862 '`'ecount 511 lOO Bonds Dog, per Cent., 1863 — Doo`-'0 5 per Cent., 1865 so• Account - ,' o , 6 per Cent., 1865 _ v e l' • 4 per Cent. Guaranteed _ 1 1 1 0 "11 ela, 3 Per Cent. — • 6 Per Cent, 1862 — Ditto Do. Do i 1864 — -s por Cent. Austrl.Diviiends on the above payable in London. eh ' 4 , Par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Dut'e a n • 4 it per cent., Ex. 25f. 2- i- per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ — vo. 4 ' Cent. Certificates .... Preuch Ilexeitaiitontes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. 7 6 ', - 1 61 tl/41.1ePecortuaCte.n.t. 1831, Ex. 254. ............................ CO llOBOl5 M oney 91 1 '' es. 4 e o oun e t Y .. 14 7 0 2 O : CLO g CIL 91 1 1.'...........—__ BRITISH MINNS. Gam. Consul. G old, lint. 1 Chivert.on ............ 81 7 8 Clifford Amalgamated. 30 r 9 Devon G. Cons, (Tavlst. 1 370 390 Drakewalls ............ 2.1.0 1 11 East Bassett (Illogan).. 291 22 2 1 East Caradon .......... 2.14.6 5 8 East Cam Brea ...... East Grenville .......... 2.14 A 2 3 3 31 East Gunnislak e ....... 8.3.0 / 4 East Loved ......... 3.9.0 E. W'l Russell (Tavistit 11.2 9 1 .6 3i 31 Gam.dt StAubyn(G wen. 66 g 4 Great I.,,xey, limited.. all 16 17 Great South Tolgus•• •• 0. 11.0 Great Wheal Busy... •• G U 14.9,e Vor alelstou 10 2C 22 Grenville . 8.18.0 11 Herod's Foot ..... . 8.10. t, 3c 31 llingston Downs .. . ... 5.10.0 21 3 t Margaret (TJny Lelant 13 .17.0 7 9 4 Marke Valley .. • ...... t. 10.6 31 nwyndy Iron Ore, 31 21 lid New Se ton ...... ..• • 431 35 45 - North Roakear ..... 381 11 13 N•W Bassett (I flogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13, 6, 6 Prosper United.... •• . 7.1.6 21 21 'rovidence Uny Lelan t 26 28 Caradon (St. Cleer).. 11 310 330 ,:uuth Condurrow ...... 3.2.0 1 11 ;.'wheal Fran. (111o),ran 1 8.18 9 'tray Park • ........... 35.15.6 3 3 / 4 44 _ 'ln Croft .............. )2 14 t Tigra and Clogan, a ll _ Vest Bassett (Mogan .. 13 6 1 Caradon (Ltsk eard 1! 9 .1 4 'est Chiyerton ....... 11 68 70 West 5ewn...... • ..... 47 1 130 140 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 65 Wheal Buller (Bedruth 1 5 6 i 23 0 'heal Mary Ann (Melt. 8 1 1 13 ' heal Setou ........ 58 1 105 115 Whealr T elawney (Lis. 5.17.0 10 12 eutuotiN B ik a n ti t i w n e a r u p d an , d ,ta lto e t r t a e n rd a r e , v, g i i i.n.i 7 per cent., 12} San Paulo, lirn., gua. 6 per cent., 151 South Austrian add Lombardo Venetian, 143 le;III.EIGN atIN tuo. Cape Copper, lim., 74 tion ['ear°, Nor 11 Del Rey, 11-16 pm General, 111 St. John del Rey, Um., 551 5 BANKIS. Agra, tim., A, 3 City. 12, Anglo-Italian, lim., 9 Australasia, 61 Bank of Egypt, 33 imperial Ottoman, lim., 8 76- London and River Plate. 434 Dim', issued at 16 pm., 106 Ditto, ditto, 106 London Joint Btosic, 43 London and County, Ditto, new, 24k Union of .Loudon, 4116 MISCELLANEOUS. A nglo-Mexican Mint, Berlin Water ‘Vorks, lint.. 102 East India Irrigation and Canal, 14 International a..and Credit. lint., 21 / North British and Mercantile Insurance, 131 raliania New Zealand, aad Aus. it. Rail, Rio de Janeiro City Improvements , it)/ SUPPOSED LOSS OF A PLEASURE BOAT AND FOrit LivEs.--On Monday last Mr. Collins, of the Balmoral Hotel, Broadstairs, together withs boatman named CorneY, and two others, started from Broadstairs for the Dover rg view iu a pleasure boat. The party lauded at St. Mal_ garet's Bay, and in the evening, after the review was over started iu the boat again for home, but they have not since been heard of. Great excitement is felt in Broadstairs re ,specting the fate of those missing. th e 1:1:! :HE Y the OF WALES.—Each day during c otoit s .' week has been one of satisfactory progress in the ni g h t I° l, ll. of her royal highness. Natural sleep during the Pri n ..‘as a lso been fully restored. On Wednesday the 41 elfi n 3 had a refreshing sleep of seven hours. The j o i titb g and other inflammatory symptoms in the knee on greatly subsided, and it is Much less sensitive hee:lrig handled. The general health has throughout /lul u , well maintained ; and there is, happily, no room for to the anxiety than that which attaches to the doubt as of Possibility of restoration of the natural movemen ln ts titl a . joint which has been so roughly invaded by an '- A t 8, prolonged, and severe inflammation. —Brit is h Y e Li al Journ a l. P o ' E MARQUIS OF EXETER AND THE POPLAR b't, ( 2 lL° n Tuesday last large quantities of hares and rab which Marquis of Exeter's eat at had been killed on t he au trv s, were forwarded to Poplar for the benefit of the had n g poor in that district. It is said that his lordship f Previously shown in a substantial form his sympathy or the distressed there.—Stamford Mercury. Nov riasit,e,s AND ITALY. L e tt e rs from Florence, a AND correspondent of the Independence Bei g e, • '"en that C ount Walewski has ha d severa l interviews nth Aft Z• Itattazzi, " which would seem to indicate that the ia President of the Corps Legislatif is not gone to Italy meld pleasure trip." The will of John Stewart Margetson, Esq., of Broadlands, Streatham, Surrey, and of Cheapside, warehouseman, of the firm of Welsh and Marget son, was proved in the London Court on the 23d ult., and the personalty sworn under £140,000. The executors and trustees are Sir Benjamin Philllips ; Paul Margetson, Esq., testator's brother ; Hannah Margetson, the relict; and John Mar getson, the son. The will bears date Feb. 2, 1867, and he died on the 18th of the same month, aged fifty-five. The will is entirely a family disposition, leaving to his wife £5OO immediate, several houses, and the sum of £lO,OOO absolutely, and directing her to distribute amongst his ser vants the sum of £lOO. The•residue of his property, real and personal, he leaves to be divided equally amongst all his children on their respectively attain ing the ago 24 years. 'THE SUN, LON 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. THE CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST A TRADESMAN.—The two men, Morris and Phillip, who stood charged with stealing a large quantity of sugar, the property of Messrs. Seward ; and Mr. Cornelius Belcham, a grocer, in Drury lane, where he had carried on business for more than 20 years, was charged with feloniously receiving the same, well kncwing it to have been stolen. There was also another charge made against Belcham, Viz., feloniously receiving a large quantity of tea which had ly!en stolen after its delivery at Beal's Wharf. The first witness examined this morning was, Henry Taylor, a clerk at the London Docks, who proved lelivering to Seward's carman a hog,shead of sugar on the 2th of March. It weighed 17 cwt. 1 qr. 171 b. He could lot swear that Morris was the person. _ _ Mr. Samuel Wretle, foreman of the E kst and West India Dock Company, said on the 12th he delivered a hogshead of sugar to .Seward's carman, weighing 18 cwt. 1 qr. 231 b. Mr. 13:.ard said that would complete th• sugar case, and he would now proceed with the charge of feloniouly re oeiving the tea, which affected only the priAmer 11,1cliam. Mr. llonstiel I, delivery foreman ofllml's Wharf, Tooley street, said on the I?.th March he delivered 10 chests of tea to order. Six were numbered 411 to 416, and four 178 to 131. Ile could not identify the carman. He had examined the chests found at Belcham's house, and three of the six produced had contained a portion of the tea he had delivered on the occasion to the carman. George Rose, carman to Messrs. Camplin, said he re ceived the tea from the last witness. He then drove his cart into the lane leading from the wharf and left it for about two minutes, and on his return ho found the horse, cart, and tea gone. He searched about and made inquiries, but without avail, and could hear nothing relative to the robbery of the tea. On his return he communicated the matter to his master. In cross-examination the witness said he was given into custody for stealing the tea, but after four remands ho was discharged. Police-constable Ackritt said—On the 12th of April he went to Beleham's promises in Drury lane, and found there a quantity of tea and some empty chests. The three pro duced ho found in the cellar beneath the shop. W hen he discovered the chests Belchtuu said, " Oh, they have been in my possession over twelve mouths." At that time he was not aware of the robbery of the tea. I❑ cross-examination Ackritt said Sergeant Mathews and ho wore present when Belch= made that admission about the possession of the ten chests. They found 11 tea chests. Four were down stairs and the rest in the shop. They could not be seen until tho sacks which covered them were removed. The prisoner was in the cellar when the conversation took place, and he would swear the other two officers were present.. Prisoner said there was one of the chests found in the shop he had had 18 mont he ; but that remark did not apply to the chests found in the cellar. Police-constable Doudall said he was with Ackrell when the chests were found in the cellar. He recognised the chests produced from the fact of there being marks of the action of fire on each of them. He heard Ackritt say something to Belcham, when he replied, "Oh, I've had these chests in my house more than a twelvemonth." H e made that assertion more than a half dozen times. This was said in the hearing of Sergeant Mathews. Witness made some remarks about the burnt marks about the place, where the marks had been, and Bcleham said he had bought the tea from a man over the water, where there had been a fire, but ho did not know who tho man was. He would swear positively that Belcham said ho had had the tea-chests now in court more than 12 months. In ono of the chests found on the promises the sample of tea now produced was found. Mr. Taylor, recalled, said the tea taken from the chest had not been damaged either by fire or water. He pro duced a sample of tea he ought to have received on the 12th of March, and it was precisely of the same descrip tion as that produced by the police. This being the whole of the evidence, Mr. Lewis, who appeared for Delcham, contended that the charge against his client had entirely failed as the warrant put it, as the stolen tea bore the date of delivery on the 9th of March and not on the 12th as had been stated. There was no evidence to show that Belcham had received it other than in the ordinary course of business. A number of witnesses were called, who spoke to the prisoner I.lclebain as being looked upon by his neighbours as an honest, upright man. Mr. Flowers said he bad decided upon sending the case for trial. Mr. Lewis asked, under the circumstances, that his client might again be admitted to bail. Mr. Beard, who appeared for the prosecution, said he should object to that, because the case against the prisoner Belcham now presented a very different aspect to that which it did on the last occasion ; and, mareover, he had two officers in attendance who would prove that Belcham had been long suspected as a wholesale receiver. Mr. Flowers said he admitted the prisoner to bail on the first occasion, and he thought if he could now produce responsible bail he ought to accvt•it again. The prisoners were fully committed fur trial. Bail NINaS. them fice4to,l for Clio prigon.r.Belch!im intro sureties of £OOO each, and himself in £l,OOO. MARLBORO UG 11-STREET. SENDING CHILDREN OUT TO BEG.-Two boys named William Foster and Richard Ryan wore charged before Mr. Knox with begging in the Regent-circus. Police-constable Francis Moss, 63 C, stated that while in the Regent-circus last night about 9 o'clock, ho saw the two boys begging of different ladies and gentlemen, and as he had seen them for some weeks past in the same place begging he took the= into custody. Foster said that if he did not get a certain sum of money he dared not*go home. Both boys bad been charged at the court before with begging, and given up to their friends. Mr. Knox said be wished he could send the parents for a month each. Foster's mother said her boy had no occasion to go cadging. He wont out with cigar lights. Mr. Knox said it was a scandalous thing to send such children out to beg. Ho would remand them, and in the meantime turn it over in his mind what ho would do with them. THAMES. THE END OF RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY.—A youth named Charles Young was brought before Mr. Paget,charged with assaulting William Gandy, a police constable, No. 93 K. The prisoner and another youth were engaged in a warm discussion at two o'clock this morning in 'Willis-street, Bromley, respecting the Bible, and they were very noisy and abusive towards each other. Everything advanced by one relating to the Divine truths of Scripture was con tradicted by the other. Gandy advanced towards them and said, " Now, my lads, it is time to go home ; finish your arguments to-morrow." The prisoner resented this in terference by abusing the policeman and striking at him. Gandy took him into custody, and conveyed him to the station-house. On the way there the prisoner became very restless, and took a clasp-knife from his pocket, which he attempted to open. Gandy seized him, and prevented him using it. The prisoner had a little drink. In defence he asserted that the policeman in terfered with him and his friend while having a sober discussion on the Bible, and ill-used him. This counter charge was investigated, and turned out to be unfounded. Mr. Paget thought the prisoner and his companion might have chosen a more suitable time and place for a discussion upon the Bible, and he could see no ma.= to find fault with the constable. lie was of opinion the assault was quite unjustifiable, and it was a suspicious c i rcums t an ce that the prisoner had t a k en out hi s k n if e . il tswenotecnalceenddlarirmtobeimprisoned an d k ept to hard labour for months. LAMBETH. CAUTION TO TRADESMEN. James Pearson; a labourer, was charged, before th. IT.. C. C. Norton, with begging, aidassaulting Mr. Clar k, watchmake r and jeweller, of High-street, Peckham. Police-cons t a ble Frederick Burrows, 138 P, said th a t h e was on duty l as t night in High - street, Peckham, when he was called to take the prisoner into custody, w h o was begging and creating a disturbance. Mr. William Clark, the prosecutor, said that the pri soner entered his shop and said ho was very poor, and asked for relief. He was persuaded to leave, and he said he should not until he got some money, and attempted to take some jewellery out of the window. The constable said the prisoner had frequently assaulted gentlemen in a similar manner. The Prisoner—l am very sorry. Mr. Norton—But you attempted to take his goods. Prisoner—l was drunk and knew not what 1 was about Mr. Norton --You must go to prison for one month, with Lard labour. WESTMINSTER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY CARMEN.-Henry Lovegrove and William CouchmAn, carmen iu the employment o f Messrs. Timms and M arten, builders and contractors, were charged with stealing a great quantity of wood, the property of their masters; and Henry Kemmins, a carter, living in Blenheim-street, Chelsea, with feloniously receiving the same. Mr. W. Jenkins, foreman to Messrs. Timms and Marten, Cheyne-Walk, Chelsea, said that last night, in consequence of information be received, lie went from his private house to his employer's yard and missed the wood and lumber. He had told Lovegrove to take one of the loads of wood to their other premises. The wood and lumbar missed had been brought from Fitzroy houses, Primrose-hill, and the remainder from a church at Kensington. Two loads of missing timber were found at Kemmins's, who was given into cus tody as well as the other prisoners, who were subsequently locked up. Lovegrove admitted they had sold two loads of the wood, but said the firemen and others in Timms and Martin's employ did the same. Rowe, 113 F, proved seeing both prisoners deliver a load of wood, planks, and quartering at Kommins's, some of it now. lie subsequently took Semmins, who admitted that ON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1867. ho and his wife had bought the wood from the prisoners. The first load, value £5, was sold for ss. ; the second load, which was not so good, for 4s. 61. Kemmins said he had no guilty knowledge when he bought the wood. He thought they might sell it. Rowe said a yard full of timber had been traced to Kemmins's father. The prisoners were remanded until Friday. to the contest with the 7-inch new shrapnel and the 7-inch segment shell, bursting at 50 yards short, the total effect of the 7-inch new shrapnel was 533 through, 94 lodged; 28 struck ; the average effect of the 7-inch segment shell was 10 through, 5 lodged, and 6 s truck. To enable comparisons of the number of missiles in the respective shells with the number passed through, lodged in, and struck against the targets we give the following particulars : —Boxer shrapnel' shells, with mixed metal balls, 9-inch for mazzle loader, 437 balls of 3 ounces eac!l total weight of missile, 2591 b. ; 8-inch for muzzle-loader, 315 balls of 3: ounces each—total, 181flb ; 7-inch, for muzzle-I Jader, 200 balls of 3 ounces each— tad, 1111 lb. ; shell for 61-pounder, 231 balls, 14 to the pound; 7-inch, for breech-loader, .;60 balls, 11 to, the pound—total, 9831 b. Boxer shrapnel, with iron balls fur 9-inch muzzle-loader, 171 balls of 2oz. each—total weight of missile, 2281 b. ; 8-inch, 363 balls of 2oz.—total, 17ulb ; 7-inch, 200 balls of 2oz.—'otal, lOulb ; shell fur 64-pounder, 112 balls of 2oz. ; 7-inch breech loader, 140 balls of 2oz. —total, about 901 b. The segment 7-inch shells contain 112 segments of 3.360 z. each, the total weight of the missile being about 971 b. We may get another view of the far greater de structive effects of the new shrapnel shell over the previous segment by the more minute details of the target results. Taking the first round of the 9-inch Boxer shrapnel upon the front row of six targets, each of which is 9 feet by 9 feet superficial, and divided into 81 one-foot squares, we have on t'ie first target 20 balls through, on the second 22, third 29, fourth 25, fifth 30, and on the sixth 23 through. In other words, one bullet through in every line of four feet. From the rounds from the 7 -inch gun, the new shrapnel, bursting at 50 yards shot, sent an average of 93 balls through each of three targets that received its contents, or one ball in every square foot of the surface. To.plit the work done by the 7-inch segment:in compariSon, we have only 8 seg ments through in four of the targets, or only one segment through in every 40 squares. The new 9-inch Shrapnel have been tested to prove the strength of their shells by firing from the gun with battering charges of 431 b. of powder, in stead of 301 b ; the 8-inch with 301bs. instead of 201 b, and the 7inch with 221 b instead of 141 b. By en ' during this test they have been proved safe for firing over the heads of troops. There were present at the trials Gen. Lefroy, Lord Kerr, Col. Wray, and Col. Boxer. The experi ments were conducted under the direction of the Commandant, Col. Eardley Wilmot, by Capt. An derson, Mr. Behenna, Quartermaster, R.A., and Mr. Forest, of the Royal Laboratory. MARKETS.—This day. COVENT GARDEN. - - There is a good supply of vegetables on sale, and the demand is brisk, at fully last week's quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; grapes, 8s Od to 15s Od per lb; apples, 4s Ud to 8s Od per bushel; oranges, 4s Od to 9s; lemons, 7s to Ils par 100; cobnuts, 75s to 80s per 100 lbs; strawberries, 9d to is 6d per oz. ; pears, Os to Os per doz.; melons, Os to Os. VEGETABLES—Cabbages, is 3d to 2s; cauliflowers, 4s to 85 per dozen heads; beet, is Od to 2s; celery, 2s Od to 2s 6d per dozen heads ; horseradish, 4s to 6s per bundle ; turnips, 6d to Od ; carrots, 6d to 84 per bunch ; cucum bers, 2s tO 4s each; small salad, 2d to 3d; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s 6d per punnet; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel; endive 2s to 3s, lettuces, 2s to 3s per score ; parsley, 6d to Bd, mint 4d to is per bunch ; potatoes, 75s to 180 s per ton. Shell Experiments at Shoeburyness. The few experiments which took place yesterday under the direction of the Ordnance Select Com mittee in an exceedingly quiet manner will, never theless, rank vs the most important of all that have been made upon this classof missiles for rifled guns and will be in years to come a memorable stand point in the history of the progress of modern artil lery. Some short time since we described the terrific effects produced by the new shrapnel shellsdcsigned by Col. Boxer, and the experiments of yesterday were specially undertaken as the crucial test between the Boxer shrapnels and the segment shells admitted into the service in 1859. The original shrapnel was a hollow sphere filled with bullets, commingled with the bursting charge of powder. The chief improve ment made in this form was the separation of the bursting charge of powder from the bullets, and thus avoiding the drawback to the use of the origi nal shrapnels th a t th ey were li a ble to burst in the gun on the firing by t h e su dd en impact of the bullets on the powder thro ug h t h e con trary action of the inertia of the free c on t ents an d the momentum im parted to the shell. Aft er r ifl e d guns had been in troduced Sir W. Arm s t rong designed a bolt - shaped shell, in the extreme i n t erna l c i r cumstance of which was built up a cylind er o f sma ll square iron seg ments around a central bursting charge of consider able capacity. These segments were soldered toge ther with lead, and the whole enclosed in an outer metal cylinder or shell. After the first experiments referred to with the new Boxer shell, which is the shrapnel proper, namely, an iron shell filled with bullets, modified and -unproved to suit the pre sent rifled guns, the Ordnance Select Committee did not fail to appreciate its decisive advantages ; and there is little doubt that the further manufacture of segment shells would have been suspended. As, however, the service segment shells had been issued to the land forts, for the field, and to the ships ; and as the officers of both the military and naval services entertained convictions as to their efficacy for use as shrapnel, Col. Boxer, differing in opinion from this general belief, urged upon the committee to put both systems to the most rigid practical test. This was done yesterday, the little shell practice of last week recorded in the columns of a contemporary being merely a trial of two kinds of the new shrapnel to test the efficacy of some made to certain iron balls instead of lead bullets, with a view to diminish the cost of these projectiles, those with iron balls costing about 10s. a piece less than those with lead bullets. The iron balls being of less specific gravity, however, than the lead, their penetration was less, and the question, therefore, for the present is an open one of whether a slight inferiority should be permitted in the missile for the sake of economy of manufacture. Before we record the experiments just made we may add that the two principles involved in the two classes of shells are these. In the segment shells the missiles contained in the shell being cubes are of the worst forms for correct transmis sion through the air after the bursting of the shell. Moreover, in the segment shell the bursting charge is large, and large charges tend to scatter wide the internal missiles, and especially to spread the m an d the fragments of the shell laterally on each side of the trajectory, or course of flight, and thus to make the cone of the dispersion of the widest character, and approaching to the form of a hemisphere. Col. Boxer aims at simply peeling off the iron shell with the smallest possible bursting charge, and thus to liberate the bullets in their direct onward flight, with only the resistance of the air and the modified ' centrifugal action of the original spin of the rifle projectile to spread them out into a shower of balls against the head of an advrAcing line or column of men. In this way the elongated cone of the dispersion tends towards, though not to come near t.), a proper cylinder of bullets ; and the great value of this elongated cone of dispersion is its direct course forward and - the great limits of varia tion of distance short of the enemy at which the shell may be exploded with effect. Indeed, at from 100 yards short to 200 yards the smaller missiles of the new shrapnel continue their onward course with terrific effect. And it will be obvious that with the capability which the present rifled guns possess of throwing such shells effectively for from 1,000 to 4,000 yards before bursting extreme accuracy in the judgment of distances will not be possible in actual warfare, and that therefore to be possessed of a shrapnel shell th a t w ill b e per f ec tly effective under errors of judgme n t amount i ng to 300 yards will be a most valuabl e a ddi t i on to t h e ar tillery service. To test the B oxer s h rapne l an d the segment shells three rows of t argets, each row 54 feet in frontage by 9 feet in h e i g ht , were erec t e d on the sands, and were fired a t by t h e 9- i nch mu zzle-loader Wool wich gun, an d t h e 7-inc h b r eechloader Arm strong gun, th e m i ssiles b e i ng exploded by the concussion of thei r f uzes aga inst a thick wooden screen through w hi c h they ha d t o passim their flight. Wish the 9-i nc h muzzle-loa d er , fired with 30 1 b. of powder, experiments were confined to the Boxer shrapnel, with lead or iron balls ; the 9-inch gun being of recent introduction there have been no segment shells made adapted for it. The first three rounds fired missed the screen which was placed to make the burst at 200 yards short of the target. The effects were of course not taken. The projectile in the fourth round contained lead or rather mixe I metal balls, and was fired from the gun at 1 deg. 47 min. elevation ; it passed through the screen at 191 feet above the plane of the ground, burst close behind it, and the effects were--On the front row of targets, 149 balls through,:on the second row, 133 through, 2 lodged ; on the third row 49 through, 47 lodged, and 31 struck ; these rows being respectively I,COO, 1,020, and 1,040 yards,from the gun. In the fifth round the Boxer shrapnel was filled with sand shot or iron balls. The elevation of the gun 1 deg. 42 min., the shell passing through the screen 201 ft. above the plane, and bursting in going through. rhe effect was—On the front roiv, 188 balls through and 1 struck ; on the second row, 64 through, 77 lodged, and 23 struck ; on the third row, 21 through, 8 lodged„ and 7 struck. Thesi ith at to2u3 feet was above als n: Boxer shrapnel with i ron balls; gun at 1 der , . 42 min. elevation. The shell hit the screen the place and burst in goi ng t h rough. The effect on the front row was 142 balls th rough and 2 struck ; on the second row, 46 through, 60 lodged, and 19 struck ; on the third row, 26 through, 6 lodged, and 8 struck. The bursting charge of all these shells was 12 ounces. fired with 111 b charge. The two The practice was next mad e w i th the 7-inch ell at 50 yard s s h ort of the targets. fired from th e gun at 2 deg. as the screen, Which was placed so rfis s b r r r sh e te e t oc thirdrhbo I uu o rn a s d dt rs e ot r mhu g eni s s u ds n he , wd elevation ; the shell, a Boxer shrap ne l with mixed metal balls, passed through the screen at 51 feet -- nd O a th e f ront row, 285 , and bu rs t on go i ng balls through, 2 lodged, and 1 struck ; on the second t a l l : r o o v u e g t h h . e row, 187 through, 5 lodged, and 3 struck ; on the p T I a h n e e e o ff f e e t ts h e w g e r r o e u third row, 61 throuih, E 7 lodge 1, arid 21 struck. The bursting charge of the awl' was 8 ounces. The fourth and fifth rounds were not effective. The sixth round was with_segment shell gu n , 2 deg. 15 min. elevation. The shell struck the pole of the screen 11} feet above the plane and burst. The effects were—On the front row of the targets 8 segments through, 4 lodged, and 7 struck ; on the second row, 1 through ; on the third row, 1 through and 1 lodged. The seventh round was also wish segment gun, 2 deg. 12 min. elevation. The shell grazed close in front of the screen: went through at 4 feet high, and burst in going through. The effects were—On the front row of targets 7 segments through, 2 lodged, and 3 struck ; on the second row, 3 through, 2 lodged, and 1 struck ; on the third row, 1 dodged and 1 struck. To sum up, the total effect of the new 9-inch shrapnel with mixed metal balls was 331 through, 49 lodged, and 31 struck ; the average effect of the two 9-inch new shrapnel, with iron balls, was 236 through, 75 lodged, and 30 struck, With respect lIA Y. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 15s; clover, £4 Os to 15 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Supply moderate. Cusumtu.amp.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover. 14 Os to £5 12s'6d and straw, £2 Os to £2 8s per load. Trade slow. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os Od to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. A dull demand. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef ls 4(1 to 5s 0(1 I Lamb 6s 4d to is Od Mutton ... :is 8(1 to os 01 'I ' Pork Veal WIIITEMAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. 133ef 3s 41 to 53 Od I Veal nuttoa ... 3s 8(1 to 53 01 I Pork Lamb POULTRY. The poultry market is very scantily supplied, and pric: , s rul high. Turkeys, Os. Od to Os Od ; turkey "'Quits, 01;. to Os ; goslings, Os to 03 Od ; common fowls, 2s ad to 3s 61; ducks, Os Od to 0:1 to Os Od ; ducklings, 7s to 8s; tame rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do, Os Od; pigeons, 7d to 10d each ; wood pigeons, Od to Os ; Surrey chickens, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ditto fowls, 4s 6d ,to lOs 61 ; barn door fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple; Guinea fowls, Os to Os. English eggs, 7s Od per 100 ; French do., 6s Od to Os'Od; fresh butter, Os Oil to Os Od. Hares, Os Ok to Os Od ; teal, Od to Os; wild ducks, Os Od each ; widgeons, Os Od ; plover, Os to Os Od each. HIDES ANI) SKINS. - Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 21d to 3d ; 64 to 721bs, 3d to 311 ; 72 to 801bs, 3.1-4 to 30 ; 80 to 881bs., 3}d to 4d; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 411 Ilorsehides, Os to lOs Od.; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s • full, Os Od; polled sheep, 00s Od to 0 0 s; half-breds, Os dd to 00s Od ; downs, Os Od to Os Od ; lamb, 3s 3d to 4s Od ; shearlings, is 6d to is 7d. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from sid to ud. ; of household ditto, 7d. to Bd. por 4lbs loaf. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. This Day. The Market continues to improve. Sales pro bably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, April 26.--The market for export yarns assumed an appearance of greater animation yesterday, and to-day there has been a still further improvement, owing to the change which has come over the Liverpool cotton-market. There has been a large business doing for shipment to-day at an ad vance of id. to ld. per lb. for these yarns generally as compared with the lowest prices taken during the recent panic, and prices closed strong, with an up ward tendency. The Germans, who have been out of the market for some time, are expressing them selves somewhat sanguinely here to-day as to hopes of peace, and there is an expectation that they will be rather free buyers for some time to come, stocks of yarn on the Continent having become very bare. In home trade yarns we have had a quieter feeling than in that for bundles, but a fair business has been done at an advance of abo u t id . per lb., but any attempt to advance prices in excess of id. has been found to arrest operations. The change, however, has produced a good deal better feeling in the mar ket generally. The cloth market of course partici pates, to some extent, in the improvement. Buyers that have been holding back their orders have now been anxious to place them at a trifling advance on the rates of Tuesday, and have in most cases bee,n willing to give about 3d. per piece more than on that day. The advance, however, appears to check busi ness, and it is believed that the operations have been far from considerable in the aggregate. In cloth there was a very large business done at the low prices prevailing up to yesterday, and those who had the sagacity to supply themselves then of course are the less disposed to operate now the market is against them. The cause of the sudden rise of prices was a large business iu cotton at Liver pool yesterday and to-day-20,000 yesterday and 30,000 bales to-day, at an advance of nearly id. per lb. Buybrs of manufactured goods see no cause for this reaction. There is no improvement iu the de mand for goods, and nothing either in politics or our foreign relations to account for the change. The quantity of cotton is so great as to place the future wants of the trade beyond a doubt of supply. It is believed the change in Liverpool is caused simply by speculation, which has brought buyers suddenly into the market to cover sales made last week. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—On Thursday evening, shortly after six o'clock, a lad named Wm. Miles, 13 years of age, who is engaged as a ticket-collector on the Clifton side of the Suspension-bridge, which spans the Avon and connects the counties of Glocester and Somerset, left his post and got on to the parapet at the side of the bridge for the pur pose of gathering some of the wild flowers which abound in that locality. While so engaged ho slipped and fell over the steep declivity of St. Vincent's rocks. His fall was im peded by the ivy, but whoa rescued and conveyed to the General Hospital it was found that he had sustained a compound fracture of the skull, besides other serious in juries. On icquiry at - the hospital last evening it was stated that the boy was still alive, but that he was in a very precarious state. THE TAILORS' STRIKE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Master Tailors' Association are de sirous of removing some misapprehensions, and to give some explanations as to the causes and nature of the strike among the operative tailors in London, and I have therefore to ask you. to be good enough to give insertion to the following communication. In order that the present dispute may be fully understood, it is necessary to explain the principle on which the journeymen tailors in London are paid, differing as it does from the general rules which govern most other trades. For upwards of 30 years past the tailors have bee❑ paid upon a scale of re muneration based on a c deulation of the time that it would take au ordinary workman to make a par ticular g a-meta, not as the time within which the garment .must be made, but merely as the basis foi calculating the wages, and the workman is then paid so much per hour calculated on that scale. This is what is now called the " time log." Under this " time log" every garment has a certain num ber of hours appropriated to it. No change has ever been made in this " time log." The only change sought for up to the present time has bee❑ an in crease of the rate of payment per hour, thus in fact giving increased wages. Now, this special principle of calculating wages recommends itself as a fair and equitable one both to masters and to men, and 1 venture to think that the trade has reason to feel that it has so long governed their mutual relations. The effect is, that according to the degree of skill and industry, so is the degree of payment. It is in effect a principle of " piece-work," and the time log is nothing more than a basis on which to calculate the money to be paid for each piece of work, and when an increase of wages has been agreed upon, it has simply been necessary to increase the rate per hour. Up to the spring of 18G6 the rate per hour vas 6d.,. but an increase having been demanded by the London operatives an arrangement was made the effect of which was to increase the wages about an average of 6s. per week. Matters so continued until the early part of the presentyear, when a com munication was made to the Master Tailors' Asso ciation from the London 'Operative Association, who had become in union with the Amalgamated Society of Operatives. The object of the commu nication was to endeavour to obtain a uniform and universal time log to regulate the trade not only in London but throughout the United Kingdom. Some discussions took place between the committees of the master tailors and of the operatives, but these led to no result beyond confirming the masters in the opinion they had before entertained, that it would be quite impossible to settle any " universal time log" which would be applicable to London and to every other part of the United Kingdom. On Thursday, April 18, a printed circular, dated April 16, from the London operatives and the amalgamated societies, was sent to most of the prin cipal fit ins in London, enclosing what was called the " Amalgamated Society of Journeymen Tailors' Time Log," for adoption by them, and requiring a reply by two o'clock on Saturday, the 20th inst. This circular stated that the operatives " did not seek an increase in the rate per hour, but simply the adjustment of the time necessary to realise that which was but a nominal advance." The time log, which was enclosed, was a closely printed pamphlet, con taining 24 pages of matter, setting forth in great detail the number of hours to be acknowledged as the necessary time for making the various garments &c., upon which time wages for the future should be calculated ; but it also contained a great number of, items heretofore comprised in the general payment, but now demanded to be paid for as extras. This time log seeks to alter for the first time the gene rally adopted time for making garments in Lon don, and demanding an increase of so many hours, involving of course, a corresponding increased payment for each garment ; in fact, the nominal demand of further time in the time log appears to the masters to be nothing more nor less than a de mand for increased wages to the extent of at least Bs. a week (in addition to the increase of last year), under the cover of settling a " universal time log." The London masters declined to adopt the proposed time log, and, in accordance we conclude with orders from the operatives' committee, the whole of the men in nearly of the principal establish m ents in London are now out upon Strike. 'This association does not desire to intrude upon the public the details connected with the demands of the operatives. The above will give the general nature of the dispute. They abstain from any com ment upon the course adopted by the operatives, as they arc anxious not to widen the difference which has already arisen. Indeed, it is due to great num bers of the men in the employ of firms represented by this association to say that they frankly admit they do not desire any change, nor do they approve of the proposed strike, as they are satisfied with the present iate of wages; and we therefore are led to the conclusion that this strike is the result of the views of the leaders of the two operative societies rather than of the men's uninfluenced judgments. We do not call in question the zeal of these leaders ; they may believe that they are best serving the interests of their fellow-workmen in advising the course which has been adopted, but we venture to think they are not wise in this, and that the per manent interest of the trade, both as r egards mas ters and men, will be seriously impe rilled by what is now being done. I will only add one further observation, viz., that there are numbers of excellent hands still employed, but we regret to say that acts of intimidation and obstruction are daily brought under the notice of this association. Apologising for the length of this letter, I am, Sir, yours obediently, R. LEWIS, President of the Master Tai!ors' Association of the United Kingdom. Master Tailors' Association of the United Kingdom, 25, Old Bond-street, London, W., April 26. HER MAJESTY " CALLING " A MINISTER TO' A PARISH CHURCII.—At a meeting of the Kincardine O'Neil Presbytery the other day, a call was laid on the table from the parish of Crathie to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, Montrose. Among the signatures to the call was that of Dr. Robertson, who had been instructed to subscribe the document on behalf of the Queen. The call was sustained. —Edinburgh Courant. 'A. SECOND LONG INCC3II3EN6r.—The Rev. J. IL Bromby, who has just resigned the vicarage of the Holy Trinity, Hull, was in the 70th year of his incumbency, having succeeded the Rev. Joseph Milner, the Church his torian, in 1797. The rev. gentleman is iu the 97th year of his 8 , , ,,•0; be is in good health, and in the perfect possession of bi,faculties. _• - . - THE SCHOOL FIZIGATE CONWAY.—The committee Of the Conway School frigate, stationed in the Mersey, on Thursday last passed a resolution, thanking Captain Paynter, R.N., for the uniform courtesy and kind ness with which ho has co-operated with them during his three years' stay on the station in boinmand of her Ma jesty's ship Donegal, and expressing regret that his de parture from Liverpool will deprive them of his valued assistance and advice. Captain Paynter, during the period ho has been on the station, has won the esteem of all classes of the Liverpool community. Ho has particularly identified himself with all matters affecting the improve ment of the mercantile marine. FATAL COLLISION.—The weather underwent a considerable change off the Northumberland coast on Wednesday night, the wind getting, - round to the N.E., and blowing a gale - Between 9 and 10 o'clock a screw hopper, No. 1, belonging to the River Tyne Commissioners ran into a steamtug, the Vigilant, off the harbour mouth and sank her in a few minutes. All hands jumped from the tug into the hopper, but the master, Win. ginishaw, and the vessel sank with him. He has left a widow and five children. The rough sea bas .completely broken the tug up, and her wreck is scattered along the shore, .I . IIE CONVICT TOOMEII.—A deputation, em bracing several friends of Miss partridge, for au assault upon whom Neville Maskelyne Toonier is now undergoing the sentence of fifteen years' penal servitude, waited upon the Bight lion. S. li. Walpole on Thur3day. Several gentlemen from Reading were also present with the depu tation. The Home Secretary listened attentively to the representations of the deputation, which, of course, Ivens, adverse to the convict. A town in Connecticut, which has a standing reward of $3 per capita for foxes taken within its limits, recently r e fused to settle with a hunting party that had killed 13 e. , because the an imals were young. Th question now agitating the tow n is, "When is a fox a fox ?" Fifteen hundred freedmen h a ve applied to the American Colonisation Society at New York to be sent to Africa within eight months. Eix hundred of there have already embarked. /frr;sk._. 7.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Bay. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.--•THIS DAY. The week's settling and comparing over this Chester meeting occupied so much time that specu lation prior to the move westward made very little progress. Lecturer nominally was at 4 to 1, but both buyers and backers seemed chary of dealing with either of the Danebury horses. Miss Have lock was in good demand, but the feature was th.o support accorded to Leap Year, who was said to have beaten Archimedes in a trial. Dalby retired to 50 to 1, which only in a single instance Vag accepted. The 11.1ke further advanced for the Dzrhy, 4 to 1 being the highest price obtainable. CHESTER, CUi'. 4 to 1 agst Lecturer (off., take 5 to 1) 11. to - 1 ngst Miss Hs veloek (taken) 11 to 1 agst Rainn. (off.) 12 to 1 ngst Lucifer (off.) 100 to 8 agst A ichiniedes (taken and off.) 25 to 1 apt Tormenter (off.) 25 to 1 agst Leap Year (taken and off.) 30 to 1 agst Leases (offered) 33 to 1 ngst Gotocra (offered) 33 to 1 agst Tha Rescue (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Dalby (taken) DERBY. 4to 1 agst Tho Rake (taken) NOTICE.—CIIANGE OF ADDRESS. —.TWIN STIRIC, late of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the patronage he has received during the past year, and begs to inform his friends that ho has removed to 25, IVel - Strand, London, where commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LEE, of the Whoatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Lombard-street ; an,d at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. W. Homms and Jolts AMBROSE (member of Tattereall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Ootnmissious on all races throughout the year. Address-33, OILENDEN STREET, HAYMARKET. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists rested on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches ; also in George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. THE HAVELOCK Turf Agency's Representative can bo seen daily in Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf you want a good foreign cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Wa'worth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. RACING FIXT Ascot Spring York Spring '7 Doncaster Spring . 9 Salisbury Bath RES FOR 1867. Harpenden Epsom Croydon . 29 Newton 29 Ascot Summer 4 - Beverley Windsor Summer Manchester Summer ... 12 Chelmsford Summer Hampton l3 Ne wcastle .. 25 Odiham l7 Ipswich '27 %bury Club lB Worcester Hummer 27 JULY Oarliale Tsitiwinexkot July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Rungerford Nottingham l6 Down Royal Colponttn l7 Stamford Radcliffe Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton i Goodwood MBE R. NOVE Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn ll 1 Leamington Hunt Di 0 T Eb TRAINING"QUARTERS. (The following appeared in our third edition of yes terday evening.) NEWMARKET. The Rake galloped this morning a mile and a half, and the Hermit was out trotting and cantering freely, but he did not gallop. D'Estournel had a mile and three quarters, but laid his ears back at the finish. Dragon went a splendid two mile gallop steadily. Julius had a mile and a quarter spin with the Beadle, and went uncommonly well. Arundel and Bombastes did .over a mile, and Sir Oliver trotted. Stradbroke merely walked. Ar chimedes galloped two miles and a half, pulling up solnd and well. Mdlle. Cleopatre did like work, and Leases had a mile and three quarters gallop. Most of the " strangers" have ldt here. Apprehension of Batting Men. At the Marlborough-street Police-court, yester day, Stephen Hopkins, of 33, Oxenden-street, Hay market, described as a commission agent, and John Ambrose, of 22, Nas,sau-street, Middlesex Hospital, were brought before Mr. Knox on a warrant, by Superintendent Hannant, of the C division, charged Hopkins with keeping the house, No. 33, Oxenden-street, for the purpose of betting with persons resorting thereto ; and Ambrose with assisting in conducting a betting-house ; and W. Barrett, Ealing, horse-dealer ; C. Watson, address refused; and E. Sloman, musician, were charged with being found in the house. The defendants Watson, Sloman, and Barrett were discharged. Superintendent Hannant produced Sir R. Mayne's authority to enter the house, 33, Oxenden-street, and said—l went to 33, Oxenden-street this day, between twelve and one. I know Mr. Hopkins as the keeper of the house for several years, and found him at the door. On seeing me he stepped back into the shop. I entered immediately and said, " Mr. Hopkins, I have a warrant to enter your house." I found the other defendants in a back room of the place, which is a betting-house. On the counter of the shop I found some handicap books lying and a tissue and racing calendar. In the back room on a table 1 found a book containing different entries of racing events, and on searching the place I found a great many memoranda relating to horse-racing, of which I took possession. Ambrose was in the back room, where I found the book. The defendants were taken to the station. On telling the defendants that I should take them into custody Ambrose made some objection to the state of the law, remarking that persons could stand about the streets, and in Hyde.-park, and receive money—persons who did not intend to pay debts—and those who kept a re spectable house, and intended to pay, by doing so committed an offence. Hopkins said he did not deny being the keeper of the house, and had kept it for 13 years. Ilopkins—l believe I said the handicap books were for sale. Superintendent Hannant—You Sergeant Shillingford, 4 C , said —By direction of the superintendent I went to No. 33, Oxenden-street on Monday last about one o'clock, and saw the de fendants. Ambrose was behind the counter. at a desk. I saw seven or eight cards on the counter with odds marked on them. There were three men in the shop at the time looking at the cards, and one said, " Book me £2 on Plaudit for the Two Thousand Guineas," this horse being at 3to 1. Ambrose l'e ceived the money from the man and turned round to the desk. and booked it in a similar book to the one pro duced. I did not hear the name the person gave. E then left. Hopkins was present all the time. I. visited the house again at 20 minutes past one, anti there were cards on the co unter, as on my former visit, and on one of the c ards there was " Marksman 5 to 1 for the Two Thousand Guineas." There a wern a four others present besides myself, and a gentlem said, " Book me half a s overeign on Marksman," and Ambrose re ceived the half-sovereign from the in.tn, and ttirmd round and booked it in a f g o e r nt ;, l t et e n a a i n .d, g: ,j e F hi o t r n d, and asked similar book to the one produc..cd. I think the the ac eg n a d ofe kept have observation seen ee nfrom o n the 4 o a card out of a drawer, there being on the card " Ambrose and 11 : : o ltiL iit y o the house from eleven to three Hopkins, 33, Oxenden-street " I remained in the ti t o lo us iit p i E E: oo : B l .l i N —men I know to be betting men. The defendants asked for an adjournment, as they had only just been taken into custody. Mr. Knox.—The defendants have asked for an adjournment, and as they have only been arrested a short time, I think they are entitlesi to it, so that if they think proper they may provide themselves with professional advice ; but as the penalty is £lOO I must have good bail. I shall require the defen dants to enter into their own recogniaances in the sum of £5O each, and to find two sureties in £5O each. 'The recinired 6uretiw were at once entered into. ~~~ ~F y A 1 i