The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

31 6iTYY - AARKET AND C9MMERCI hli INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE o'CLocK. The diiectors of the Bank of England have not altered their minimum rate of discount, and the money market generally is at present in the same condition• as before. A withdrawal of £50,000 in gold took place at the Bank of England yesterday. Notice has been given that the transfer books of the Egyptian Trading Company (Limited) will be closed from the 25th to the 31st instant, both in clusive, in order to prepare the warrants for the return of £2 per share to be made by the council, in pursuance of the resolution of the general meeting held 31st December last. The biddings for bills on India took place yester day at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were—To Calcutta, £190,134 ;to Madras, 49,865; and to Bombay, £150,000. The mini mum price was fixed, as before, at is. 104 d. on all the presidencies. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras, at is. lOid., will receive about 39 per cent. ; and On Bombay, at Is. 10id., about 69 per cent. All above these prices will receive in full. An ordinary general meeting of the London Tavern Company will be held on the 4th of February, 1867, to receive a report and statement of accounts made up to the 31st December, and to declare a dividend. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have appointed Monday, 21st inst., a special settling day in the following companies :—Gas Products Utilis ing Company (Limited) New Shares, and the Royal Copper Mines of Cobre (Limited), both to be marked. They have also ordered the fifth instal ment of the New Zealand Government 6 per Cent. Loan (1250,000) to be officially quoted. The official liquidator of the Commercial Bank of India has announced his intention of paying a dividend of 6s. Bd. in the ppund out of the funds in his hands on an early date next month, thus dis charging a third of the liabilities of the bank. We hear that he entertains the hope of paying within a reasonable period another dividend of the same a mount —there will then only remain payable a further 6s. Bd. to discharge the bank's liabilities. The liquidator has estimated in his report that a surplus will be left after paying creditors in full. To-day there has been a meeting of the Alliance Bank, Limited. The directors' report, which was adopted, stated that the net profits of the bank for the half year amounted to £23,698 15s. 2d., which, with £1,012 17s. 9d., balance from previous half year, makes a total of £24,711 12s. 11d., and a dividend was declared for the last six months of 10s. per share, or £4 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. There has also been a meeting of the London Joint -Stock Bank, and the report stated that the bank had made a net profit of £183,055 3s. 7d., including £26,571 2s. 11d. brought forward from the 30th June. The usual dividend of 12i per cent. Per annum, with a bonus of 18s. 9d. per share, to gether equivalent to 25 per cent. per annum, was declared. v The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, arein round figures as under : 1867. 1866. . Great Western 64,295 62,350 North Western 105,650 103,326 South Western 18,487 17,889 Bright(); 9g l n Midland r , so uth East ern 20,258 19,736 . i .' - 7eEtt North ern 1,-'sane . ashtre and Y or k s hi re 4 2 ,926 39 , 647 ns tel and E xe t er 5,684 5,298 North Eastern M a nchester 52,107 56,749 r Sheffield, and Lincoln Lorendat Eastern 28,586 32,037 ° n, Chatham, and Dover 7,504 7,012 theser returns, when compared with those of the col.reeponding period of the previous year, are, with a few exceptions, of a favourable character. Uriv i. t he Great Western there is an increase of o '' 4s ; on th e N or th W es t ern o f £1,724 ; o n th e south Western of £598 ; on the Brighton of £1,793 ; vr °ll t he South E as t ern o f £522 ; on th e G rea t -04 o rthern o f £ 2,759 ; on-the Lancashire and York sioure of £3,279 ; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £386 • a " on the London., Chatham, and Dover of £462 ; while the North Eastern shows a decrease Of £4,6 42 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,893 ; and the Great Eastern of £3,451. Two o'CLocx. In the English department of the Stock Ex- C cuan ge there h as b een very li tt l e b us i ness, and u sols have ad vance d * per cent., v i z., to 90 i 1 r r aoney and account. The New Threes were 89; 90;Bills and Reduced Annuities 89i 90 ; Exchequer 108. to 18s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1061 107 ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101 f ; and do. 5f per Cents., 106 f. The New Chilian Loan, which has risen to 11 -8- Premium, is the centre of attraction in the Foreign Department ; the only bargain in the other Chilian Stocks was in the 6 per Cents. at 1001 99. In the other securities there has been scarcely any change. Turkish 5 per Cents. have declined to 29 i ; and Greek have advanced t Mexican o 14 f ; while are st ea d y at 17i 14; Spanish Passive at 211 i; the Certificates at 141 * ; an d I tal i an at 531 1. The Ne w Russian Loan has declined j, to 11 prem. There has been very little business transacted to day in British Railway Shares. P r i ces, however, show rather more firmness. North Western have unproved 4 ; South Eastern f ; and Great Eastern I. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate rial alteration. Bank Shares are very quiet, but at steady rates. Alliance are marked 18 18k ; London and County, 67 .1 68 ; London and Westminster, 971 ; and Union of London, 421 Aliscellaneous and Finance Shares exhibit little change of importance. International Financial are s te ady at 2i ; N at i onal Discount Co., at 14i ; llod Royal Mail Steam, at 108. American securities have been very little dealt ' A l l: Eri e s h ares, however, have advanced to 432, ', 1 31; but U n i te d States 5-20 Bonds have declined r, to 723 g and Illinois remain steady at 802 812. Atl antic and G rea t W es t ern R a i lway Debentures arefirm at 51 53, but the Consolidated Mortgage 130 4ds are flat at 38 382 ex coupon. MINING MARKET. THURSDAY, Two o'Clo c k. A fair Mi amount of business h as b een d one i n the ning Exchange. The shares chiefly in request Gare Great Retallack, Drakewells, West Chiverton, n , East B asset, E ast Russell, Great Vor, East iirn Brea are , Tincroft, an d N ort h C rofty. Annexed the latest quotations : Cara Camborne, 20 25 ; C ara Brea, —; Central Ch Ca r a —., —; Cooks' Kitchen, 11 12; East Carn Brea, i; Drakevrells, 178 6(1 20s Od ; Great L axey, 17 18 ; rtou Moor, 51 ; Chon:ales G o ld, 2f ; Clifford •Al talgamate, 9 10 ; East Basset, 23 25 ; East Caradon, 4 51; East Lovell, 10 1 ; East Wheal Grenville, 21 1 ; Great Retallack, 38s 40s; Great Wheal Yor, 17 18 ; karke Valley, 41 ; North Crotty, 4 21 ; Prince of Wales, 32s 1 ; North T res k er b y, Od 34s Od; Prosper United, ai I; Providence Mines, 30 31 ; South Condurrow, 15s 17s 6d ; South Grenville, Os Od Os Od ; Tineroft, 14 15 ; West Caradon, 121 131 ; West Chiverton, 571 60 ; West Prances, 0 0; West Soton, ; Wh ea l B uller, 221 25; Wheal Chiverton, 9 ; Wheal Cr3bor, --s —a ; Wh eal Grenville, 24s Od 265; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal Seton, ; 132 11371; Wheal Trelaw ney, 10f 14; Wheel Uny, 2} Great South Tolgus, 18s Od 20s Od; South Frances, —; St, Ives Consols, 8 9; South Caradon, ——; Stray Sou th Darren, 0 0 ; Wh ea l B asset, 0 0. , 0 0 Park, --e ; North Roskear, —; North Downs , BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. CloirElixmENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, Feb. 7..... 3 per Cent. Reduced 90 1 891 90 Yew per Cent 90 891 90} 89} 90 'ow 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 no. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , D 0 (Red Sea T e l egraph), Aug., 1908 — Do. 'lO- 10 quer Bills, £l ,OOO, 4 per Cent 10 13 pm ................. .£3OO Do ..f.. ingland ...... .£lOO .£2OO Rank o Stock, 6} per Cent lzsibtAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. tulhaOn, Stock, 101 per Cent, April 1874 — 5 per Cent. July, 1880 PDo. 4 per Cent Oct.. 188 8 o, Cejtillculed”, - Pm Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. Sf per Cent., May 1879 1064 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,'l per Cent., £l,OOO — pm Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — A.ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 3razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. Account .. — Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 721 - Do. £lOO Bonds — Do. Account Baenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do .elOO Bonds — D .) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) , uiliau 6 per Cent lOOl 99 Do. 3 per Cent. 00. 6 per Cent A — Do. „ B — C Aornbian, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cont. Danish 3 por Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cont., 1861 — Oanubian Principalities Do. Account .quador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent_ Do., Provisional Land Warrant ._ Do Deforied Et.vptian 7 per Cent — DO. Account Do., Second Issue — 1)o £lOO Bonds Do. Account .. _ Do. 1864 — Do. Account: Do £lOO Bonds B3l 4 00. Account _.. Do. Government Railway Debentures. SOI 1 uo. Account Gr 'elt 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .)o. Coupons Do. Account G tatemala 5 per Cent. It , iian 5 per Cent 1865 De. Account Do. Maremmana Railway Do. Account M , xicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account 10. 1864 — Do. Account Du 6 per Cent. Anglo-French idontovideau 6 par Cent. • Vluorish Imperial 5 per Cent \Tow Granada Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred, — Do Laad 'Warrants (Hectares) Ptruviau 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account 66} 1 Do 4f per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Portsguese 3 per Cent., 1853 DD account Do 3 per Cont., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4f per Cent. 1850 Da 4f per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cont. 1864 B9 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B7l Do. do. £lO paid l - i Pin Sardinian 5 per Cent 1)o. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do. Account Do Passive — Do Account 2lf Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 18G4 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. Account • • — Do 6 per Cont. 1862 Do Account 531 41 Do £lOO Bonds Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. 5 per Cent. Account — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed lOl Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 3ll 1 Do. Account .. — Ditto 11 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dut.ci 2%; per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull,- 56 Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. !vont). 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 531 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Alonoy Do. Account POLICE INTELLIGEACE.— This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING ADMISSION TO A WORKHOUSE By FASLE RE PRESENTATIONS.— John Gooch, described as A coach-trim mer, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and obtaining admission to St. James's Workhouse by repre senting himself to be destitute, he having is. 6d. in his possession. Charles Dentham, superintendent of the casual ward of St. James's Workhouse, said that about half-past one that morning the prisoner came to the Workhouse and asked for admission, saying that he was destitute, and had no money to pay for a lodging for the night. He admitted the prisoner, and on searching him found Is. 6d. and some cigars and tobacco upon him. He then gave the prisoner, who had previously been round to tho front of the work house making use of very bad language, into custody. Mr. John Roche, licensed victualler, of No. 21, Poland street, said that while passing the workhouse he heard the prisoner making use of very bad language, and thinking perhaps the prisoner had been refused admission to the workhouse he interfered and asked him if he was destitute, and he said he was, and that he had no money. He then took the prisoner to the casual ward and he was admitted. Parson, 121 C, said that on searching the prisoner, who was drunk, is. 6d., some cigars, and some tobacco were found upon him. The prisoner said that he had been drinking, and did not recollect anything about it. Mr. Knox committed him for 14 days, with hard labour. " A TRUE SYMPATHISER" (Manchester) has sent 30s. for the parents of the boys (Long and Field) charged at this Court with begging on Saturday last, and reported in this journal—the case, it may be remembered, being one of a most distressing nature. Ten shillings has also been re ceived from " Dorf " for the same object. WESTMINSTER. COURAGE Rzweitinip.—R. Page, a quiet-looking young man, was charged with throwing himself into the Thames. J. M'Carthy, coal porter, said he saw the defendant, early this morning, jump from some steps opposite the Penitentiary into the water, which there is very deep. Witness saw he was being carried by the tide to the middle of the river, and immediately jumped in and went to his aid ; and when ho saw witness approaching, he cried— " Save me ! save me !" Mr. Arnold—Did he fall into the river by accident? Witness—Certainly nct. I saw him jump off the stops. Mr. Arnold—Did he take a leap ? Witsess—No ; he made a regular plunge. Sergeant -I don't think he is quite right in his mind. Mr. Arnold—l should think not, to jump into the water such a morning as this. Have you any account to gi ve why you did this (to the accused)? _ _ Defendant—None. I have nothing to Say. Mr. Arnold—What aro you ? Defendant-1 work with my father, who is a gardener. I am at home with him. Sergeant—The officer in the case has gone to make some inquiries of his friends. Would you be good enough to adjourn the matter ? _ _ Mr. Arnold—Yes, certainly. I should like to see his friends, and hear some account from thorn. The magistrate, addressing the witness, said--111earthy, you deserve something for your conduct in this matter. I shall give you 10s. from the poor-box. THAMES. STEALING A GOLD RlNG.—Sarah Piper, a young woman of questionable repute, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing a gold ring, value 65., from the finger of Henry Thomas, who described himself as a barman out of place, and dwelling at 8, Spread Eagle-street, Limo house. The prosecutor was intoxicated, and met the prisoner this morning at 1 o'clock outside the Blue A.nnhOt house in Catherine-street, Liniehnkid. After passing som e time in her company he missed a gold ring from one of his fingers. Ho Charged her with robbing him, which she denied. lie gave her into custody, and the ring found upon lAgn at the station-house by a female sear was cher. The ' oarman's knife was a l so found upon her. The prose cutor had n o t b e f ore missed it. The prisoner, in defence, said the ring was given to her by the prosecutor. Mr. Partridge —And the knife; have you anything to say about that? The prisoner —Fie gave me that also. Mr. Partridge—Sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for unlawful possession of the ring, which was given back to the owner. A WRESTLE WITH A WILD BOAR.—Five wild boars were killed during a hunting party organised a few days back at Jatnetz, Meuse. At ono moment aU. Rena r d found himself alone in the presence of one of those ani mals. With the first barrel of his gun he wounded it in the feet ; the second missed fire. He then seized the animal in his arms and struggled with it for ten minutes, when assistance arrived and it was dospatchod. It was found to woigh 3001 b. In the encounter M. Renard received three wounds iu his leg frvui the beast's tusks. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOUlin, North British 5 per cent., No, 1, SO FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 Dutch Rhenish, !XI Recite and San Francisco, Urn., gua. 7 per cent., 10 BAN lib ------ Alliance, Bank e e uim an l Ot i 13 India, Australia, and China, 12 Colonial 84 Consolidated Bank, lira., 5 London and River Plate, • - Ditto, issued at 14 pm., 12 London and County, 63 7 London Joint Stock, 44 31 London and ‘I estminster. 07/ Oriental BanK Corporation. 42/ Union of London, 434 / MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 15/ Atlantic felegrapn, Dit . o, 8 per cent., 7:4 Berlin Water Works, lira., 121 Ditto, new. 51 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lira.. 7 Ebbw Vale, 124 Gen. Credit and Discount, him.. 51 International Financial society, lim., 21 I Lon on and Provincial Marine, 1/ Id dray Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per mat. by In , dian Government), 191 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 84 Nr.tional Discount company. 14 I Peninsula and Orenial steam, 70 Ditto, new, 70 Royal Mail Steam, 1 08 Submarine Telegraph, 60 Telegraph Construalon and Maintenance, lira., Ditto (415), 12t Our friend John Smith (I cannot call him "Esquire" until I know that he has a right to it), never theless claims, or expects to be so addressed when written to, and is also under the firm impression that he is a gen tleman. Everybody in these democratic days is a gentle man ; and if an angry individual ventures to assert that you aro not one, the answer is generally given in the shape of a blow or a still more ignominious kick ; 40 years ago it would have been an invitation to a brace of pistols. So, if you receive a letter addressed Mr. John Smith, you set down the writer either as an ignorant person who knows no bettor, or as one who designedly intends to snub you, and you open the letter with a muttered "Confound the fellow !" and a determinatiod not to an .swer it. Certainly, if the proper definition of tho word "gentleman" means ono who is perfect in manners, education, feelings, and thoughts, and kind and conside rate toward others, whether high or low, it is only a plea sing stretch of fancy to assume that you aro addressing one, although it is seldom that such a paragon is found in these days.—Once a Week. THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—It is currently re ported in the diocese that the Bishop of Exeter is about to resign his bishopric on account of his great age, and that the Hon. Archdeacon Harris, a brother of the Earl of Atitlinesbury, is likely to lam the appointment, Shall Mr. Gladstone be - Prime Minister ? The following remarkable article appears to-day as the first leader in the Daily News : The very able speeches delivered the other day at Brighton by the members for the borough suggest many topics for reflection and discussion. Both point to the coming session of Parliament as likely to witness a grave constitutional struggle, on which, before many months have passed, the country may be called to arbitrate. Mr. Fawcett sounded the note of alarm with regard to another danger. With characteristic boldness and unreserve, he stated openly what a good many people have bee❑ secretly whispering, that intrigue within the ranks of the Liberal party will again be summoned to the aid of the more open and candid hostility of the hereditary and professed opponents of Reform. The Adullamites and the disaffected Whigs are not content with having defeated a Reform Bill and thrown out the Ministry which introduced it. They aro anxious to depose the too liberal leaders of the Liberal party. "I already observe signs," said Mr. Faw cett, "and hear rumours which tell me that there is going to be a great effort made—and you will hear of it before lou g —to prevent Mr. Gladstone being made Prime Minister of England•" Mr. Fawcett's warning has received confirmation more speedy and authoritative than even he can have anticipated. In the member of the Edinburgh Review, which was issued yesterday, there is an article on the "Position and Prospects of Parties," of which, without doing any injustice to its merits, we may say that the most remarkable portion is its concluding paragraph. The writer quotes the words uttered by the gallant Conserva tive Chief in July last, in regard to his ow❑ position and the peculiar difficulties that beset his cause:—" My Lords, if I could for a moment hay e seen any other leader who, while keeping the Conservative party together, was more likely than myself to obtain the adhesion of a portion of the Liberal ranks, I say, without hesitation, that I would have been rejoiced, and been relieved to have handed over to that leader, whoever he might be, a post which he might have been more able to fill." The implied converse, that it is the duty of a Liberal leader to obtain the adhesion of a portion of the Conservative party, or even that he is bound to sacrifice Liberal principles for the sake of securing the support of politicians who are Liberal only in name, may be passed over without comment. The Edinburghßeviewer affects no reserve as to the application of his precedent. He treats the post of Liberal leader as if it were vacant, and its future occupant undesignatod. But these generalities do not satisfy him.. He addreeses an almost personal appeal to Lord Russell and Mr. Gladstone to abdicate in favour of somebody or other not conspicuous enough to be named. These statesmen are told that " neither the experience of age nor the impetuosity of, genius are infallible guides in a new state of affairs, and iu critical times patriotism and loyalty to a cause may require that personal pretensions should yield to expediency and the general good." True, neither genius nor experi ence is infallible—it does not require an Edinburgh Reviewer to tell us that ; but at any rate they are better guides in critical times than mediocrity and experience. Patriotism and loyalty to a cause should beyond all doubt weigh more with statesmen than obstinate regard to per sonal importance or dignity. But to sacrifice a cause to the maintenance of obsolete party tradi tions and connections, and to the formation of a precarious alliance between men who have no common principle or pur pose, is neither patriotism nor loyalty. This is the course which, probably without any perception of its real character, the movers in the intrigue denounced by Mr. Fawcett and abetted in the Edinburgh Re view are urging upon the Liberal leaders. The appeal to Mr. Gladstone's generosity is especially ungene rous. It is not a question for him of personal claims. He cannot yield to a coterie without deserting his country. The great bulk of the Liberal party, and all that is most dis tinguished in it, not only accept, but h'ave earnestly wel comed and invited him as their leader, and he is now asked, less to waive his individual pretensions than to betray their confidence and the cause which they have committed to him.' He is requested to confess to having failed in the leadership of the Liberal party in the House of Commons ; to cry peccavi ; to descend to a lower place; and to see some person, without genius, experience, or services, and more acceptable to the clubs therefore and to "society," set over his head. For if Mr. Gladstone is unfit to be Premier, he is unfit to be leader of the House of Commons, which is the really responsible part of the Administration. Now, Mr. Gladstone's leadership, we maintain, has been eminently successful even where it seemed to fail. It will not be denied that those who desired the passing of the Reform Bill of 1866, or .in its default, a larger measure, have no complaint to make of his conduct ; only those who wished the measure to fail censure him. This may seem a paradox ; but the motives of both are obvious. They see that the apparent and momentary defeat is the first decisive step that has been made for fifteen years to wards victory ; that it has effaced the merely nominal dis tinctions of party, and substituted for them that truer division according to real opinion, on which Lord Derby insisted, and which, in his overtures to Mr. Lowe through the late Lord Lansdowne, and in his negotiations with Lord Grosvenor and the Adullamites, he endeavoured to bring about. The opponents of Reform iu the Liberal ranks believe that they can resist it more effectually by abetting a Conservative policy under a Liberal Administration than by going over in a body to the party which, on this question, has their sympathies, and allowing the lines of political division to be drawn sharply and clearly. Mr. Gladstone is not likely to fall into the trap which has been set for him, cunningly as it has been baited with an appeal to his personal generosity, in order that his resistance may be the more plausibly attributed to self-seeking and ambition. His degradation, though it would be keenly relished by the noble faction which makes more account of blood than of brains in a political leader, is yet desired chiefly as a means of injuring the cause of Parliamentary Reform with which he has associated himself. But here personal feel ing operates also. That jealousy of merely intel lectual superiority, which has sometimes on ques tionable grounds been imputed as their charac teristic vice to democracies, has always marked the Whigs who have been Whigs and nothing more. It is essentially the temper of the present House of Com mons. Mr. Disraeli has felt it no less than Mr. Glad stone ; Mr. Lowe had to contend against it until he became its unscrupulous flatterer, and sought vainly to direct it against the reputation and influence of Mr. Mill. In all this the House of Commons is out of harmony with the mind of the people. If the statesman who has the confidence of the vast majority of his fellow-countrymen is distrusted and disliked by the assembly which claims to represent them, it is clear that Parliament is not the mirror of the national sentiment ; and the necessity of Reform is proved by a new argument. No true Liberal can object to seeing the experiment of the party tried, though no true Liberal can possibly join in it. If the nation wants a Premier who will achieve nothing - and offend nobody, by all means let it choose its King Log, surround him with appropriate counsellors, and submit to his rule. But the place of Mr. Gladstone, while such an administration is in office, will not be on the Treasury bench, but below the gangway, among the inde pendent members who accept his Parliamentary leadership, and not among those who have spared no pains to em barrass and degrade him. A man who is too great for the first place is, it fortiori, too great for the second. But the experiment will fail. The business of statesmanship is to govern the nation, and not to humour political cliques and coteries; and the mon who are best fitted for the higher task will seldom succeed in the lower. Mr. Gladstone's power and influence will bo enormously strengthened by the intrigue against him, which will be injurious only to the intriguers themselves. MARKETS.-- , -This day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts. Prime breeds wore in fair request at full prices, but inferior beasts moved off heavily at Monday's decline in the quotation. Tho top figure was ss. 4d. per 81bs. Sheep—the show of which was rather limited —were inac tive at late rates. The best Downs and half-breds sold at 6s. per 81bs. The few calves on offer were disposed of at extreme currencies, viz. , from 4 s. 6 d. to ss. 6d. pe r Blb s. The sale for pi g s was heavy, but no act ua l d ec li ne took place in prices. The supply was limited. Per 81b to sink the offal. sdsd 8 d s d Crse di inf. beasts... 3 6 3 8 Pme c r s - wool sheep 4 10 5 5 Second quality do ..3 0 4 6 Prime s'thdown d o . 5 8 6 0 Prime l s a c rogtes.ote.... en ..4 8 5 0 Large co arse oa l ycs.4 6 5 0 Prime 5 2 5 4 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 0 6 3 4 Large hogs .3 6 4 0 Second quality do .. 4 b Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lamb. ..0e Od to Oa Od. Suckling calves, 203 to 225 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 23s to 275 each. Bead of stock on sale. Total supply. Fore ign supply. Beasts ... C0w5......... Sheep and. 1 mbs Ca yes . ,Plas l4 Beasts 9l: 2:2 Cows .. Sheep and lambs .. 3, 0 40 Calves CO Pigs 220 i MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade may be considered steady, as fol lows :—Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ' • mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; v ea l, 4s Od to 4s 10d; and pork, Os 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. rhE SUN, LON L; ON, THUR►BDAY EVENING, JANUAR Y 17 1867 S HARE MARKET S, This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 8/ 89 121 123 40 46 4 6 e 5 63 70 72 1 7 119 34 35 4 8 121 123 131 135 90 02 6, L 6 Paid. , Closing Business ) I Prim. done. Share/ Railways. 113ristol anti Exeter .... Caledonian , Garnbrian Cork and Bandon...—. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.J nue ' E.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Wester; Great Eastern, Ord. stk.! Do. E. Angl. st. No 21 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pin Gt 5, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original' D.. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxlor Do. Newport Vo. Hereford.— Lancashire& Yorkshire L )ndon and Blackwal Lon., Brigh.,& S Coati Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Wester!: Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Aetropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension...— Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's W'd Aid;and Do. £9 Share Do, tiirmin.. & Derby tlld Kent North British Do. hid., l'th., & Dun th. Eastern— Berwickl Do. G.N • E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle .... . . Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1804 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire V. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. st.)ck Shropshire Union iouth Devon ,outh Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Pair Vale 20 st et 100 Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenn: Waterloo & Whitelia Wet Cornwall IIItITISII I' Atlantic St.Zawrenc e Born., Baroda, & Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent.. . Do. F 'shares ituffalo & Lake Huron , Do. Preference 3uff Brant &Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1....—. 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Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Du. /W.& 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-9 v Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Itauritius, 6 p. e, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1-18 .. 10. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 'Do. 18'95, Feb. & Aug Natal ‘4ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,186t) Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 c, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 IcNew Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aue.Gov, 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 187 8 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pal & Oct BRITIS Gam. Consol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Urakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East earn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gatn.& .ven. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy.-- G. Wheal Vor (Heist. 4a Grenville Herod's Foot .... 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AO 58 100 101 id ip 4 44 74 b 4 50 55 10l 103 101 IG3 108 107 2t 22 85 88 57 59 53 54 52 54 37 40 23 25 1015 106 1 6 1 L. 100 102 91 93 121 131 12 1241 88 92 81 84 - It 1}(11 100 102' 112 94 65 90 82 65 87 93 97 98 1 I 97 i 43 1081 7 981 '1 991 'T SECUR: 96 98 97 91 97 99 79 81 78 SO 101 103 104 106 113 105 101 103 8 'OO RO IQ2 lt:4 b.() 102 1(4 1(3 105. 102 105' 105 107 96 100 94 96 90 92 81 98 100 bt 86 ,ITIES. 94 96 92 PS IG3 105 106 107 7 74 8 9 40i 410 I I 22 24 6 7 2 3 2 3 9 10 21. 2/ 5 6 17 18 1S 16 1} 30 32 21 2 4 31 41 2} 35 45 2 4 21 3} 21 26 300 320 I It 18 22 1 2 10 1 6 12 14 54 56 115 125 65 75 18 20 10 12 133 145 7 9 107 i I 7 2 HAY. SMITHFIELD.—AIeadow hay, £3 5s to .£4 15s; clover, £4 5s to £5 158 Od ; and straw, £1 169 to £2 4s per load. Supply limited. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 109 to £5 Os ; clover, £4 5s to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 15s ; clover, £4 59 to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A short supply. GRAYS-INN.—At a pension holden yesterday the undermentioned gentlemen took their seats as members of this society, viz., Mr. Thos. Parker, Mr. Lewin Taverner, Mr. Smith Spencer Wigg, Mr. James Whishaw, Mr. Wm. Blount, Mr. John Lawrence Tatham, ur, John Baal:, Mr. Ww. Ilaudesley Beat. Death of the Marquis" of Exeter, K.G. We regret to announce the death of the Marquis .of Exeter. A telegraphic message was received in town on Wednesday morning announcing that the much respected nobleman expired at 1 a.m., at Burghley House, his princely seat near Stamford. For some months past the deceased marquis had been labouring under a malady which from the first precluded all hope of recovery. The following admirable memoir is taken from " Baily's Monthly Magazine of Sports, &c.," of August, 18G0, from the pen of one of our best sport ing writers -*•—• The Marquis of Exeter, who, in addition to that title, enjoys the dignities of Earl of Exeter and Baron Burghley, was born on July 2, 1793, and succeeded his father on his decease on May 1, 1804. lie received his education at Eton, from whence he was transferred to St. John's Col lege, Cambridge, whore his great ancestor, William Cecil, ugh Treasurer and Prime Minister to Queen Elizabeth, was inducted into a university life. St. John's has evtr since been the college of the Burghley family ; and every year, in pursuance of a time honoured custom, one of the s,,nior fellows proceeds to Burghley to preach a sermon on ' one of the Sundays in the month of June. " In order to trace the racing career of the noble marquis, and the success of those blue and white stripes on which the fielders have for years built thoir hopes, wo must ask our readers to accompany us as far back as 1816, when we find his lordship, then a minor, winning a plate at Stamford with Woodpecker, by Asparagus; and at which meeting a .£5O plate had bee' given regularly for some years by his trustees. " To dismiss so enthusiastic and veteran a sportsman as the marquis with a few brief commonplace phrases of lau dation would be unjust; and if we prolong our memoir beyond the limits we have assigned to others the circum stances of the case must plead as our excuse. Possessed of a colossal fortune, arising from estates in Northampton shire, Lincolnshire, and Rutlaudshire, and deriving also a considerable income from house property in the metropolis, which has, however, been recently sold for the purpose of widening the Strand and Wellington-street, and a 10 years' minority putting him into the possession of a very large sum of ready money, his lordship embarked on the Turf in a style that befitted so mighty a seignior. His first purchase, which was made in order to promote the prosperity of Stam ford Rae,es,was Captain Candid; for whom he gave Mr. Watt 800 gs., at the recommendation of Lord. Frederick Bentinck and sent him to bo trained by Richard Prince. There were giants then in the land, both as rogaids men and hOrses , for those were the days when the Dukes of York, Grafton, Rutland, and Portland gave their sanction to the sport with their presence and their teams ; when Handicaps and Nurseries were unknown ; and when we saw such animals come out as Whalebone, Waxy, Whisker, Salim, Rubens, and Orville, with such jockeys as Clift, Jackson, Chifney, Araull, and Buckle on their backs. Tu be great at that time was something like a distinction ; and, aided by his resources, which enabled him to purchase the best blood in the market, he soon showed himself able to cope with the best of his rivals; and the blue and white stripes of Burghley were as dangerous as the Cadland blue or the Grafton scarlet. Although he did not give the fabulous prices for yearlings which we see paid in the present day, be still liked to have the best blood in the market; so it was not surprising that in the fifth year of his career he should have been delighted to see Jem Robinson carry off the Oaks for him with Augusta. Seven summers after wards Dockeray, on the famous Green Mantle, renewed the triumph ; and his third main Conolly threw for him with Galata in 1832. These were tho only great Epsom races that he can boast of, for, strange to say, from some cause or another, which is hardly worth itliihng into, Epsom was an unlucky course for him; while , on the contrary, Ascot and Goodwood were exactly the reverse. "But Newmarket has over been the great theatre of his operations, and here he carried on his racing establishment on a scale which has never since been equalled, although Lord Stamford may be said to be approaching it. Beside his own residence, Foley House, and adjoining his stables, an extensive covered riding school was erected, which served the purpose of a tan gallop for exercising his horses in the winter, when the ground was so hard that they could not go on the Heath. And such was the care he took of the number of lads employed about the stables that a schoolmaster was especially engaged for them, in order that they might receive an education suitable to their sphere in life, and be protected from the temptations which assailed them in the town. With so great a stud his en gagements were extensive, and, barring those of Lord George Bentiuck, they have seldom been exceeded in the Calendar. Not a Produce Stake, a Sweepstakes at New market, Epsom, Ascot, and Goodwood, escaped him, and latterly he got as far as S tockbridge. Marson was his first trainer, and remained with him many years ; but a dis agreement relative to a Derby horse led to his resignation, and he was succeeded by Harlock, whose ability cannot be better adve. tised than by the hundreds of races, great and small, which he pulled off for him, sometimes under cir cumstances of the most disadvantageous nature. " His breeding establishment was at Wothorpo, near Burghley, and his chief sire WAS Sultan; and as the win nings of his stock in one year (1832) amounted to upwards of £20,000, it may be guessed how valuable he Was to him. He chiefly bred for stoutness, and the Racing Calendar will show the extent of his success. When handicaps came more into vogue, and the best horses began to be run as two year olds, le increased his stud, and followed in the wake of Lord George Bentinck. But a too long perseverance in the same strain led, as might be expected, to disastrous re sults. The blue and white stripes were more often seen in the rear than in the van, and the account in Burlington street was of a very different complexion. Still, on the side-board of Burghley—one of the most magnificent of the palaces of English nobles, and on a par with Chats worth, Trentham, Bolvoir, and Eton—may be seen a matchless collection of prizes which have sorely taxed the goldsmith's art, and will ever remain records of the fleet ness of his racers. Among the more memorable races he has won we may mention the Two Thousand two years in succession, won in 1829 and 1830 with Patron and Augus tus, and again in 1852 with Stockwell, with whom he sub sequently won the Doncaster St. Leger. And wo well recollect the feeling of pride and pleasure that pervaded his countenance as he walked by the side of his chestnut hero into the enclosure. And although ho does not mix so familiarly with his jockeys as some of his class, still we have reason to believe Norman did not forget the ride or the encomiums he bestowed upon him. Hydrangea pulled him through the Goodwood Stakes in 1847, as did his high bred yearling Glenlivet through the Leamington Stakes, when he broke down the well-known Iletman Pia toff. The Goodwood Cup was one of the great objects of his ambition, but hitherto it has defied him, although be ran second for it to Priam with Beirem. The Ascot Cup of 1833 Galata earned for him, after losing the Port at Newmarket; and the glory of the victory was not a little heightened by her beating the then wonder of the age, Lucetta, in the presence of the Sovereign and the Court. Here also Stockwell and Teddington ran that terrific race for the Emperor's Vase, which will never bo forgotten by those who witnessed it, and which many good judges affect to believe now should have gone to Burghley had Stockwell not overpullod Norman in the middle of the race, which enabled Job Marson to beat him by a head at the post. In matching, which was his chief amusement, he was a great proficient, and Newmarket oven not; recalls to mind those heavy betting encounters between Oakley Celia. Four times did that pair meet on the T.Y.C., and on : /3 first occasion, at 71b., the mare beat the horse half a length, and the marquis triumphed over the admiral. But the latter, nothing daunted at his defeat, ran again at even weights over the same course, and found the 71b. off him turned the balance in his favour. And in the follow ing year, when they ran twice again, the horse giving 61b. in one instance and 81b. in the other, the result was the Same, proving the mare must either have gone off or the horse gone on improving. Still these temporary defeats had nothing to do with his general success, which was, on an average, as good as could be expected, particu larly when it is considered he ran no horses but those he bred. One rule of his lordship, and which made him such a favourite with all classes, was, that if his horse were well, and could get one leg before the other, he ran him, taking all the chances of war. By so doing he frequently won races which he could never have dreamed of doing ; and either by an accident happening to a favourite, or a wrong run race, or a slow pace, he has defeated horses immeasurably better than his own, and proved himself the fielders' best friend. Indeed, for the last 20 years the blue and white stripes have been the rainbow of the bookmakers, who, while he has anything running, still think there is a hope for them. As a breeder of shorthorns the Marquis of Exeter has been quite as successful as with race horses, and for years no Smithfield list was published that did not contain his name as a medallist. In 1855, being under the necessity of constructing a branch railroad from the Great Northern Railway to Essondine, at an outlay of upwards of £70,000, he thought it prudent to give up his stud, which he offered in one lump, as Lord G. Bentinck and Col. Peel had done before him, for £lO,OOO, the purchaser taking on himself the responsibility of all future forfeits and present engagements. The offer, however, was made in vain, al though, had it been accepted, it would have been a cheap one, for as in the Bentinck there was a Leger wiener in it, and the purchaser by Stockwell alone would have had the rest for nothing. This horse, but for an attack of lampas, which came on between the T wo Thousand and the Derby, and an accident in running for the race, would have won him that prize which ho so much deserved ; but his disap pointment was atoned for by the St. Leger, which he carried away in a canter, the little Daniel looking like a pigmy beside him. All endeavours, then, to dispose of them by private contract having failed, recourse was had in October, 1855, to the eloquence and hammer of Mr. Richard Tattersall. With the exception of the auction of the Hampton Court stud on the death of William IV., and the recent disposal of Lord Londesborough's magnificent collection of the late Lord Londesborough's horses and mares, no sale ever excited so much interest in this horse loving island as that of the Burghley menage. But al ttuough the materiel was so good to work upon, the reserve prices were so high that only four brood mares, two yearlings, and 10 foals were dispersed of. The crack year- II MINES. 35 44 i 56( 4( 5 9 89 J2ll 4 87 55 411 134 g I i 2 ling by Birdcatcher out of Pocahontas was purchased by Lord Portsmouth, through John Day's agency; and the Racing Calendar will show she did not belie her own breeding or her purchaser's judgment. Stockwell was the subject of just such another fight as took place for him at Grimston not six weeks back. Our allies straggled gal lantly for him as they did then ; but the gameness of Scott, the manager of Lord Londosborough's stables, pre vailed in the end, and, risking the consequences of ex ceeding his commission by a hundred pounds, his last nod to Mr. Tattersall secured Yorkshire this famous sire, "and enabled the Lord of Grimston to boast of two such horses as were rarely, if ever, known to be in one man's posses sion at the same time. At the present moment the Mar quis of Exeter's stud is of very limited dimensions, nor is he likely to increase it at his age. In politics the noble lord has ever been a most devoted supporter of the great Conservative party, aiding its operations by every legi timate means in his power, and shrinking from no sacrifice to promote its success. Under successive Administrations ho has been selected, from his high personal character, to fill the important offices of Lord Chamberlain of her Ma jesty's Household and Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort; and that, like the illustrious founder of his race, he has been a favourite at Court, may be judged from the fact of her Majesty having visited him at Burghley, and stood sponsor to his daughter, the Lady Victoria Cecil. In the disposition of the 16 livings of which he is the patron he is animated by no considerations beyond those of how he can best promote the religious in terests of his tenantry, and against sectarianism of any kind he invariably sets his face. In private life no man is more respected, although the public have mistaken his re serve and shyness for hauteur; in reality, not a member of his order is less proud and more accessible. Mingling only with his own set, he is perhaps of opinion that confidence is a plant of slow growth ; and if he does not bestow it without consideration, the possessor should value it the more ; and, blameless in domestic life as he is untarnished in his public career, if the peers of England set the same example to society as the Marquis • of Exeter has done in the discharge of the duties that have devolved upon him, there would have been a vast diminution of radicalism in the country, and a great increase of respect for the barons of the land." There is little to add to the above description of his lordship's turf career, the only two animals that have latterly been prominently associated with the popular blue and white stripes being Knight of the Crescent and Grand Cross. His lordship's final appearance on a racecourse was at Stamford last year, on the occasion of the sale of his yearlings, sinco which ho has boon, with a few occasional exceptions, closely confined to the house by the attacks of the insidious disease (morbus Brightif) to which he ulti mately succumbed. We append a list of the principal nominations which become void through his lordship's death : Two Thousand Guineas—Grand Cross. Ono Thousand Guineas—Queen of Nuts. THE DERBY—Knight of the Grove, Knight Templar, Knight Errant, Golden Bloom, Rod Cross Knight, Star of India, Anatomist, and Dutch Admiral. THE OAKS—Dovetail, Queen of Nuts, Nightshade, Araba, and Application. Doncaster St. Leger—Grand Cross, Dutch Admiral, Star of India, and Dovetail. The nomination of Grand Cross, now one of the favour ites for the Derby, will not be affected, as he stands in that race in the name of Lord Burghley, son of the deceased Marquis; but the Two Thousand and St. Leger engage ments of this horse will, as we have stated, fall through, he having been nominated for those events by the late nobleman, Star of India also, Ni hose chance in the Derby is disposed of, will be qualified to contend for the Two Thousand Guineas Stake, his nominator for that race being Lord Falmouth. Lord Exeter's nominations for the great races of 1868 are as follows:—The Derby, 4 ; the Oaks, 5 ; and the Don caster St. Leger, 3 entries. Among the spring handicaps, we notice that the 4-yr-old Amazon is entered for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes in the nomination of the deceased, and is therefore void. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTI FEBR Lincoln Spring Harrow 2l MA Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring Li West Drayton l9 Bromley AP: Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragb. rRES FOR 1867. TARY. Nottingham 2G Derby ;011. Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury Doncaster Spring ....... 9 Bath JU: Epsom Spring 26 Lewos Spring 2B Oroxton Park 29 Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB Thirsk Durham .. 22 Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Cattorick Chester 3O Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton 29 Croydo❑ Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Ilungerford Nottingham July NE. I Stockbridgo l9 Chelmsford Noweastlo ... 25 Uurragli Worcester Summer 27 IpsWield 27 LY. Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton- Goodwood AUG Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton .. 6 Brighton Glut) 8 Lewes Egham ..... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford • • ••• 15 Hastings SEPTEMBER. Warwick I Margate C urragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Newmarket Ist October 2-1 Doncaster OCTOBER. Northampton Autumn. 1 I Curragh Edinburgh Autumn ... 2 Newmarket Houghton Newmarket 2d October. 7 I Worcester Autumn Cheltenham l5 York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth .... 23 Canterbury Lichfield . 27 Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge NOVEMBER,. Liverpool Autumn 5 I Leamington Hunt Shrewsbury ll STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring Birmingham l2 Dorby Windsor MARCH. Liverp00l Spring Grand Military Chertsey Mallon ..... 13 COURSING• PURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Name. Judge. Days of sunning Third S. Lancashire, (South port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11 Spolthorne Club Mr. Warwick Border -Union (Longtown) Mr. Warwick Cumberland Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln Mr. Spafford Altcar Club, Lancashire - Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby Mr. Welding. County Louth Club, Irelan d Mr. Spafford 30, /cc. Ridgway Club, Lytham .....EI3R. --- F UARY. Rufford, Lancashire ......... --' Cardiff Club ..................... Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire ......... -- Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick 26, e co . I MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), coun ty Loutn ............... -- 7 Ardrossan , Sharphill ......... --- South Lancashire (South- PP l4, 15, &c Champ ion ............ Mr. Westro LeillfitOr (Open) Courtown... Mr. 11. Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lauarkshiro --, APRIL. York ........................ 17 I kildaro Hunt Sovenuaks SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland OCTOB Mr. Warwick Ancaster and Willoughby, WLincolnehire.. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the appointment of the Rev. Robt. Milcan, vicar of Great Mar low, in the diocese of Oxford, to be Bishop of Calcutta. FIRE NEAIt FLEET-STREET.—Shortly after 9 o'clock last night a fire was discovered on the promises occupied by Dr. A. Voeloker,. analytical chemist, situate No. 11, Salisbury-square, Fleet-street. The flames were first seen in the basement of the building, and owing to the inflam mable nature of its contents fears were entertained of the fire igniting the printing-office of Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper, next door. Tho engines, however, were quick in arriving, and under the direction of Capt. Shaw several land steamers ware soon in motion. By 10 o'clock the exertions of the firemen had ceased, but not before the lower part of the building (where a large quantity of valuable chemicals was stored) was destroyed, and some damage was occasioned to the back part of the premises belonging to Messrs. Bono and Son, bookbinders, Fleet street. UST. , J.llll. -.- TEE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AT THE REGENT'S-PARK. LATEST PARTICULARS -RECOVERY OF MORE BODIES—THIS DAY. The dragging for the recovery of all the bodies of those who perished by the breaking of the ice on Tuesday was resumed this morning, but stir( under the greatest difficulty. The sharp frost during the night had re frozen the water, which had been to a certain extent cleared off yesterday, so that it bad again to be broken this morning before the drags could be got into efficient opera tion. To facilitate the labours of the men of the Royal Humane Society and the park keepers, NO- .0 were the principal parties engaged in the differe nt boats, permission was given to every person who ap _ plied for it to remove the ice from the parks and between 20 to 30 persons soon appeared wi'..tt their horses and carts, which they quickly filled with large pieces, and drove off, and as quia_ty returned for more. The sight of so many earls laden with IC3 was the signal for every person who had a means of conveyance at hand, and who felt so disposed, at, once to engage in the pursuit, and at noon a vast number of street hawkers brought their vehicles t o the water's edge and loaded them with ice, which was retailed to the tradesmen in the neighbourhood at about 35. per load. Costermongers attended with their barrows, which they also filled ; and al together the scene, although associated with such melancholy recollections, was one of much bustle and activity. As the ice could only be taken from. the edges of the water, it was very peculiar to witness the different modes adopted by the industrious crowd to (detach portions from the large sheets floating about, far beyond the reach of the poles they were using for landing purposes. In many instances a 141 b. weight, attached to a strong rope, was the most successful mode, as when it was thrown high, in the air and descended suddenly on the ice it nit only broke off very large pieces, but the rope falling across the piece broken off, a ready means wa d at once found of bringing the frozen mass to land.. After the drags had been at work for about an hour this morning the bodies of two young ',nen were brought to the surface of the water, ani. l .t conveyed to St. Marylebone Workhouse, followed by a very large crowd of persons. Neither had been identified at the time our reporter left. The scene during the removal of the bodies of those who have been identified from the dead-house of the workhouse is heartrending. Thousands of persons still remain round the dif-, ferent entrances of the workhouse, but for whet purpose no person seems able to explain. The attendance of spectators in the park is by 'no means as great as yesterday, but very few persons now occupy the rising ground to the north-east of the scene of the accident, and which yesterday was covered with human beings. A bitter ;cold biting wind sweeps through the park, and few persons seem to have the courage to incur the penalty inac tivity is sure to inflict. The police are now in attendance in great force, and appear, by their over-zeal now, to make up for their tardiness when the accident first occurred, and when some cool judgment was required. The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester day eveniiNZ:-- Dr. Lankester, the Coroner, commenced his in vestigation into the circumstances connected with this terrible accident in the Board-room of the Marylebone Workhouse this evening at 5 o'clock. The jury having been sworn, the Coroner called upon the officer of the court to read the list of the names of the persons whose bodies were now lying in the dead-house, which was as follows : Mr. Macintyre, 48, Highbury-crescent, Islington, Mr. Wm. Smith, 6, Margaret-street, Cavendish square. Thomas Harvey, jun, 38, Springfield-place, Leeds —residing with friends at 56, Torrington-square. _ . Charles Jukes, 8, Dorset-buildings, New-street mews, Dorset-square. 11. Wodehouse, Esq., Bedford House, Tav istock square. Mr. James Crawley, 28, Sherborne-street, Bland. ford-square. E. C. Luckman, Esq., 2, Mount-pleasant, Clerk en well. Born, 12k years, "Lord Palmerston," Hamp stead-road. James Griffin, 20, Lincoln-court, Drury-lane, orange vendor. W. Parkinson, 10, Phoenix-place, Somers-town. J. Bryant, 9, Church-lane, St. Giles's. J. Woods, 73, Chiswell-street, Finsbury. R. Haarwick, 5, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. John Whately, 25, Gower-place, Euston-square. Edward Thinley, butler, 17, Hanover-terrace. Henry Hardiman, 16, Maisdon-street, Phillip's road, Somers-town. Thomas Harris, 156, Camden-road-villas. Henry Gambell, 32, Layton-road, Kentish-town. Lieut. E. C. Scott, Haverstock-hill. Mr. Stevens, 91, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. Mr. Wake, No. 4, Stanhope-street, Hampstead road. W. Waite, 5, Mecklenburg-street. James Mitchell, 25, Munster-square. Charles Smith, Cumberland-mews. John Edw. Claridge, 47, Union-street John Vincent, residing with Mr. Burrows, 2, Richmond-road, Barnsbury. George Rhodes, Charlotte-street, Portland town. • Edward Pullman, 58, Buckingham-road, Kings land. H. Chadwick, Maldon-road. J. Justice, Unsworth-mews. John Broadbridge, 10, Little Exeter-street. William Davis, 70, Moraington-road The two latter being those of the unfortunate persons conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital. There have been up to the present hour 34 bodies reco vered, viz., 10 last evening and 24 to-day, but the above are those only who have been identified, and who are included in the coroner's inquiry. The Coroner said he proposed on that occasion merely to open the inquiry, in order that the friends of the deceased might remove the bodies and bury them. He should require the attendance of the jury on Monday, to which day be should adjourn the inquest, after the identification. It was suggested by one of the jurors that Satur day would be the better day, 'as there might be a great many more bodies brought in before that day. The Coroner thought under all the circumstances Monday would be the best day, and the inquiry would of necessity last a considerable time. Another juror urged that Saturday might be fixed, because, unfortunately, the number of bodies recovered to-day held out no well-grounded hope that the same number or more would not be re covered to-morrow. The Coroner hoped it would be so, and thought it would be for the ultimate convenience of every person that the inquiry should be resumed on Mon day. The jury then proceeded to the dead-house to view the bodies, and a more melancholy spectacle cannot be conceived. The grief of the scene was heightened by the number of sorrowing relatives who now attended as witnesses to identify the bodies. On the return of the Coroner and the jury to the board-room a number of xsitnesses were called who spoke to the identification of the boles, after which the inquiry was adjourned. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. -- (This Day.) Market rather firmer. Sales, probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. The Earl of Coventry has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Ashdown Park. Viscount and Viscountess Powerseourt have arrived in town from Ho'khan' Hall, Norfolk. The Countess of Leicester and Ladies Cok.3 have arrived at Farranee's Hotel from Holkharn Hall, Norfolk. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. St. George Foley, tti General Hagart, and Sir Henr y Edwardes have j oined the circle assembled at Deene, 04 a visit to the Earl a k Countess of Cardigan, ICJ st 1 LO LOO ISSK 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 1(1 , 0 19 100 100 190 100 100 V 0 100 100 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 3} 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 584 5.17.0 12 f 10E2 i loll; 254 i 18 7 q HI I 92 10:i S 92 } 1 I