The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAt, !•\rTELLIGFINet, Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain steady at 32 33, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 231 231. The Shannon has sailed from Lisbon with the Brazilian mails. She brings about £ll,OOO in specie. There has been little improvement in the general progress of business in the various manufacturing districts during the past week. In the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield only mode rate dealings have been entered into fur immediate requirements. At Manchester prices of cloths and yarns have shown a farther slight decline, and spinners and manufacturers evince little disposition to increase their stocks. The hosiery and lace trades at Leicester and Nottingham, however, have shown a slight improvement consequent upon the more seasonable weather; while in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolver hampton there has been little alteration in the general state of trade, although a slight improve. ment may be reported in several branches of the gun trade, owing to orders from foreign Govern ments. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's Telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 69f. 20c. Flat. There is yet - a disinclination to speculate on the Stock Exchange, as also in Mincing-lane, but affairs, although extremely quiet, present no other objec tionable feature. All transactions seem to be based upon caution, and the reserve manifested may be regarded as an indication of a return to a healthier state of things than has prevailed for a considerable period. Consols are firm at 91/ for money and account, and 911 1 for the May settlement. The New Threes are 894 1, and the Reduced An nuities 89i f ; Exchequer Bills for March, 18s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 110 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 93f 1 ; ditto Debentures, 1031 ; and ditto Bonds, 455. to 525. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market this morning busi ness has been more lively. Italian have advanced I to 531 ; Mexican, to 16k 1; Spanish Passive, 1, to 211 22 ; the Certificates, f, to 141 Chilian Scrip, f, to 21 dis. ; and R uss i an Scrip 1, to 2f 1 pram ; o 29 1 f Danubian Scrip rema i n at 31 21 dis ; Turkish 5 per cents however ha ve d ec li ned I, t More activity has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, and in most instances there has been a re covery from the late depression. South Eastern improved / ; Great Eastern, Great Western, and Midland, each ; Lancashire and Yorkshire and Metropolitan, each ; and Great Northern A Stock and North Western each 1 ; and Brighton, lf. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very inactive, and without material change in values. Miscellaneous and Financial Shares continue inactive. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents, however, have improved to 77i 78/, Hudson's Bay to 161 f, and Viceroy of E gypt ' s Loan to 721. while North British and M ercantile have receded to 14f. Bank Shares are dull at, in some instances, slightly reduc ed rates. London and County, how ever, are dealt in at 574 ; Union of Australia at 46f ; and Union of London at 43/. A slight decline has taken place in Am er i can Securities. United States 5-20 Bonds have receded f, to 744 75; Illinois f, and Erie to 78i 79 ; Shares -I, to 394 1. MINING In the mining market t 'nand for Prince of Wal West Chiverton, East Cal Annexed are the current c Chiverton M00r...... 6 6} Chontales Gold ...... Clifford Amalgamate 6} 7 Cooks' Kitchen ...... 11 12 East Basset .......... 17 19 East C ara d on ........... 5 6 East L0ve11............ lu 10j. East Russell ......... 23i East Wh ea l G renville 2 3 Great N or th } Groat Laxey . L....axe.... 17 18} Y , Great Wh ea l Vor ... 20 21 MARKET. MONDAY EVENING: there has been a fair do les, East Wheal Grenville, radon, and Great Laxey. quotations : Marke Valley ......... 4f North Crofty ......... 5f Ofr North Tresk er b y 1 2i Prince of Wales ...... 56s 58s Providence Mines ... 32 33 South Condurrow 175 6d 20s Tincroft ............... 15 16 West Chiverton ...... 69 71 Wheal Basset .....• Wheal Chivorton . ...... 6l 61 Wheal G renv i lle... 20s 25s Wheal Seton •.,,•,,,•104 106 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Go TERNMENT FUNDS. of tient. Consols ........................... 91 f 1 901 11 Do. Account, April 10 ...................... 914 1 4 1 8 per Cent. Reduced • ........................... 894 4 New 3 per Cent ................................. 894 1 1 -1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 18 94 ..... Do. 5 por Ceut. J an. 1873 ............. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 • Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aux, 1908... 311 Ct., March. I Exchequer 8i115,.£1,000, 4 per (A. 18 pm I Do £ 5 00......... „ pm Do .£IOO,A P £2OO „ Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent . - INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Indian Stock, 104 per Cent., Apri11.874... Do. Account ................................. Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 110 Do. 4 pe r Cent., Oct. 1888 .............. ............... . 934 1 Do. Certificates .................... Do. Enf ace d P aper 4 per Cent............ .......... Do. 5 pe r Cent., Jan. 1872 ............... Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 ....... Do. Deb., 5 per C ont., Aug. 1873 .... .... 1031 , Do. Bond s , 5 por Cent. £l,OOO . 5 Do. under £l,OOO ............ ........ 45 2 pm ........... 50 pm Argentine Republi c , 6 per Cent. ............ FOREI GN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Rustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 ......... Brazilian 5 per Cent. ....................... .... 98 Do. 44 per C en t. , 1852-58-60 ............ Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 721 Do. £lOO Bonds • 73 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuilian 6 per Cent Do. 4.4 per Cent 00. 6 per Cent A Do. ~ B Do. „ 1867 ................. 81 4 Do. If Scrip, £2O paid ......... 21 dis Colombi a n, 6 pe r C en t. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — D 3. 5 p er C en t., 1864 -- Danubian P r i nc ip a liti es , 7 p er C en t ......... B juador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Do., P rov i s i ona l L an d W arran t .. Do Deferred E gyptian 7 per Cent. 80; Do. Second Issue Do. £lOO B on d s — vo. D o . 1864 BO 1 1 Do. £lOO B onds 80 14 Do Government Railway Debentures _B2 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons -- Do. Account Do. Coupons 51 Do. Account Gaaterhala 5 per Cent . i "an 5 Per Cent 1865 72f Do, Account Di Do. Marommana Railway M. ixicaz 3 per Cent — to for Account Do, 1864 _ NowZ..,o6vr.eerauCent. Anglo-French .- tZBb,abn, 6r.per Cent. ......... .. per Cent Granata lal 5 per _et; Pe..o.._e_r(j .1-0 .11,,a,eiti wa t r,.. Do •trrian 5 per deanti.B ,(I„l"etares) - Do Account •, ' "66 ........ ...... , 41 44 per Cent., 18 6.", .... ; .................. ''' ''‘ .. per Cont. (Uriba-renS .............. Do 41 por Cent., 1862 .. - ............ Do Account .................................... —..„ Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1851-", "6, 7, , 6do• , i- Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St .. ''''',' 411 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 .................... 874 Do 4 4 per Cent. 1860 ...................... - DDo 3 p.m Cent., 1859 ........................... Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ................ i I o. 5 per Cent, 1864 ..................................... 58. g D. .A.nglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid ......... 8--6 Do. do. £45 paid .. Sardinian 5 por Cent ............. NI Spanish 3 per Cent ......................... —' t„ so . cezitin ,‘,..,,,,.. .......................... o New Detreited ............................ Res. gcoDuon.t. ................................................................ 31./ Do Acciunt ....................... ... ...... .... .......... 221 2 Spanish. Cert. of Coup not fu .. .......... Do Account ....... Swedish 4 per Ceui: ........................... 144 11- De. 44 per Cent 18., ...................... Do. scrip, £6O pa 464 .................... i ........................ dig 4 11 , 1 Ct., June, 18 pm Pm Pin TWELVE O'CLOCK. To-day the Discount Market has shown inclina tion towards greater ease, and an improved tone of business. Consols have tended upwards, and the Paris Bourse, as well as other foreign exchanges, also manifest firmness, but with few operations. At the Bank of England, on Saturday, there was an influx of gold to the amount of £79,000. Messrs. J. H. Schroeder and Co., 145, Leaden hall-street, have notified the payment of the half yearly dividend on the bonds of the 4} per cent. Swedish Government Loan of 1864 for £2,223,000, due the 15th instant, will be paid on and after that day. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Beads Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 99/ 1 Venezuela, 3 per Cent. 'Jo. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 1-1. per Cent. , Divilencts on the above payable in London. Austrlso, o par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 4A- per cent., Ex. 23f. Dutch i 4 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ... Italial4 3 per Cent - . Der 1831, Ex. 25f. M. Do. Account 531 THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money Do. Account ........ 91 i OPENING OF THE PARIS EXHIBI rION. (FROM OUR OWN' CORRESPONDENT. _ Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. The Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malnaes bury, the Right lion. Spencer H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J• Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas. AN ODD WAY OF PUTTING IT !—Mr. Robert Young, the Poetaster recently foisted on the Civil List as a Pensioner, when, a day or two since, writing a letter of self-defence to the Standard, in which ho gives:an account of his career, commences with the following eccen tric observation :—"From causes too tedious to narrate, I was born in the year 17991"—which, remarks the Spectator very whimsically, reminds us of a philosophical observation in a private diary, attributed to a living politician when a boy of thirteen :—" On this day mamma presented papa with a fine boy. The succession of phenomena which led to this event I leave for future investigation." THE POET-LAUREATE (says the Wiltshire Standard) has been on a visit to the Master of Marlborough College, the Rey. G. G. Bradley. The poet's flowing locks and somewhat quaint attire, enveloped as he is in an ample clo . ak of the old-fashioned make, fulled into a collar, rendered him an object of marked attention. MR. GYE'S FIRST OPERA to-morrow evening--- that is, on the first night of the new season—is to be " Norma," with Madame Vilda as heroine. MR. MAPLESON'S ITALIAN SEASON at Her Majesty's Theatre is to commence on the 27th of April. WILLIAM EDWARD LOVE, THE POLYPHONIST, died on Saturday week, in his sixty-third year. Some few years ago, says the Athenanon, he suffered from paralysis, by which his speech Was so much impaired that he could not appear in his usual entertainment. Gradually ho fell into poverty, and a benefit was obtained for him at Sadler's Wells, and afterwards a subscription raised in his behalf by the Rev. R. A. Killick, rector of St. Clement Dane; in which parish he resided at the time of his death. Mr. Love was, we believe the first who adopted the title of polyphonist, instead of ventriloquist. his chief point of distinction, indeed, was the number of voices which he was able to introduce into the same diologue, and the varieties of distance and direction which he could impart to the sounds. In this "perspective part of his art," as he describes it in his Memoir, he surpassed other professors. The term "polyphony" properly describes the art intended which the word " ventriloquism"emisrepresents. This latter word implies that the voice is articulated in the stomach; whereas it is only an acquired faculty of imitating the timbre of other voices and of various instruments, and a capacity of artfully creating illusions in regard to distance and di rection In this Mr. Love was an exquisite actor. So skilfully did he graduate the intensity of the sound, whether by increasing or reducing its loudness, and so adroitly by his action and gesture indicate the point from which it was supposed to proceed, that the deception was never even suspected. The art can be acquired by practice, though it cannot be easily taught. FATAL BOLIER EXLOSION.—An explosion of a steam boiler, on the es of Mr. James Wragg, pork butcher, Barnsley, occurred on Saturday morning, and, bepides the premises being greatly damaged by the explo sion, Mr. Wragg himself and his apprentice, a young man, named Samuel Lockwood, were so much injured that they expired in the course of the night. The boiler was erected on that part of the premises used for slaughtering pigs, and the explosion occurred just as Mr. Wragg and his appren tice were about to commence work. The former has left a wife and five children. VICTOR HUGO'S DRAMATIC WORKS REVIVING IN PARlS.—According to a Paris correspondent of the Independance Belge, Victor Hugo's dramatic works are about to be restored to the French stage, tho necessary permission from tho (government and from the author having been obtained. The Duke of Beaufort has been created Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. THE DISCOVERER OF PETROLEUM.—The King of Italy has conferred on our countryman, Mr. E. St. John Fairman, discoverer,of petroleum in Italy, the Cross of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus. A PATRON OF MUSIC HALLS.—You were, on a certain night, and I can tell you when, if you want to com pare the date with your diary -_I suppose you keep up your private diary, if you neglect that of your employers you were in the front of the gallery of a certain music hall, over the w a t er. Perhaps you were in a gushing kind of mood, between weakness and drink, and music. Anyhow you entered into the most amicable conversa tion with the person sitting next to you, and both of you becam e confidential in the extreme, as you, proceeded with your refreshments. Now, when a person of the lower class in life comes before a magistrate and begins his idiotic confession that he was gaping at the steam boats at London Bridge, and a young man, who was also gaping at- them, remarked what a wonderful thing is steam, and what a deal of business is done at them wharves sure-ly, and the profundity of his remarks and his general affability induced the complaining booby to accept a glass of ale, and then he was robbed, why, we say that he is a pitiable donkey, and that it is a waste of good law to use it in behalf of such fools. But when an educated young gentleman, a lawyer, makes himself tipsy, and goes into a low haunt to make revelations to the first stranger who comes to sit by him, what do we say then Mr. Farquhar ? —"Sooner or Later," by Shirley Brooks. THE EXCURSION SEASON.—A committee has been formed with a view to organise excursions to Paris at re duced fares for efficient Volunteers who intend to take part in the Easter Review at Dover. The excursions to leave London on Monday, the 15th, and Tuesday, the 16th . of April, returning to Dover on Friday, the 19th, and Satur day, the 20th. Uniform will not be worn. Further par iculars will be published in a few days. DEATH OF AN ARCHITECT..-_4( Ilittorf, the dis, - - I tinguished architect of Paris, died on Monday lass He was member of the Institute and of the Legion of Hon our, Knight of the Black Eagle of Prussia, and Member and Royal Gold Medallist of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was architect of the Cirques de l'Empe reur and de l'lmpdratrice, of the great church (or rather basilica) of St. Vincent de Paul, of the fountains and pa vilions in the Champs Elyse6s, and of various mairies and other important buildings. His profound knowledge of °lassie antiquity and his various important publications, especially that on the art of polychromy as applied to mo numental art, placed him in the highest rank among the writers on his art, and leave a great loss in that depart ment of architectural knowledge and scientific research. His last work is the noble station of the Chemin de Fer du Nord, which even now is hardly completed. AN ETE TO BUSINESS.—At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Dundee on Wenesday, the chairman (Mr. Walker) mentioned that uo yarns or textile fabrics were to be sent from Dundee to the Paris Exhibi tion, the manufacturers there declining to exhibit their goods solely to gratify curiosity or to aid imitation, when the high import duties charged in France prevented any prospect of actual business done. Machinery and ale would be the only manufactures sent to the Exhibition from Dun dee. THE NEW CANADIAN GOLDFIELD.—Some very fine specimens of Madoc gold in quartz and sand, just taken from the mines, have been shown in Toronto as well as Kingston. Jewellers there, as well as here, pronounce it superior in quality to either Californian or Australian gold. —Kingston Whig. TIIE AUTOGRAPH OF OLIVER CROMWELL, at a recent sale in Worcester, fetched the high price of six, guineas, which, as the tignature was merely " Oliver P.,' was at the rate of nearly a pound a letter. MR. LONGFELLOW'S "DANTE" is SO far completed that the proofs are already in the poet's hands. Her Majesty's ships Racoon and Vestal returned to Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. The Royal Marines who went in them to Ireland will disem bark to-day. The screw steamship Rodney, 78, which arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, continues in the Sound, jiaere she. will rece i ve some repa i rs , an d no t go into tuoaze, as there have been cams of smallpox 4111 " g the crew, PA Monday. The doors of th e great Exhibition pas, were opened to-day. The Emperor and Empress were present. The company large and very enthusiastic. The Imperial party were received by the chiefs of the Commissioners, and loudly cheered by the assembly. The weather is all that could be desired--a bright sun s hi ny day. , A SHARE 108 4 182 2 i 1 4 781 131 I 10 1 g 1 1121 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECGRITI/535. - British Columbia, 0 per cent., Dec.3l, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug 1 0 08 101 Do. sp. a Mar. & Sept 100 100 10. - 1 )o. sp. C. Jan. & July 100 83 90 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed ak 100 87 .6.1 - Cape G. Ilope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 104 Do.Apl. &Del. 1890-1900 100 105 107 - Do . do 1880-90 too 104 too - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 102 lot - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 91 P 3 - C.ty ion, Nov. 1868, 6 p., 160 101 103 - Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1 8 - 441 anzItius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1478 - 1882, May 15, N0v..0 101 103 106 - k Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 105 107 - !Natal 'boy. o per cent.* 100 98 1(0 - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 80 03 - S.W. Goy. 5 p•c., 1866 100 91 93 - Do. 5 p.c. 13;1 to 1876 100 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 85 37 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 102 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova &Ala. Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 • Queensland Gov. 6p. a 100 91 03 • 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-9 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards,. 110 106 108 Vic,Uov. 6 p.c.ja &July 100 - Do. do, April & Oot lOO 107 109 131 - CITISII DILA Jl;5. Cam. Coneol. Cold, 1 - Chiverton - Clifford A ma l gamated 3os 7 9 - Devon G. Cons. ('Taoist 1 37J 390 - Drake walls 2.1.0 1 13 - East Ba sse tt ( I llogan) 204 22 2; - East Caradon 2.14.6 6 8 - East Oarn BrPa 33 3 33 - Nast Grenville 2.14.0i 2 3 - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 3 4 - Mast Lovett 3.9.0 9 10 - E. W l l Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 33 31 - Gam.& BtAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 Great Lixey, limited all 18 17 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - Great Wheal Busy. 14.9.6 - - - G. Wheal Vor (Heist, to 44 25 22 - ( .Irenville 8.18.0 13 I.i - Herod's Foot .... 8.10.6 31. 31 - Liingston D owns .. . ... 5 ,1 0 .6 23 5 1 - Margaret Wny Lelant 1317.6 7 9 - Marke Valley ........ t.lo.ii 31 ti 4 gwyndy Iron 0re,...... 31 23 lld - New Seton ........ .• 433 35 45 . North Roskear ........ 384 11 13 - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan i. 4.0 - - - North Wheal Crotty 2.13.4 5} 6 - Prosper United. 7.1.0 23 21 - Pr..videnee .Uny Lelant 10.5.; 26 28 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 13 310 330 - South Condurrow ...... 3.2.0 3 13 - B.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 - • - Stray Park ............ 35.15.6 34 44 - Tln Cr0ft... .,. .,... 9 12 14 - 7igra and ogan, Jim.. all - - - West ttassett (Mogan .. 13 14 - W. Caradon (Liskeard 14 9 II West Chirerton ....... 11 68 70 - West Seton • .......... 474 130 140 - Wheal Bassett f illogan 53 165 ;0 • Wheal Buller (itedruth 16 23 25 • Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 • Wheal Seton .......... 583 ,A 5 115 Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 10 12 91i 91 9 08 7J ?REFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Westorn 5 per cent., 88 South Eastern, 5 per cent. Charing-cross, 1863, 9) LINES LEASED AI, FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall4Bl r °RIO GN RAIL WATS. Great Luxembourg - , 10 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, len FOREIGN MINES. Scottish Australian, BANJUL Agra, Um.. A, 21 3 Anglo Austrian. 71 City, 12} London and County, 67 London Joint Stock, 4 ik London and South African, 12 London and 11 estminster,93f Unto,' of Australia, 4tik Union of London, 431 MISCELLANICOUB; Anglo-American Telegraph, 16f 6 Atlantic Telegraph, 38 Dit o, 8 per cent.os 81 61 Berlin Water Works in,, 141 Ceylon Company, 1 1 City Offices, lim., Credit Foncier of England, Uro Crystal Palace, 25 Ebbw Vale, 91 Hudson's Bay, 16k International Fivancial Society, Urn., 21 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 52 North British and Mercantile Insurance, Ifk Royal 31 ail Steam. 100 South Australian Land. 31k Tele4rapn Cons•ruc. and Mainten., lim., Ditto, ditto, 53 - Viceroy of Egypt. Mortgage, Loan. 721 The annual change of quarters of the Household Cavalry Brigade takes place on Wednesday next. The Ist Life Guards, under the command of Col. the Hon. Dudley C. Fitzgerald de Rose, remove from the Regent's Park to Hyde Park Barracks; the 2d Life Guards, under the command of Col. F. Marshall, remove from Hyde Park Barracks to Windsor ; and the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Lord George Manners, remove from Windsor to Regent's Park Barracks. The head-quartersof the King's Dragoon Guards are expected to leave Colchester to-day for Alder shott. Three troops have already left Colchester, and the sick and dismounted men will take their departure in the course of the week. It has been notified from the Horse Guards that the depot of the 98th Regiment (at present attached to the 4th depot battalion) is to be held in readiness to leave Colchester for Portsmouth to await there the arrival of the service companies now on their passage home from India. Major Jones, of the Bth depot battalion, has been appointed President of the Garrison Sani tary Committee at Colchester. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Are/ Railways. st Brie ^ ' to Eieeter 100 78 tei st Caledonian .. 100 103 110 st Cambrian • ..... 100 40 46 Cork aud 8and0n...... - - 20 Cornwall all 4 6 it Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO t 5 63 st Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc lOO 70 72 00 E.London, :scrip Certi all - 10 - st Glasgow &S. Western 10 0 lOl 106 at 'Great Eastern, Ord.stk. 100 28 29 st Do. E. Angl. at. No. 21 100 5 7 bt Great North of Scotland 100 - - st Great Northern lOO 114 1 16 I t A stock ..1 100 12 123 st Do. B stock lOO - - Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10.> - - at Vt S, and W. of Ireland 100 89 11 st 1.1 t. Western -Origiam Ico 4 43 1 1 st Do. 8. Rail gua. 100 - st Do. South Wales lou 10 55 it Do. W. Mid.-Oxtor - 100 04 27 it De. Newport lOO 25 30 it Uo , Hereford lOO at Lancashire Yorksbir 100 121 126 at L,ndon and Blackwall 100 - - at Lon., lirigh.,..3t S 10/ 71 76 st Lon., Chat., and Laver 110 17 18 at 1)0 Metrop. r;x. A lOO 13 16 st Lon. & North Western lOO 116 115 st Lon. & South Westeric WO 7.4 SO st flan ., suet., & Lincoln 100 47 I 9 st Metropolitan. all . 19 120 Do. New lO - st Do. Extension co Metropolitan District all 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd 10 6 - et Midland 9 Do. £9 Share 7 - - et Do, Birmin.. & Derby 100 82 83 25 gid Kent. . all - - it North British ....... 100 34 36 it Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. 109 1 18 Nth. Eastern-Berwic 100 10i 103 15 Do. (I.N•E purohas 16.13.4. - it Do. Leeds ..... it Do. York lOO 92 94 It Do. Carlisle . . ... - - 15 Do. Stock. & Darling all 33 35 .0 Do. So. 1860-61 IS 9 10 1., at North London at Do. do. 1864 5 - - st Do. do. 1866 at North Staffordshire it &S. W. Junction all 113 115 25 Scottish Central at Scot. N. E Aber. stoct,Z 100 - - 10 )o. Scot, Mid. stock,. 100 - - st Shropsuire Union .... 100 - - st South Devon lOO 43 45 st wuth Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 1 ' ) It ratf Vale lOO 113 153 10 Do. C 3 1 it Vale o/ Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny 10 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 6 it West Cornwall lOO 101 100. 1211 5 1031 4i 77 8 8 35 4 1011 i 2 921 3 Closing I Bust I Paid. Prioe. del 106 i 28J 115 i 11 122 k 6 3 2E2 73 44 6 5 174 / 117# 16/ 17 78 v 1 174 84 7i 8 1 119 184 19/ 1131 1413 14, M 2j 1 6 Si I I 71 8 BRITIS Li rossliss lONS. lOU Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 3t Horn., Baroda, ¢ Ccn.lu. 100 go. 5 per cent... .10 Do. le shares lO 40i Buffalo & Lake lluron all /V Do. Preference 100 Butr.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 100 at Calcatta &S. E., lim lOO at _;a, e Town & Dock, gu lOO 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 3t East. Renal, gu., sdo 100 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 40 Do. J Extension at ..itandTrunkof Canada 100 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Booth I charge 0 p.c ali ,00 Do. Ist eref. Bonds all 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 100 Do. do. deferred all 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deterred at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO o. Gua. 5 per cent lB /..0 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 at kit. South of India gua. 5 per cent tit D 41 per cent lov et Do , reat Wi-s. of Canada all 20i D..). New ...... all 00 Do. 6p.018 s. pay 1873 all 10C Do. 54 du. pay. 1877-8 all 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 at Madras, gua. 5 P.O 100 at Do. 41 do .............130 et Do. 43 do ........... . 100 /9 Do. Fifth Extension 5 at Melb. Cor. op. o. Buds. 100 50 1 el. & Hudson's Bay., all et .111.0'da,6pcletpf.bs 100 at Seinde ..... . 100 at Do. Delhi ct 20 Do. do . t ( 11 at Do. Puniaub.... n 100. at Do.lndus St.Flot c o 100 100 102 id /p 4 44 7 4 t* 60 65 10 tot ;G3 100 107 20 22 85 88 57 s') 53 54 52 54 37 (0 23 25 106 'CO 1 1I 100 102 91 93 124- 13 1 1: 12 t 2 81 d 4 If 100 1(4 92 04 65 90 82 65 97 90 97 98 1 I DT 08 THE SUN, LOM ON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 1. 1867. 'his day, MARKETS.—This day. MARK-LANE. Although only moderate supplies of wheat were on Salo in the leading country markets held on Saturday the de mand for all kinds was heavy, at an average decline in the quotations of fully ls. per quarter. The sale for barley and all other kinds of produce was very inactive at late rates. The Continental markets continue steady for wheat and flour. From the United States the shipments continuo trifling. The impor's of foreign and colonial grain, &c., into London last week amounted to 36,638 quarters of wheat, 34,501 barley, 31,908 oats, 4,740 beans, 1,216 peas, and 7,852 sacks of flour. The imports of seeds were moderate. ;;Although the supply of English wheat on sale here to day was moderate, the demand for all descriptions was in a very active state. Good and fine samples were taken by the millers at, compared with Monday last, a decline in the quotations of I.s. per qr. The general condition of the supply was only middling. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat. For even the finest qualities the demand was heavy at is per qr. leis money. Inferior kinds wore almost nominal. Floating cargoes of grain were very dull, and lower to purchase. The supply of English barley was limited; of foreign, chiefly American, large. Sales progressed slowly, and inferior kinds wore rather cheaper. The value of peas was unaltered, but the demand was very inactive. Beans commanded very little attention, at barely late rates. Malt moved off heavily at barely stationary prices. Tho supply was seasonably good. We were well supplied with oats, which met a dull in quiry at barely stationary prices. Both English and foreign flour met a heavy sale, and prices had a drooping tendency. Agricultural seeds were steady, but linseed and cakes ere rather lower than last week. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEAS CRS Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 53s to 63s Do., old 6os 67s Do., white, old 6os 7Us Do, new . ..• - 535 565 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old Do., new Talavera Bye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3Bs 51s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware • • Chevalier 735 74s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 23s 305 Potato Youghal and Cork, black 203 253 Cork, white 2os 303 Scotch, Feeding 22s 29s Beans—Tick , 3ss 39s Pigeons ... 42s 46• s Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b s3s 57s Suffolk 44s 46s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s 33s French, per sack 44s 52s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Calves were in fair average supply and moderate requesi at last week's currency. Per Blb to sink the offal. A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, April 2, 1866, and this day, Monday, April 1, 1867. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. April 2, 1866. April l 1867, ed ad id s d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 3 10 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 4 6 410 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep ... 4 0 4 8 310 4 2 Second quality do. Prime coarse-woofed do. Prime Southdown do 6 4 6 8 6 0 6 2 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 8 5 0 4 6 410 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 6 0 3 8 4 2 Beasts 930 3,540 Sheep Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ox SA.LE, April 3, 1865.—Beasts, 4,180 — sheep, 17,750—calves, 107—pigs, 370. April 4, 1864—Beasts, 4,310 —sheep, 29,B7o—calves, 137—pigs, 410. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 10,305 head. In the corresponding week in 1866, we received 13,319 ; in 1865, 7, 189 ; in 1864 7,100 ; in 1863, 5,499 ; in 1862, 2,768 ; and in 1861, 2,106. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. sh ee p, Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp Boulogne 69 ... 1443 ... 75 ... Bremen 253 ••• Calais ....... Geistemunde 963 ... Amsterdam,,..,, Copenhagen.,.,.. Gottenburg ..... —..— ••• • "• • ••• Hamburg 642. ... 2108 ... • • 33 ••• Oporto Harlingen ...... 144 ... 67 7 ••• Dieppe Hontleur... Ostend Rotterdam ..... Trouville ••• The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs , [866.,.,..... 4309 ;.. 8,101 110 336 ... 295 1865 l7BO ... 3,350 225 ...1797 [864 - .... 43G ~, 42 ... - ... •-•-• • •• - --'' ••• NEWUATE AND LEADENBALL. The average supplies of both town and country meat were on sale here to-day. For all kinds the demand was very inactive, and in many instances prices had a droop ing tendency. The total imports of foreign meat into London last week wore about 200 tons. Per 81b by the carcase. s d Inferior beef 3 d o 8 Middling do 3 8 4 0 Prime large 4 4 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 6 2 Lamb, Os 0 attar! Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 'diddling mutton-4 0 4 4 Prime do 4 0 4 6 Large pork 2 8 3 4 Small porlc. 3 6 3 10 Id to Oa Od BOROUGH HOP. Our markets but moderately supplied with all kinds of hops ; nevertheless the trade is in a sluggish state. In some instances the quotations are almost nominal. Last week's imports were :-386 bales from Rotterdam, 20 from Pillau, and 24 from Ostend. Mid and East gents l7OB to 231 s per cwt. Farnham and country Weald of Kent . 16% to 1853 1, Sussex Yearlings lO5B to 150 s Olds sos to 8 0s ~ It BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are fairly supplied with potatoes for the time of year. Selected samples aro iu steady request at very full prices. Inferior kinds are a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. The imports of foreign potatoes last week were 220 tons. Regents lloe to 140 s per ton. Flukes 125 s to 165 s „ Scotch Ragouts loos to 1008 „ There was a full average supply of foreign stock on offer here to-day in but middling condition. Sales progressed slowly, at depressed currencies. There was a slight falling off in the arrivals of English beasts fresh up to-day, but the quality of most breeds was prime. The supply from Scotland was limited, whilst no fresh supplies were reported from Ireland. The demand was in a sluggish state; nevertheless, last week's prices were mostly supported. The best Scots and crosses were disposed of at from os to 5s 2d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,300 Scots, short horns, and erosses ; from other parts of England 600 various breeds, and from Scot land 205 Scots and crosses. Thero was rather a large number of sheep in the pens in excellent condition. The sale for them was heavy, at a decline in the quotations of fully 2d per 81bs. The best Downs and crosses in the wool sold at 55 10d to 6s, out of the wool 5s per Blbs. We were fairly supplied with lambs, which moved off slowly, at late rates, viz., from 7s 4d to 8s per 81bs. The sale for pigs, the supply of which was good, ruled heavy, at 2d to 4d per Blbs less money. Tho top quota tion did not exceed 3s 10d per Ms. s ds d s ds d Crse 3; inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6 Pmeers-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Second quality do ..3 8 4 4 Prime u 0.6 '0 6 0 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 10 Large coarse oalvoe.4 4 4 lo Prime Scots, ttc....5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......5 0 5 6 Crse. and int. sheep. 3 8 4 0 I .arge hogs ....3 0 3 4 Second quality do ..4 2 mai: porkers 3 6 3 10 Lamb.... 04 ud to 0 Od. Suckling calves,l2os to 238:; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 21s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts P,640 !Beasts ....... 1 315 Cows. Cows. • • .. Sheep and lambs 21,110 Sheep and Laub& 6 B4O Calves ll3 Ca.ves • • l'igs 3.0 DV 35 WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool have been brought to a close. During their progress nearly the whole of the wool offered was disposed of at a decline of id to 2d per lb compared with the*November directions. Privately scarcely any business is doing. Last week's imports into London were 2,503 bales from Sydney, 2,172 from Willington, ~12 from Jamaica, 15 from Copenhagen, 75 from Dunkirk, 22,561 from Melbourne, 1,731 from Port Elizabeth, 408 from Natal, 1,807 from Port Philip, Oa from Shanghai, 3,053 iron .9.1g04 Dv, 522 from Kurrachee, 72 from Lisbon, and 421 from the Mau ritius. Ctirrent prices of English wool per lb. Fleeces—South Down kepis d 1 61 1 71 Half-bred do lBl 191 Kent fleeces 1 7 1 8 Sbuth Down owes and wethers 1 6 1 7 Leicester do 1 6 1 8 Sorts—Clothing Combing TALLOW. The market is steady. P.Y.C. on the spot is selling al 44s 3d per cwt. For forward delivery very little is doing. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. Stock—(this day) 55,e55 39,682 33,156 26,739 Prices of Y.O l4ls 9(1 to 40s Od 49 s 00l 44s 3d 42s (16 —s 0(1 —s 0(1 —s 0,1 Dolivery last week 7OO 1,365 980 1,533 Do. from June 1 .. 66,266 82,030 93,720 81,234 Arrival last week Do. from June 1 82,474 76,691 91,956 82,648 Price of Tow n 43s 9d 43s 50s 46s Gd TIE EDI:I'I,OA. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx TATTERSALLS'--This Evening. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Lecturer (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Regalia (taken and offered) 1000 to 70 agst Wild Briar (taken freely) JOOO to 60 agst Tourmalin (taken) `2O to 1 agst Miss Harriette (taken) 20 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst John Davis (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Minor (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 100 to 7 agst Salliett (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Miss Frances (taken) 20 to 1 agst Moulsy (taken) 20 to 1 agst Skipper (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sycee (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Plaudit (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst The Rlke (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Plaudit (taken) 12 to 1 agst D'Estournel (taken) 10,000 to 300 agst Grand Cross (taken) 5,000 to 25 agst Man Ross (taken) - CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken) ARRIVALS AT NORTHAMPTON. Endsleigh, Douro, Flatcatcher, Signet, Lady Elizabeth, Red Riband, John Davis, Lecturer, Chapel Royal, Musi cian, Bismarck, Orne, Miss Harriette, Eau de Vic, Knight Errant, Rector, Cecrops, Indian Star, Miller's Maid, Veda, Wings of a Dove filly, Gipsoy Queen, Thalia, Indigestion, Pearl Mosque, Musa, Out and Outer, Tourmalin, Suffolk Primrose, Leybourne, Chippenham, Atalanta, Jenny, Quick March, Wild Agnes, Ninny, Speculum, Sultan, Pericles Flying Saud, Policy, Miner, Mathilde, Lady Barbara, Son geur, Vespasian, Clarice, and Dutch Admiral. VICTORIA BE'T'TING.—This DAT. The feature of the assembly to-day (a large one) was the increased demand in which Lecturer was for the North amrtonshire Stakes; in fact, there was so much money for the Danebury horse, that betting with regard to any other animals was almost completely stagnated. As will be seen below, 2 to 1 was only obtainable about the winner of the Cvsarewitch, and in one instance the price was taken to a cool thousand. Rama to-day declined to an outside price, and of the others Regalia was in most demand, Chippenham had some few friends, as also Wild Briar, each being in fair odour at their price. The Spencer Plate was speculatel on as below. For the Two Thousand Guineas 2 to 1 was only offered on the field, but without tempting a customer. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lecturer (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Regalia (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tourmalin (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Chippenbam (taken) 20 to 1 agst John Davis (offered—take 33 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Miss Harriette (offered) 20 to 1 agst Wild Briar (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Miner (taken) 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher (offered—take 33 to 1) 33 to 1 agst Apsley (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rama (taken and offered) 50 to 40 on Lecturer 1,2, 3. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 100 to 6 agst Cecrops (taken) 100 to 6 agst Chapel Royal (taken) 100 to 6 agst Salliet (taken) 2000 to 100 agst Lion (taken) 2000 to 100 agst Sycee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Skylight (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hunstman (taken) 23 to 1 agst Mr. Pitt (taken) DERBY. 8000 to 40 agst Man of Roes (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 2to 1 on the field (offered) NOTICE.—CHANGS OF ADDRESS.--.JORN STIRK, 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 he has removed to 25, Wel lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LE; of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Lombard-street; and at One S wan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. W. HOPKINS lend Jour AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, ()MENDEN STREET, HAYMARKET. Commissions. JOHN PERCIVAL, Oxford Cigar Stores, 8, Pauton-street, Haymarket. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches; also in George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. Evenings, after 7, at Mr. C. Dur ham's, Freemasons' Arms, Long-acre. 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, Walworth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. SPORTING NOTE 3. • The Epsom Spring Mooting was a great success, although fine sunshiny weather was unfortunately combined with the disagreements of a gale of wind on 'Tuesday, and also a strike of the enginemen and firemen connected with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, which prevented many intended travellers to these cele brated downs by that route, as no trains ran from the Victoria Station, and only a few from London-bridge, from arriving with their usual punctuality. It seems rather hard and cruel on the part of the men to commence a strike on this ono of the best managed lines in the 'country, the loss of traffic from which must have been a serious item in the company's weekly receipts; but let us hope the good sense and kindly feeling displayed by the directors towards their men in this case will induce other railway companies to arrange the disputes in question in an equally amicable and satisfactory manner. The racing resulted in a series of triumphs for the book makers, which they would doubtless like to see repeated during the week, but 1 question if they will be so success ful shortly, when most of the stables will have obtained a more correct line for their horses. The confounded Soiled Dove case is again on the car pet, as a meeting of the committee at Tattersall's was held on Saturday, when, after a long discussion amongst the members present—who wore the Duke of Newcastle, as chairman, Lord Frederick Fitzroy, Lord Exmouth, Hon. Admiral Rous, Colonel Ousoley Higgins, Capt. Batchelor, and Mr. George Payne, they decided upon re-opening the case. In consequence of this decision Admiral Botts, with his usual impetuosity, removed his name from the committee, and retired from the room ; whereupon, as several mem bers declined, from the foot of having an interest in the matter, to give a final decision about it, the settlement was still further adjourned till Saturday, the 13th of April. There can but be one common-sense view of the matter, and that is, as Mr. Chaplin was in duced to purchase Soiled Dove through the negligence of the Jockey Club officials in allowing her to start in the first instance at Newmarket, in contravention of rule 15, to declare all bets on her null and void. It is not possible to deny that the neglect of certain parties connected with the Jockey Club has been the first cause of all the mischief which has arisen in connection with this miserable affair, and to turn round and punish one of the most liberal patrons of the turf by enforcing a penal rule against him is what I will never believe any committee of noblemen and gentlemen can conscientiously do. The meetings for the present week are Northampton and the Grand National Hunt, which are the most attrac- [To gatherings on the spring circuit to the general body of racing men At Northampton the Whittlobury Stakes is likely to go o VIRIDIS or MOONBEAM. For the Stand Plate Han- dicap GREY STOCKING is as well in as anything, and by him or Lord Westmorland's representative it is likely to be won. SWEET ANNE and TINA are not badly in the Delapre Free Handicap, although they would have a chance with Sir Guy, a turned loose four-year-old, if he could gallop a little bit. For the Northamptonshire Cup Stakes VANDERVELDE, if the distance i i not too ;far for him, ought to wiz Who Selby Stakes will go to Lord Westmoreland, probably by the not well understood, and some had been misapprehended assistance of VEDA. Of the 50 subscribers to the Great and perverted. lie was quite ready t o give every explana- Northamptonshire Stakes there are only some few horses i a w; r s ee tr p ie a d rc ip on July, and found guilty, and an application for Lion as to the part he had taken in the matter. The man who will like the distance or the severity of the course. accompanied b y w a as a ta a t f e te m r e w a a t r a d i s om n e l 1(1 1 ) Of these Lecturer has been backed for large sums of to th the Home-office, money by John Day's division, althou g h if well and at statement he referred to the judge y and e g P ot is lii n s er cipTn i t e n b . the post I should give the preference to John Davis's Tho question really was a matter of credibility of the wit hdeetaprnosd,echuottrfixf thwatswtooottelrwtliiejneedss,esthweenrethtoe verdict would w if ou t l chance, who made such an example of the field for this be relied on, then the verdic e t race last year with 21b more on his back. Lord not a do hadbsuggested of supported. eate c Westmorland has Rama and Gilead engaged, either Be had made all the inquiry possible, w 7 B of which will take an infinity of beating from that the prosocutrix was not to be believed, then shElight their admirable staying qualifications. - Teurmalin ran be indicted for perjury. That course had not been taken, very forward for two miles in the Metropolitan, and is and the t a h e o v s e e r ntell v c e e r !)as a sed upon the prisoner remained. He g lyn to lo s n ta : d h . ateve r on the point worth investing on for a lace. I cannot stand whether the entenco u L Eudsleigh this journey, nor do I think ho would have won j THE MUTINY BILL. at Epsom bad the ground not been rather holding. Very 1 The house then went into committee on this bill. I a _ A ,, disclissiya arose on the q ues ti on w h ether it was pos good accounts rea c h me o f T ac it u, b y N ewm i ster, ou t o f ibl to inflict corporal pu n i s h ment on soldiers in the good conduct men, aft er th e vote that had Secret, wh ose mer i ts h ave not as yet been shown in public. • first _ ciass Proserpine will b e reserve d f or the Chester Cup. Of the been come to the other evening. At fir s t rest Quick March is very lighlty weighted, and Primrose, if the house affirmed a resolution abolishing corporal punish started for this instead of the Cup st a kes, might be trouble- ' meta in the army; the Secretary for War af terwards ask e d for a reconsideration o f th e reso l ut i on, w i th a view of sub some to the wi nner . M y present impression, h owever, i s in favour of LECTURER, JOHN DAVIS, and WILD BRIAR. t wo t o ll e ti l tl i f se i s l: t it: , p t l r a a c t e a a i ll t a i i i i e se se d oo iv a itnf a the h f m or e m n er into f Wednesday's racing will be influenced a good deal by which the good conduct men should be classed. That previous running, but CHErszow or VIOLENT ought to proposition was assented to, and now it was contended win the St. Liz Handicap. The Racing Stakes will go to by many members of the house that Government was VIRIDIS or LADY H ESTER . F or t h e Al t h orp P ar k St a k es bringing forw ar d a new c l ause wh i ch would enable I like the chan ces o f S PECULUM an d G RIMSTON b est. The rn tho after arrangem en t h a d b een entere d i nto, to inflict corporal pauishmeut irrespective of any class arrangement. Sweepstakes of 20 sous each, will probably result between [LEFT SITTING. I EAU DE VIE and GRIMSTON. In tho Earl Spencer's Plato Vospasian, Qui Vivo, and Lord Westmoreland's lot of eight, read best on paper, and if I stood upon one it would be MILLER'S MAID. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--rhis Day. The Grand National Hunt Meeting takes place on Thurs day and Friday next, a short distance from Bedford. There is every probability of the sport being first-class, but I shall content myself with recommending Mr. Studd's Champion as the winner of the Grand National Handicap Sweepstakes run on Friday, and I think that will be CLANSMAN. A FRESHMAN. WESTMINSTER. ASSAULTING A SlSTER.—Michael Roche, clerk in a gas factory, was charged with violently assaulting Celia Iligginbottom, his sister. The prosecutrix, whose face was very much swollen, said that on Sunday evening she, her husband, prisoner, two cousins, and other relations were in Knightsbridge, the prisoner making a disturbance which resulted in his striking her. Her husband returned the blow, and after more querrelling the party separated, she, her husband, andcousiu going to First-street, Chelsea, whither the pri soner followed them, and, when in Walton-street, tho pri soner came up to har without any provocation and struck her in the face a fearful blow, swelling her face considerably. Prisoner said he respected his sister as much as any body, and this quarrel arose from family matters which he could not mention in a public court. He did not mean to hit her, but was assaulted by four or five others, and hit her by mistake. Evidence was given to show that no one else was near. The sister only wanted him to be bound over to keep the peace. Mr. MA) said the public must be protected as well as individuals. Were it not for the recommendation of the sister he would send him to prison without a fine. He fined him 10s. or a month, and bound him over in his own bail to keep the peace for three months. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The Lott]) CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack a five o'clock. THE TORNA DO. Lord CLANRICARDE said that he hoped that the house would allow him to postpone his motion relative to the production of papers in theicase of the Tornado. RECOVERY OF DEBTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from Scotland praying that this bill might bo acceded to. The petition was very cautiously worded, but it expressed an opinion that the bill would fticilitate the recovery of cer tain debts. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY PROFESSORSHIPS BILL. Lord KIMBERLE Y moved the commitment of this bill, and the bill was approved accordingly. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a petition on the employment of her Majesty's troops in their leisure hours. He stated that he had received the peti tion from the Mayor of Colchester, and originated from a largo meeting in that town. It appeared that the people of that town considered that much better arrange ments might be made with regard to the sanitary and moral condition of her Majesty's troops. It was thought that the time of the soldier was not sufficiently occupied, and that they had eight hours out of the 24 entirely at their own disposal, and this led to what idleness always created—dissipation. The peti tioners thought, after the experience of the Crimean war, where it was found the troops were physically incapable of enduring the hardships of a single campaign, that it was advisable that some employment should be found for them, and that they could be remunerative at the rate of three halfpence an hour in addition to their pay, thus profiting by employing their leisure time in indus trial pursuits. Lord LONGFORD said that the subject upon which the noble earl had spoken bad ben much considered at the War Office. Various reports had been made to that de partment of the different industrial pursuits which might occupy the leisure time of the soldiers. The industrial schemes of the petition brought up by the noble earl involved one of the most complicated plans with regard to employing soldiers. Although the plan might be good, the best result would not per haps immediately follow. In India soldiers had been necessarily employed in this way. In those times, however, he (the noble lord) was sure that there would be nothing else but the most cordial co-operation on all sides with regard to any'scheme for the amelioration of the soldiers. . Tho Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that, as far as the military authorities were concerned, no one was more anxious as to the condition of the soldiers than they were. The troops were very much scat tered in England, and it was difficult to provide permanent employment for them in any one place, but in India they were stationed almost permanently. In all parts of the . foreign dominions this was going on progressing, but in England it was much more difficult. He was sure that throughout the whole of the army there was the greatest desire to promote the employment of troops in every way that would be beneficial. Eal GREY said that hitherto this subject had not re ceived the attention that it ought to have. There was great cause for improvement. He was happy to find that there was a disposition to forward it.. (Hear, hear.) Earl DE GREY AND RIPON said that it Was most de sirable that this matter should be put into the hands of the commanding officers of regiments, and that it should be thoroughly understood that the Government wished that these regulations should be carried out. It was ne cessary that a largo amount of discretion should be left in the hands of the commander-in-chief of the forces. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. CIIATTERTON took the oath and his seat for Dublin University. ____ PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were road a third time and passed : Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, Brighton Improvement, Cardiff and Penarthßoad, Ford and Lowick Roads, London and North Western Railway (Buxton, Chapel en le Frith, and Sheffield Railway), Middle Level Drainage, North Metropolitan Railway, Tnomson's Divorce, Tynemouth Parish Gas, Worcester County and City Gaols. THE TRIAL OF BURTON AND HAY. Mr. GILPIN asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention bad been called to a trial at the Kingston Assizes, where two men, named Burton, aged 23, and Hay, aged 29, were indicted for burglary, before Mr. Baron Bramwell, and sentenced to seven and ten years' penal servitude respectively; to the fact that the convicts were violent and abusive on receiving their sentence, and, hav ing been removed from the bar by the police, wore ordered to be brought back by the judge, who thereupon sen tenced them each to a further term of five years' penal ser vitude. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. GLADSTONE asked the Chaccellor of the Ex chequer whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to make any alteration in the arrangement or the provisions of the bill for amending the representation of the people before inviting the house to discuss the clauses in committee ; and, whether ho was willing to lay upon the table the reports or other documents from which ho quoted on Tuesday the opinions of the present r and late Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue respect ing the proposed taxing franchise ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not his intention to lay upon the table communications which had been made to him, and from which he had freely read during the introduction of the bill to amend the re presentation of the people, because they were looked upon, to a certain extent, in the nature of private communica tions. With respect to the more important part of the question, it was his intention to place a notice on the paper that evening to move the omission of clause 7, which gave the dual vote. All the other controverted points ho thought would meet with the best solution in committee. Her Majesty's Government would enter the committee with the most earnest desire of bringing the question of Parliamentary Reform to a speedy settlement. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Viscount CRANBOURNE begged to ask the noble lord the member for King's Lynn to answer a question. He had stated that the Government intended to introduce a bill on the subject, on which the Government would stand or fall. He should like to know if he would state what were the provisions of that bill. (Hoar, and laughter.) Lord STANLEY said it was rather a matter for argu ment and discussion than an answer to a question. (Hear, hear.) When the subject was resumed in debate ho should be quite ready to state his views on the matter. (Loud laughter.) THE SALE OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBITRG. Mr. SANDFORD asked whethor the Government had any information they could communicate to the house re lative to tho statement that was current on this subject? Lord STANLEY said he held in his hand the official journal of the Government of Holland, in which it contra dicted most positively that a cession of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg lad taken place. The Governments of France and Holland might have boon in communication with a view to a possible transfer, but what the result of those communications were he was not in a position to state. RUSSIA AND AMERICA. Mr. WALKER asked the noble lord whether he had ro ceived any intimation that the Russian portion of America had been ceded to the United States. Lord STANLEY said up to about four o'clock that afternoon, the time at which he left the Foreign-office, no despatches had boon received contradicting or confirm ing the report in question. Ho had telrgraphod to St. Petersburg for information, but "there had not yet been time to get an answer to his inquiry. Mr. LAYARD asked if there had _bop any negotia tions ou the part of the Government on tho subject? Lord STANLEY replied that nothing of toe kind had taken place. TIIE CASE OF TOOMER. Sir R. COLLIER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of the house a copy of the judges or short hand writer's notes of the evidence on the trial of John ' Toomer, who was convicted of rape and sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude at the last Summer Assizes for Reading; and of all memorials and correspondence relat ing to the case. Mr. WALPOLE said ho did not think himself at lib er t y to lay the papers required on the table. The pap ers were peculiarly circumstanced; they were highly confidential them o in f some respects, whilst in others they affected th e c h aracter would persons, who, unless an opportunity was given He eakoibn objected ecteerdtaai also s l o explanations , jay th the )agpreerast injustice u t s h t e i °ld table ou mainly be done. be cause it would be contrary to all precedent and usage, and further, that were ho to do so it would convert that house into % court of criugual %Teal. The facto of the cape were THAMES STEALING BRANDT FROM 1.--Slllr.—Henry Wharks, a ship-keeper, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing two bdttles of brandy from the ship Victory, in the West India Dock. A dock constable named Henry West stated that last night at seven o'clock he saw the prisoner passing along the West India export dock. He stopped him and found on his person two full bottles of brandy. He asked the pri soner how he became possessed of them, to which he re plied that his father was ship-keeper of the Victory, and that he gave him the brandy. A few minutes afterwards the prisoner's father came to the dock gate very much intoxicated with a bunch of keys in his hand. One of the keys opened the 'tween decks in the afterhold of a ship in which ho found a case of brandy which origi nally contained twelve bottles. Six bottles had been taken out of the case. The label on the bottles taken from the prisoner and the labels on the bottles corresponded. Mr. Paget—When does the ship sail ? The witness--I don't know, sir. Mr. Paget said the suspicion was that the prisoner's father had some hand in the abstraction of the brandy. He remanded the prisoner until Friday. The court was closed this day for repairs, much required, and the magistrate and clerks were accommo dated in a small private room in front of the building. Of course, with a few exceptions, it was necessary to exclude the public. Sittings were provided for the press and solicitors at a table near the magistrate. The repairs, painting, and alterations, will occupy one month. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON ♦ POLICE CONSTABLE.—WiIIiam Stevens, aged 35, a labourer, of No. 2, Plummer's-row, Whitechapel,was charged with violently assaulting Charles Fountain, a police constable, No. 310 K, and being in en closed premises for the purpose of committing a felony. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, Mr. Bradwell, the manager of the largo congreve and inciter match factory in the Fairfield-road, Bow, saw the prisoner getting over the wall of the factory. Ho asked him his business, to which the prisoner replied, " I am no thief ; I am a dock labourer. He had money in his pocket, and that he sometimes did very strange things, owing to his receiving a sunstroke in India." He was given into the custody of Fountain, a police-constable, on whom he made A desperate attack, and swore ho would kill him. The prisoner knocked down the constable and kicked him. The policeman was soon on his feet again, and was again struck by the prisoner. A desperate struggle ensued, and assistance having been procured the prisoner was secured. He severely injured and disabled the constable. The prisoner, in defence, said he had been a soldier in India, where ho had a sunstroke which injured his head. Mr. Paget was of opinion that the prisoner went to the Fairfield Congreve Works for the purpose of committing a felony, but he was stopped on his entrance. He should punish the prisoner for the violent assault he committed on the constable. It was no excuse that he was afflicted with a sunstroke in India. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) Market opens with a steadirr feeling. Sales pro bablylo,ooo bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGZ.NCE. (By Telegraph.) GALTESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March 31.—Velocity, steamer, from Calais; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne; Providence, from Grave lines ; Johanna, from Pillau ; Mary, from Jersey; Artistic, from New York; Bien, from Frederickstad ; Constance, from Barbadoes ; Carrie M. L., from Rio; Cavalier, from San Francisco; Elisa, from Alexandria; Baron Holberg, from Christiania; Karen, from Afanititla.n ; Carlo, steamer, from Ilavannah. Arrived, (April I.—Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp ; William Penn, from New York; Lord Johu Russell, steamer, from Dunkirk. DzAL, Monday Morning. Passod, March 81—Avery, from London, for Nelson ; H.M.S. Royalist, from the Wost Indies, for Woolwich. Sailed—King of Algeria, for Leith. The screw steam sloop Zebra, 7, having had de fects made good, was appointed to leave Plymouth Sound on Saturday evening for the Cape of Good Hope, &c. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on Friday, April 5. THE PRESENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—We learn from Dobrett's recently published "House of Commons,' edited by Robert H. Mair, Esq., that 169 members were educated at Eton, 81 at Harrow, 32 at Rugby, 29 at West minster, 18 at Winchester, 11 at the Charterhouse, 2 at Merchant Taylors', 1 at St. Paul's, 19 at Military or Naval Schools, 7 at King's College, London, 4 at University College, London, and 42 by private tutors; the remainder being alumni of grammar or private schools. One hun dred and sixty-nine graduated at the University of Oxford, 124 at Cambridge, 28 at Dublin, 15 at Edinburgh, 4 at Glasgow, 1 at St. Andrew's, and 7 at the London Uni versity. The legal profession is represented by 128 members, 95 of whom have been called to the English bar, 18 to the bar in Ireland, and 6 to the Scottish bar ; while 9 are, or have been, in practice as attorneys. Five are Sergeants-at Law, and 30 aro Queen's Counsel. Forty-seven were Students at the Inner Temple, 36 at Lincoln's Inn. Commissions in the Army are, or have been, held by 112 members, in the Navy by 13, in the Yeomanry by 65, in the Volunteers by 68, and in the Militia by 63. Fifty members are Privy Councillors, 3 are Irish Peers, 70 are Baronet; 10 are Knights, 16 aro Lords Lieutenants of counties, 38 are heirs apparent to Peers, and 9 to Baronets; 65 are younger sons of Peers, and 15 of Baronets ; 11 are heirs presumptive to Peerages, and 2 to Baronetcies 97 have held, or aro holding, official Government appointments, 8 are sons of members, 81 are authors or editors, 128 are directors of public companies, 109 are bankers, znanufacturors, merchant; or in business, 3 are, ur have been, medical practitioners, 93 have served the office of high sheriff, 487 are justices of the peace, 363 are deputy lieutenants, 117 have ch anged their constituencies, and 40 have changed, or added to , their patronymic. The fiu co 18re10.bIonnith; e a y n e d a i r n s 1 1 8 8 0 1 5 3 born l2ii3f t y l w 7 -0 8 t hr 2 er , 0 a eb n o Irdl born the e 1 i,in ins theirlaWstincentu 8 7 .. 5 d 2 25 have been born Verner, bo eld rs os w t e m re ei h n o b r e n r youngest, Lord Newport, born 184 year y w ea e r. The next most an d roi r i an d y ii 1 :1825, years , 1 were s e r m s 13 1 e 8 r 0 7 1 e 8 a 1 c 6 h , and 1817, 8 1 1 8 7 1 , 2 N , V andhell 1 1 8 9 2 n 6 :embers P in - each year were born, and when 18 members were born in each year. The vote of the Ohio House against equal suf frage in that state was 30 to 38, —not quite as strong as at first reported, but altogether too much so, since more than two-thirds of the members are Republicans. The Repub lican press of the state manfully condemn the action their representatives. The Cleveland Leader says they were " actuated by a pitiful timidity lost some Republican s nominee for township clerk might be defeated." They are kept in countenance by the Republican Congressmen, who did not dare propose equal suffrage in the whole Union lest they might logo their claims el re-eloctien. N