The Sun. — London, England, 1867-05-03 00:00:00

NON Efri/IARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. At the discount department of the Bank of England to-day the demand is moderate, and in other quarters a limited amount of business has been negotiated. A further sum of £50,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. At a meeting held to-day of the proprietors of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, the report of the directors and statement or a3counts was Submitted. The report was unanimously adopted, and a resilution carrie 1 increasing the directors' remuneration. In the Mincing-lane markets, during the lust few d ays, there h Is been a moderate atmuut of business transacted. Sag tr has been at steady rates. For Colonial descriptions of coffee there has been a geed demand, and a further slight advance has been established. Rice has remained in moderate request, at fully late rates, while tallow continues to be neglected, and quotations are a shade lower. With respect to the grain market in Birmingham Mr. W. C. B. Cave states that the weather is now all that can be desired for the completion of spring sowing and planting. The wheat plant looks n ealthy, but there are some complaints of the beans having suffered from too much moisture. Unin fluenced by the more pacific news of the conti nental dispute, the price of wheat continues to advance gradually from the now admitted fact that the stocks of both English and foreign are in a less compass than has been known for years. Farmers, deliveries at all the country markets are extremely small, and barely sufficient for the local demand, but millers buy' sparingly from week to week in the hope that present prices may bring for ward a better supply. At this market to-day there was a bettor show of English wheat—best samples commanded an advance of ls. per quarter, while secondary lots wore more saleable at the extreme prices of last week. Fine red, 675. to 70s. ; white, 728. to 768. ; all per quarter of 4961b5. Foreign Wheat met a fair retail demand, at an advance of about I.s. per quarter. The application of Mr. C. Oppenheim for a call to be made in re Overend, Guerney, and Co., was beard yesterday before the Chief Clerk of Vice- Chancellor Malins, who has adjourned it-to be heard before his Honour in person, at half-past three o'clock to-day. The next public sales of Colonial Wool have this day been fixed to commence on the 16th inst. The quantity already arrived amounts to about 150,575 bales, of which 22,593 bales are from the Cape of Good Hope. The Committee of Merchants have decided that all arrivals after the 9th inst. will not be included in the present series. There is a marked change in the tone of the Lon don market for American securities, the decidedly more reassuring aspect of European politics having induced large purchases of United States securities, t o cover sales which had previously been made on fear of war between France and Prussia. 5-20 Bonds are last quoted 711 to after having touched 72 4, ex coupon, which is equivalent to the highest figure that they have ever reached in this country. 11 'tools Central Shares have been steadily supported, and leave off 751 to 761, or $3 above the price of this day week. In Eries there has been a very l arge business, and the quotation has advanced nearly $6 per share, viz., to 421 to 421, the rise be ing partly attributable to purchases on N ew Y ork account, an d part l y t o co ver " bear sales ', on this side. Atlantic and Great Western Rail way Debentures are steady at 31 33, and the Con solidated Mortgage Bonds at 21 22. The committee of investigation of ',he London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company have issued a supplementary report, containing further res ults disclosed in the course of their inquiry, and w hich they consider demand explanation. Some of these facts are of a remarkable character. "'They i nclude the particulars of certain important discre- P a ucies in the half-yearly accounts furnished as to interest on mortgage debt and preferential capital, amid alio temporary loans. On this last point the °°oarnittee observe that in the report issued up to 30 th Juno last the amount due was stated to be £645 ,906, but that" soma remarks having been made at the meeting for the half-year as to so large an ?mount being due to the company's bankers, this i tem disappeared in the next report of December, 1866 ." "This circumstance," they add, "it is diffi cult to re conc il e w i t h s t atemen t s w hi c h h ave reac h e d the committee as to the position of the Brighton C ompany with their bankers." A most instructive comparison is exhibited between the financial posi tion of the line during the ten years included in ir• Laing's chairmanship and that which is shown in the subsequent decennial period. The committee conclude by enumerating certain things which are essential in order to place the company's affairs on a sound footing. These are :To obtain a complete estimate of the works in progress, and to at once abandon all those which are not absolutely indis pensable ; to have an accurate statement of assets and liabilities, including floating debts, and to pro- Vide a financial scheme for liquidating them ; to revise the scale of fares and working expenses ; to cultivate the most intimate alliance with neighbour long companies, and to secure a direction which shall enter heartily into these measures. The return from the Bank of England for the Week ending the Ist of Slay gives the following results when compared with the previous week P ilest .£3 125 803 Decrease £7,316 7'052'501 ... Increase 7 06 , 672 ether depositsl7:793:9l7 Decrease 89,975 On the other side of the account :- -,'evernment securities £12,886,314 Increase £10,156 8 ,-',,ther securities ... 19,169,324 .., Increase 919,61 . 4\ 04,3 unemployed 9,867,745 ... Decrease 233,134 The amount of notes in circulation is £23,299,665, being an increase of £174,280 ; and the stock of bullion in both d e p ar t me nt s is £19,248,895, show ing a decrease of £88,032 when compared with the Preceding return. Subjoined is a comparison of the present postion of th e B ank and the price of Consols with the cor responding date of last year, when we were within ° lle week of the height of the panic and the stoppage Overend, Gurney, and Co. : Same week At present. last year. a uk bullion ... £19,218,895 ... £13,509,140 No tes in reserve::: ... 9,867,745 ... 4,839,250 ' e It a S in circulation ... 23,229,665 ... 22,872,770 Y 3 of discount ••• 3 per cent. ... 7 per cent. ' nee of Consols ••• 911 ••• 861 The Bank of France return for the past week ° t , l l Nrs the foll ow i ng a lt era tio ns w h en com p are d w i t h " former account. An ' increase has taken place 111 the cu b , amount i ng to £520 , 000 ; i n t h e bi lls 4 , anted, £400,000 ;in the advances, £13,320 ; ill the notes, £826,640 ; an d in current accou n t s , £40,000; ; while there has been a decrease of 60 6,640 in the Treasury balances. Two o'CLocx. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 68f. 55c. There i s s till fi rmness, w ith a d egree of dulness, i the market for the English Funds. Consols arc f for immediate transfer Ad account, and 911 be the June se ttl emen t. Th e accoun t price, it will s een, has receded, and this is probably owing to Political considerations abroad, and also the ma 13rity against the Government in the House of Co mmons last night. The New Threes and Re liced Annuities are 59k, ; Annuities (Red Sea eegraph), 191 ; B an k o f E ng l an d Stock, 253 2514 ; e di a 5 per Cents., 110 n ditto Enfaeed 5 per c r e , ilt s.) 103 1021 ; ditto 5} per Cents., 108 ; and 140 Bonds, 48s. prem. b In the F ore i gn Stoc k M ar k e t th e re is very little 114ne ss, but prices are firm. Italian have ad- Ir C t ' e ed to t o 48 n Greek 1, to 121 13f ; Turkish 7 Per Cents. to 29k ; Danubian Scrip to s 5 i dit S. ; Chilian Scrip j-, to 4i 4 dis.; and Russian cr t o 1 1 dis. Spanish Passive have declined i _! +.ll ' 0 20 1; and the Certificates /, t o 13 -}. Mexi k;an remain at 15 W_Continued depression has prevailed in the Rail at7 Share Ma r k e t. G reat N or th er n and London 1 , ut Brighton h ave each decl i ne d 2 ; S ou th E as tern 2 i Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1f ; South Western, 11 ; Metropolitan and Midland, each 1; North Western and Manchester, Sheffield, acd Lincoln, each / ; Great Western, ; and Great Eastern, 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without any material variation. Dutch Rhenish are dealt in at 171 ; South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian at 15f; Grand Trunk of Canada, at 171; Great Western of Canada, at 131 141; East Indian, at 108 1081 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, at 1081. American Securities remain steady. United States 5-20 Bonds are 71i / ; Erie, 41i 421 ; and Illinois, 76 77. Bank Shares remain steady. London Joint Stock are marked 43; 4 1 e. London and Westminster, 92f 93i ; Orienial Bank Corporation 41f 42 ; and Union of London, 40 41. Miscellnneons and Finance Shares are inactive. Anglo-American Telegraph remain at 18/ to j; Credit Foncicr of Englrnd, at 24 3-16 ; Iludson's Bay Company at 16, and National Discount Com pany at 121. MININIG MARKET. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Business in the Mining Share Market continues very dull. The shares chiefly dealt in have been Chiverton, West Chiverton, &ton, Stray Park, Providence, and Clifford. Annexed are the latest prices:— Bryn Gwiog C hiverton Moor sf 5 Clifford Amalgamate 4 41 East Basset l6 it East Cam Brea — East Caradoa 5l 5i East Lovell - East Russell East Wheal Grenville 2-1,- 2 Great Laxey l7k 18 Great Botallick Great Wheal Vor... 17k 18 Marks Valley North Crofty North Treskerby Prince of Wales 52s Gd 5 is Od Providence Mines South Condurrovr ...10s 15s Stray Park West Chiverton West Seton 1324 135 Wheal Chiverton 6 64 Wheal Gronvill• Wheal Seton B5 90 FOSEIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. .3 3 oer Vent. Consols Do. Account, May 9 9ll 3 per Cent. Reducmci B9l 1 1 Now 3 per Cent B9l 1 t New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. a per Cent. Jan. 1873 — kunuitios, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 • Do (Red Sea Tele6raph), Au„ 1908 l9} .xchequer Bills, £1,006, a and 4 por Gt —pin Do £5OO — Do. £lOO St £2OO — Bank of England Stock. 61 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 por Cent., April 1874 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Cent Do. 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 lOB Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 _BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 .;razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 7 21 I I Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 34} Cutlian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent A • Do. „ B Do. „ 1867 Do. „ Scrip, £2O paid 4l i die C )1 , mbian, 6 per Cent. ;üba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 D. 5 per Cent., 1861 ... Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent Do. Do. 8 „ 1867 Do. Do. Scrip, £2O paid 7 dis E inador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Bl. e4yptian 7 per Cent 120. Second Issue .... Do. £lOO Bowls i)o. Do. 1864 BO Do. £lOO Bonds — Do Government Railway Debenture: BO Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupone Do. Account D. Coupons Do. Account G tatetnala 5 per Cent .. — f iiian 5 per Ccrt 1865 Do, Account • Do. Maremmana Railway — M , xican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do, 1864 loi Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — 4ontevitlean C per Cent. .. _ •loorish Imperial 5 per Cent - New Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (hectares) re -urian 5 per Cont 1865 Do Account 69 8} Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarren) 4;... Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account P irtuguese 3 por Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 40 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 par Cent., 1859 — Do 5 per Cent., 1862 B5 i 44 Do. 5 por Cent., 1864 B6l D ). Anglo-Dutch, 1866 B5l f 5 6 De. do. £6O paid — die iardinian 5 per Cont Sp tnish 3 per Cent ... Do Account ~. — Do Nov Detested — Do. Account Do Passive — Do Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account .... l3 S modish 4 per Cent. 1)o. 4i por Cent. 1861 Do. Scrip, £6O paid dis Curkish 6 per Cont. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 por Cont. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 53 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 _ Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 ••• Do. 4 per Cent. Guarant ee d - - Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — 1)0. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. 1864 — Ditto q per Cent — Divi lends on the above payable in London. Austrian, a per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 4 per °Ant. Ex. 12 Gull., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . .. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 4Bl TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9l 1).1. Accoint Do. June 9li LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—This Day. Market opens steady. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. ARTISANS' VISIT TO PARIS.—The Society of Arts has organised a highly influential committee, who are raising a fund by subscription, with the object of aiding a limited number of English workmen to proceed to Paris for the purpose of studying the present French Exhibi tion, the manufacturing establishments, (to. This object it is to be attained, it is proposed, under certain proper con ditions, on the following plan: That a number of selected workmen (the number to depend on the amount of funds at the disposal of the council) shall be assisted to proceed to and remain in Paris a sufficient time (say three weeks), for the purpose of making a careful study of the Exhibi tion, and of such factories and workshops as they may de sire to visit. That every man so assisted shall, on his return, make a report to the society of what he has observed during his stay, in reference to the special industry in which he is engaged, and that it be made a condition of the grant to each man that one-third of the amount be retained until hif report shall be supplied to the society. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest was held in Lambeth on view of the body of the child which was murdered by its mother on Tuesday afternoon in Royal-street, Lambeth. The principal wit ness stated that she was the wife of a bricklayer living at No. 21, Royal-street, Lambeth. The deceased was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Belcher, who lived in lodg ings at the same house. They dwelt in a back room up stairs. On Tuesday last, at half-past five o'clock, Mr. Belcher came downstairs to witness's room, and said "My wife has cut her throat and the child's too." Witness told him to call some one in. Mr. Collard, a neighbour, came, and they went upstairs into Mrs. Belcher's room. She was lying on the bed, in a very weak state, and her throat was cut. The baby was lying dead in the bed by her side. The child was dressed, and there was blood upon it. After hearing a good deal of evidence the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against Elizabetn Belcher. It is not expected that Mrs. Belcher will re over from her self-inflicted injuries. RETURN OF TIIE GREAT EASTERN.—The Great Eastern steamship returned to Liverpool on Tuesday morn ing from Brest where she had arrived with only 191 instead of the anticipated 3,000 passengers. The enterprise of the French company is a complete failure; and the unfulfilled engagement with the Great Ship Company is said to be likely to lead to cotaiderable ..~-~ THE StN, LON r ON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1867. StiARE lllAR,RETS.—Yesterday. --+ ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. itirlatol and Exeter .... Caledonian 'Cambrian Cork and Bandon Corn wAll Dublin Jr Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b..lunc & London, c.crip Do. ;Glasgow S. WeFtern ( _:.'reat Eastern, Urd. e 1 k.' DO. E. Angl. st. No. lOrritt North of Scotian& lure:4 Northern U., A Btock V. stu,k Da. ..New, es. xt :Ca pa. lit 6, and W. ut IreLuta •It. IV ',item -Originat, Val. !tall gua.! Do. *South Wales i;o. W. Ala.—W(l4)l-w Do. l'`.;etvpurt , tro. Hereford. ! 100 Lanc.,sllirem Wu :Landau and Illaekwalll 100 Brigh., AL S Conei4 jo• ghat., and loved 10; Do. Metrop. r:x. A ; Lon. as Aoria IVerteri4 Lou. 4 South IVeaterut Man., chef., Lincoln' Aletrupolitau Do. ;New Do. Extension.— Nletropolitan District. 00. do. Jo. )u. and t. John's %Soo Al id, and Do. £1 Share Do, dirmiu.. do Derby . heat . North Britiah ...... Do. Ed., rth. Dun • N th. astern—E 11erwic Do. G.N•E purchast Do. Leads Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. 6t00k.& Darling. Do. to. 1860-61 Sortli London .. Do. do. 1150* 5 Do. do. MO North Staffordshire • N. di S. W. Junction . Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. sine Bhropanire Union iout►i Devon louth E4Ntern italueo, Wok., t Wok rtur Vale Do. C ..• Vale of Neath Waterford it Kilkenny Waterloo &t Whiteha • Wen Cornwall raid. Closing Price. 77 b 0 106 10e1 40 16 4 6 r 6 63 ;0 72 105 .07 27 2 4 li HO 'l2 109 ,1t R'! 11 1J 4t tyi :A 27 25 3,/ - - I 121 j 1221 Sts :8 la 17 8 i 2 11l 114 7i 76 t 6 - -0 102 101 it 9 110 79 81 33 34 4 16 10 Iv 2 69 GI V 2 94 32 33 9 10 y 112 115 1 ty 70 72 113 lb 118 152 44 46 65 651 Pig 91 1;0 .55 2* ai, Business done. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Piggot. SLADE V. SLADE. The arguments in this case wero again resumed this morning, Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., directing the attention of the Court to a mass of rebutting documentary evidence, showing what the matrimonial restrictions imposed upon Austrian military officers really were, and contending that they wore such as would invalidate the marriage of Baron von Koeber and Lady Slade. His argument is likely to last the whole day. (Sittings at Nisi Prins before Mr. Thron Channel' and Common Jury.) PINEROE V. CIIIPMAN-ALLEGED LIBEL BY TILE " STAN DARD." This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a solicitor, carrying on business at 29, St. James's-street, Bedford row, against the publisher of the Standard newspaper for a libel in that journal. Mr. Sergeant Atkinson and Mr. Bromley were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Gifford, Q.C., and another learned gentleman for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Atkinson, in opining the case, said that he, in common with the public, must feel a deep interest in the protection of the public from unnecessary restric tions, but at the same time private character should also be protected from the unjust attacks or reports of so powerful an organ. The plaintiff in this case was a respectable solicitor, had carried on business for several years, and the effect of the libel was to seriously damage that business, and to threaten him with ruin at an advanced period of life. It appeared that a gemtleman named Fletcher, who wa s a d vance d i n years , h a d been in the habit of receivi ng money through the h an d s o f t h e plaintiff from the East India Company for his services as an ensign in the Madras army, and being under the im pression that the plaintiff had done him an injustice in regard to some m ousy t h at he b a d d epos it e d i n th e Bloomsbury Savings B an k , he adopted the course of summoning him last N ovem b er to t h e Cl er k en w e ll Police court on the charge of f rau d . A repor t o f the proceedings on that occasion, under the head of " Serious Charge of Fraud against a Solicitor," appeared the following day in the Standard. Here the report was put in and read. It stated that the plaintiff was brought before Mr. D'Eyncourt charged with having induced the prosecutor, who is 76 years of age, and almost imbecile;to sign an order to receive for him a sum of £l7, which was lying to his credit in the Bloomsbury Savings-Bank, for which he had not after wards accounted. Mr. Straight, who attendCd as counsel for the prosecution, said that it was intended to take pro ceedings against the plaintiff in the Court of Queen's Bench, and the magistrate advised the latter as a man of honour to settle the claim, and adjourned the case for a week, with a view to some arrangement being made between the parties. The libel complained of was contained in the report of the proceedings on the 'second occasion. This report was also read, and was headed "The Ferocious Charge against a Solicitor." It repeated the summons, which was not then read, and said that the plaintiff had paid the money, and the case was discharged. Now, only a part of the money claimed was paid, which was all that was done, and it had been previ ously offered to the prosecutor, but the former fact was not stated, which the learned counsel contended was most that th e repor t conveye d m Several witnesses having been exami ne d on b e h a lf o f a fa s l t se un im ju p s r t es t s o io t n h . e plaintiff, the plaintiff, The jury found a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) A PAINFUL CASS.-IN MS W. F. KERRY. This bankrupt was at one time a dealer in, and re storer of, pictures, carrying on business in Sloane-street, and he applied to-day to bo released from custody. The bankruptcy is ascribed to the poor fellow's unfortunate loss of sight, which incapacitated him from carrying on his profession and business. He had been arrested upon a judgment for £3O, but no ono appeared on the present occasion to oppose his release, and the order was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. A "JACK-IN-THE-GREEN" CLOWN IN TROUBLE.-Wm. Smith or Dickenson (he gave both names), described as a labourer, but who was attired in the costume of a clown, and was stated to have formed one of a "Jack-in-the- Green" party, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a bottle of claret, the property of Mr. Malpas, wine mer chant, Jermyn-street, and also with assaulting Police constable Watson, 299 A. There being no one present on the part of Mr. Malps when the case was called on, the charge of assault was gone into. Police-constable Watson, 299 A, said—Yesterday after noon I saw the prisoner in company with another man running along Pall-mall and turn into Crown-court. Prom what I was informed I went after the prisoner and stopped him, and asked him why ho was running, when he replied, " I did not do it ; it was the others." Directly I took hold of the pri soner the other man made a bloic at me, and ran away. I told the prisoner he had stolen a bottle of wine out of a man's basket as he was passing along, and ho said, "I'm if 1 did," and commenced kicking me, and tried to bite me. We both fell, and in doing so my hand got under neath him and was a good deal hurt. After struggling with the prisoner for a few minutes, I agreed to leave go of him if ho would go quietly. Ho went quietly a short distance, and then started off, but I pursued and caught him, and he then became again very violent, and seeing a Jack in the Green party—his companions—ho called on them to rescue him. With assistance I got him to the station, and while in the dock he tried to bite my hand. On the charge being read tho prisonor said ho would own he took the bottle of wine, but that the others were as bad as him ; that he took the bottle and throw it to them, and that then they threw it back. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULTS. - -Henry Murphy, a seaman, who appeared in excellent ease, fat and well-dressed, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with violently assault ing Henry Malden, a labourer, of No. 3, Bowyer's-build ings, St. George's-in-the-East. The complainant was on his way home at one o'clock this morning, and his attention was c3lled to a young woman who was lying on the ground very ill. He was helping her up, and the prisoner came from the opposite side of the way and struck him a fearful blow on the left eye, which caused him to bleed profusely. The complainant's evidence was confirmed by John Lea, who saw the prisoner strike the blow, and the blood directly ran from his nose and mouth. No provocation was offered. James Crutchley, a police constable, said the prisoner was very drunk and riotous. After the examination of a witness for the prisoner, Mr. Paget commented on the savage conduct of the pri soner, who not only committed an atrocious and unpro voked assault on a man who was doing a kind action, but he had also (lone much worse, brought forward a man who had perjured himself, and who had told a series of lies. Ho sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. WIFE BEATING._ George Dyson, aged 45, No. 3, Lower Chapman-street, St. George-in -the-East, tankmakor, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with violently assault ing Ellen Dyson, his wife. The prisoner is an idle, dissipated, and brutal ruffian, spending nearly the whole of his earnings in strong drinks. Ilis wife, a respectable and industrious woman, maintains her family of seven children by dressmaking. She has a good daughter, Julia Dyson, who assists her. The pri soner came home intoxicated last night and abused and threatened his wife and family. Ile struck his wife on the head three times with his • boot, and stunned the poor woman. He threatened to throw his daught er ou t o f win dow into the street, and a t t empted to seize h er . Sh e scratched his face, and got awa y from him. Ab ou t 18 months n ag tale his daughter'stheruinand d eso l at i on of the head with a c h opper. A lamentable family, owing to the pris oner' s dr unkenness and viol ence , was given. b o he cutt history his of Mr. Paget said be would take care the prisoner should be restrained for some time. A brutal and dastardly assault had been committed on the complainant, whose great misfortune was to be united to a worthless, drunken fellow, as selfish as he was savage, spend ing all his earnings on himself, an d making his family uncomfortable. Convictions in cases of this description had boon too often folloived by disaster and ruin owing to the husband and father of a family being sent to prison. In this instance that would not be so. The complainant supported the family, and she would be much better off without her husband. Ile sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for three months, and to find bail to keep the p(.ace for three months after the expiration of his imprisonment. I MPORTANT DECISION AS TO FI NES IN L OAN SOCIETIEs.—At the Westminster Police-court yes terday, Mr. Arnold gave judgment, ari s i ng out of some complaints of the P e rseverance Labou r L oan Society, before adverted to. The question reserved WaS whether the society were entitled to exact or take fines from a bor rowel• or his sureties on the non-payment of an instalment of the debt. Mr. Arnold was of opinion that the tatting of these fines could in no way be justified, and made an order in each (ass for the payment of the amount that re mains due, having first deducted all payments that have been made by way of fines, by which the debtor is to bo credited. jiMACKEREL.—The stormy weather has greatly in terfered with the Cornish mackerel fishery during the past 10 days ; nevertheless the catches have boon quite equal to 50 tons. London has had the larger portion of the supply. Prices have varied greatly, one day ranging from 225. to 28s. per 120, and another from 30s, to 3.1. Photo -Painting. This new discovery of the celebrated M. Desderi, the inventor and patentee of the carte-de-visite, is certainly one of the most remarkable description, and also one of the novelties of the day. By the old process, when it was required to enlarge and colour a" carte" to life size, the object had first to be reproduced on paper. By the new process, yes terday, at the studio of M. Disderi, in Brook-street, Hanover-square it was ;a life-size three-quarter portrait of her Majesty, enlarged from a carte-de vkite, by her Majesty's command, for her mtrin e residence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. All the minute details of the tiny ph ,tograph were preserved in the most extraordinary manner in the larger por trait, and a finer likeness of her Majesty has never been produced on canvas. Another remarkable reproduction of the new process is the portrait of the late Prince Consort., also executed by command of the Queen. The flesh tints are most artistically worked in, and such is the correctness of the pro cess that the colouring is positively permanent, and indestructible even by the application of acids. In addition to the portraits we have mentioned a variety of oth9rs adorn the artist's studio, all executed by the paper affixed to canvas, and the portrait then coloured in the ordinary manner. By M. Disderi's new process the enlarged photograph is actually taken on the canvas in the first instance, and in such a manner that the life colours are worked in in the most brilliant manner. We had the pri ♦ilege of inspecting a remarkably fine specimen of the new process, which has the advantage of being adopted at less than half the price of oil painting, and without the tedium of sitting to the painter. The "enamelled" photographs, also the invention of M. Disderi, are equally beautiful in their way, as they possess a softness that renders them peculiarly life-like. The series of the interiors of the apart ments in Windsor Castle and Osborne has also been taken for the Queen, and here again the talent of Disderi is developed—the difficulty of surmounting light and shade having been accom plished in the most complete manner. The studio of M. Disderi is a very attractive exhibition, and one that will afford the highest gratification to all lovers of the fine arts. It is open gratuitously to the public, even the formality of a ticket not being required. COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION. At the usual meeting of the Executive Committee, held on Tuesday, April 30, a letter was read from Melbourne, requesting a supply of New Orleans seed, and expressing the writer's firm conviction that the climate and soil of Victoria are well adapted to the growth of cotton. He states that he was about to purchase 147 acres of land well fitted for the growth of cotton, and it was resolved to forward to him the seed which he requires. A letter was received from Tobago, West Indies, stating that the writer has a quantity of laud prepared for cot ton, and requesting to be supplied with Sea Island seed, to continue the cultivation upon a more ex tended scale than at present. He proposes to con sign to the association the cotton which he has already grown, and expects to ship it speedily. A letter was read from the honorary agents of the As sociation, Calcutta, reporting that the crop of a cotton cultivator in the Soonderbunds had been almost completely destroyed by an inundation. A small quantity had been sent to the Paris Exhibition, and it is expected that a fair return will be obtained from the plants now standing in addition to the pro duce of future sowings. Twenty-five acres are at present under cultivation, about 70 acres more have been prepared for Sea Island seed, and 25 acres for Egyptian, and having taken precautions to prevent further injury from inundations, it is hoped that satisfactory results will be secured. Samples of the cotton will be sent to the Association. The new crop has come forward but slowly, and, for a time, supplies arc not likely to increase, owing to the high prices now ruling in the interior. Letters were received from the honorary agents of the Association, Bombay, request ing, on behalf of the Cotton Commissioner, samples of all the commercial cottons of the world for a museum at Dharwar, which it is believed wou'A be useful in promoting the improvement of Indian cotton. Samples have been forwarded of the new crop of Dharwar saw-ginned cotton, which is ex pected to be the finest that has been grown for some years past. A copy was received of the orders lately issued by the Bombay Government regarding the future publication of the annual cotton returns of Western India, and it is in tended that such returns shall be made as corn plete and reliable as practicable, and be pub lished as soon as possible after the receipt of the in formation from the several districts. Reports are to be required of the extent of land under or intended for cotton cultivation, to be published not later than October ; a short report on the appearance of the crop, to be published not late r th an D ec . 1 ; a simi lar short .report, to be published not later than Christmas Day ; and the annual report as soon as possible in the new year. A despatch, forwarded by the Foreign-office, was received from her Majesty's Cousul-General in Egypt, inclosing a letter from a scientific chemist established in the country upon the subject of a new insect that has caused much havoc in the cotton crops of Egypt during the last two years. It is requested that the statement which has been prepared, and the case of specimens ac may be submitted to scientific in companying it, quiry in England, in order that means, if possible, m ay he discovered to prevent in future the losses occasioned by this scourge. Th e su bj ect i s under the consideration of competent parties. MARKETS. —This day. MARK-LANE. There was a very moderate supply of English wheat on sale here to-day ; yet the demand was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to Monday. The quality of tho samples was tolerably good. The imports of foreign wheat having exceeded 30,000 quarters, the supply was rather on the increase. All kinds moved off slowly, nevertheless the quotations were sup ported. Floating cargoes of grain sold at full currencies. We were fairly supplied with barley, in which only a moderate business was doing at late rates. Malt was in full average supply and sluggish request, on former terms. Oats were in large supply, and the demand for them was inactive, at prices nearly equal to Monday. Beans and peas commanded very full rates. The flour trade was steady, on former terms. Seeds and cakes were a dull inquiry. SKIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour. , English and Scotch 2,130 530 3,410 200 590 Irish Foreign 30,010 8,480 64,620 1,280 sacks Maize, 5,050 qm NEIVGATE'AND LEADENBALL. These markets are tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with each kind of meat. On the whole, the trade is steady at our quotations : Per 81b by the carcase. ed Inferior beef 3 2 8 6 Middling do. 3 8 4 Prime large do 2 4 4 ?rime small do 4 4 4 6 Veal 4 2 5 4 eclat! Inferior matton 3 6 4 t. Middling mutton 4 4 4. 4 Prime do 4 6 4 6 Large pork - 3 0 3 6 Small pork. 3 8 4 4 'Lamb. - (is 2d to as 81 BOROUGH HOP. There is scarcely any demand for even the finest hops, and pric.,,s, generally, continue to give way. Mid and East Konts Farnham and country We of Kent Sussex Yearlings loos to 130 s „ Olds bOs to 80s „ COLONIAL., S UGAR. —Business has remained inactive, but West India descriptions maintain full rates. In the refined market there has been little change of importance, common lumps and testers being quoted 42s per cwt. COFFE2.—A fair amount of business has been transacted in colonial description; superior qualities of which have slightly advanced in value. T EA. —The public sales of China and Assam qualities continue to progress slowly, at about previous prices. Rim—Business has been in some measure restricted by the limited quantity on offer, and prices remain firm. TALLow.—The market is dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 445; April to June, 41s 3d.; and last three months, 4 is 9d per cwt. LIEUTENANTS, R.N.—An Admiralty return shows that the number of lieutenants on the active list of the Royal Navy has been reduced from 1,207 in 1856 (the last year of the Crimean war) to 754 in 1867, and tho number employed from 860 to 588. 7 100 all 100 100 16.13.1 100 100 100 all 10 5 Lou all 100 100 100 all lOU 103 100 BRITISIi rossiCSSIONS. lan tic St. Lawrence Rom.,/larod, , , 4 Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent ' Do. F shares Buffalo Lake Huron Do. Preicrence llutL,Braut, & (3oderich 6 p.c. 187'1-3-4 ' I Calcutta S. E., lim e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu. 9 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension ;rand Trull kot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond. .1 charge e p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deterred , De. 2d Prd. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook— Do. do. deferred Du. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gun. sp.c o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gas. S p. e tit. South of India pm 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do treat Wy•e. of Canada— l Du. New . •• i Do. 6 p. e .84s. pay. 1873 Do. 51 du. ray. 1877-8.. Indian Brandi, limited' Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. la do Do. Fifth Exteusiou lelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. el. .1z Hudson's Bay.. .111.C'cla,6pc let pf.bs Scinde . . , Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punisub.4 ft •e , I Do.lndas st.riot, 100 100 100 all 100 100 67 60 100 102 Id if, 4 44 71 Si 50 55 10t 103 101 ,G 3 105 107 - - 20 22 85 88 57 59 53 54 52 51 37 40 23 23 105 106 , 1 p 1 100 102 91 93 14 In 1.: 12s, t , B 42 ' 81 d 4 It II 100 104 02 34 b 5 90 82 85 97 99 97 98 1 I 97 98 COLONIAL GO VIC liN MN British Columbia. 0 per cent., Dec. 31 I 572.... Can.Gor.6 p.c.J a.‘t July 1877-61 - Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug II) t. 5 p. c. 31ar. it Sept I iio. 5 p. c. Jaa..t July . Do. 5 p. e. lnycribrd U. Hope, 6 P.C. 1673 Jo. Ap1.6,001 . Vivo- Ivo' I Do, do IsBu4 &)o. Jan.StJuly, 113?0 , ./. Do. 5 per cent. 15 April anti t 5 Oct., Ivoo Oglon, Nov. 1864, 6 p.' 1876, do auritlum, G p. 0, 1173, Jan and July Do. 1.78 O. 1882, May 15, Nov. 1, . , 00. 1805, Feb. <c Auz.. katal 'kyr. b per cent.. N. S. W. Gov. 5 ire., 1861, Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187(3 Do. 5 P.c. 1388 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So,,tia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 ,lueenaland Gov. 6 p. c a. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-11 Do. 1878 di upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April Oct 190 100 100 140 100 100 T S ECU It 99 101 v 8 100 100 102 86 v 0 67 ,SJ 10 , 113 107 114 106 114 104 91 ?3 101 103 Iv 6 I 8 102 101 103 105 163 106 105 107 08 1 1 0 (6 1/8 t 9S 85 87 101 102 at 86 96 08 91 P 3 106 108 107 100 BRITIS It IffINXS. Cam. Consul. Gold, Elm Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Conn. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bas. sett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea Kast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved W'l Russell eravistki Gam& StAubyri(G wen. ireat L , txey, limited Lireat South folgus Urent Wheal llusy 1 Wheal Vor ie derod's Foot Ringston Downs ...... Mararet (Uny Lelant Marie Va11ey...,,.,, riwyndy Iron Ore, liuk xelv Seton North Rosk ear V.Wh'l llassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper I,l!rovislenoe Ulu Lelap tl Caradon (St. (leer) oouth Condurrow .Wheal Iran. (Illogait tray Park tin 'Croft Vigra and Clogan, lirn West Bassett (Mogan 07. (.31‘!adon (Liskeardl 'estChiverton West Beton .. Wheal Hammett !Mogan Wheal Butler (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheal Trelawuey Si 431 381 4.1.0 2.13.1 7.1. d 10.6.• 2.1.0 29i 2.14J1 8.3.0 3.9.0 11.2.61 all 0.1 Co l 11.9. t; 8.18.0 8.10. u, 5.10. d 1X.17.6 I.lus, 3.2.0 18.18 15.15 (1 SSi 5.i7.0 7 8 7 9 37) 39) 1 11 22 21 8 6 3 3i 2 3 4 10 3} 3t 4 5 18 17 2C 22 11 1/ 3.e. 31 21 31 7 9 31 11 21 Iv 33 IS 11 13 51 6 2} 21 26 28 310 33u I la 34 44 12 14 •4 1) 9 .1 08 70 130 :40 05 ;0 23 25 11 13 1 0 5 115 10 12 risis;rhaticrlci m oriAj ",. Great Eastern, E. ties Ex., N o. 2 , Ditto, 6 per cent. C or 6 5 Great • °ahem, 5 per cent., 10 8 Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at 5 p er cent., 103 Itti;FERENCE SliAltES AN!) STOCKS. London and N.-Western 16 per cent., 85 LINES LEASED AT FIXED ROCNTALti. Lancaster and Carlisle, 204 YOUItO UN ULU. WA y Dutch Rhenish, 171 tireat Luxruibour:;. ti Namur and Liege gua. 141. per annum, gi Sambre and Meuse, 3i per cent. pt., South Austrian had Lumbacuu Venetian, jsi FORICRIN KIN 14. b. Anglo .11nizillan bold, limited 1 iiuti . Nor.ll 1)e1 t.cy. , l Ipm Pestarynna Gold, 21 St. Julio LLcl itcy, tim., 552 I DOCK M. London and St. Katharine, 5Sy 9 BAN /a B. Anglo- 4 ustrlan, it Chartered .der. of India, London, and China. 24 Consolidat..d, Um., 4f tinperini isank, tun., 20 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Ilm. , London and county, Ditto, new, 23) London Joint. Stoat:, 431 London and South African. 111 London and 14 eatininater, VI 3f Oriental Bank Corporation. ilf 2 Union of Loudon, 4uf ltl 11.15CELLAN nous. Anglo-American Ttli.uraph, 181 I Al .intie relegrapti, 531 .t DR 0, 8 per cant., i+€l 31 Credit wider ut Eng taw., Jim .2i 3-15 Itudaon's Bay, 18 Nr.tional Dii , count t ompany, 12; it o, n. w, issued at 5 pi, tit Rio de Janeiro City lthpruvrineuti., 191 REFORM 111 FETING AT GREENWICH. —A numer ously attended meeting of electors and non-electors was held at the Literary institution, Greenwich, last night, for the purpose of considering the present aspect of the re form question. Mr. W. Angerstein presided, and amongst the speakers were Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., and Sir Chas. Bright, M.P. T first resolut!on condemned the Government bill, and the second expressed confidence in Mr. Gladstone, and urged him to retain his pDsition as leader of the liberal party. _ _ . ATLANTIC STE:ollNG.—Previous to the City of Baltimore's departure for New York, from Queenstown, a silver cup was presented to her commander by Captain Seymour, with the following inscription :—" From W. D. Seymour and Son, Queenstown, agents to the InraaAline, to Captain 31‘Guigan, of the Inman steamship City of Bal timore, for having steamed 390 miles in '24 hours when crossing the Atlantic, being the fastest rate on record." all 100 100 all luo lOU lOV lOU 100 lOU 10 10u 1 , 0 100 10 100 110 71 81 7 , 491 40 1213 1 34 . I le Se 4 12 (12i 112, j f Ili 73 41 3 i t 5 42 1.3 y 141 I 1,09 i 81 C 4 l i 3 1 I 1011 21 141 1?; IT[ E 5. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CHESTER RACES—TiIts DAY. (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BEAUFORT BIENNIAL. The Second Beaufort Biennial Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 61b ; winners in 1867 of a 200 sovs stake with six subscribers 51b extra ; maidens allowed 81b. One mile and a quarter. 17 subs. Knight of the Garter Leap Year WELTER HANDICAP. The Staiaford Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 100 added ; winnurs of any handicap after April 18 (at eleven a.m.) 101 b extra ; gentlemen riders, jock ,, ys 711 extra. Once round and a distance. 11 subs. Janitor steambJ:q Arkansas— Arrived -Swout Rome. LATEST BETTING ON Till COURSE, THE DERRY. 9 to 4 agst Vauban (taken) 7 to 2 agst The 11.4ke (taken) 10 to 1 agst hermit (taken) 1000 to 80 agst Dragon (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Julius (offered—take 18 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Duty Free (taken) WEIGHTS FOR - THE BATH AND SOMERSET SHIRE STAKES. The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 soy; each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared by May 7, with 100 soya added; the second horse to receive 50 sous and the third to save his stake; the winner of any handicap amounting to 500 soya after the weights are published (May 2, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b, of any other handicap with pubic money added, 51b extra; penalties accumulative. Two miles and a distance. 64 subs. Age st lb Elland 5 9 4 Lecturer ... ... 4 9 0 Beeswing ... 4 8 9 Tormentor ... 4 8 8 John Davis ... 6 8 7 Rodmire 5 8 7 Buckfoot 6 8 4 East Lancashire ... a 8 4 *Archimedes ... 5 8 2 Dunsany ... 5 7 12 Apsley ... 4 7 11 Retrousse ... ... 4 7 11 Special ... 4 7 9 Mirella ... 4 7 8 Pintail ... 6 7 5 Gomera ... 5 7 4 Friday 5 7 4 Bedouin „. 7 a 3 *Tacitus 4 7 3 Selim 4 7 3 Ischia 4 7 '2 Salpinctes 5 7 2 Terror ... 4 7 2 Flatcatcher ... 4 7 2 1 Nu ... 5 7 Steamboat ... 4 6 13 Edgbaston ... 4 6 10 Claverhouso ... 4 6 10 Monitress ... 4 6 10 Cranford 4 6 10 The Rescue ... 3 6 10 Ladyßose ... 3 6 7 Lord 11. Thynne is a subs, Age st lb Priority ▪ 3 6 7 Mischief 4 6 6 Whalebone 4 6 5 Duet 4 6 5 Primrose ... ▪ 3 6 3 Pirate Chief 3 6 3 Douro .•• ... 4 6 3 Manoeuvre filly 3 6 3 Clarice 3 6 2 Freemason . 3 6 1 Chilbolton... ... 4 6 1 Othello ... 4 6 0 Tribune ... 4 6 0 Honeymoon ... 4 5 13 Pepper's Ghost ... 4 5 13 Seringapatam ... 3 513 Whirligig ... ... 3 513 Charles II 3 5 12 ......3 5 12 Sister to Vodette... 3 3 8 5 9 5 Stokeley 3 5 8 Ily Love ... 3 5 8 Stud 3 5 7 Sea Mew ... 3 5 7 Lady Bugle Eye 3 5 7 Greenback... ... 3 5 7 Attack colt ... 3 5 7 Sydmonton ... 5 The Duke._ 5 (dr.) Rose Cheri... 4 Those horses marked thus out the knowledge of their o the time prescribed, unless si ;ribor, but did not name. ') haringibeen entered with wners, will be struck out at ?ecially ordered to remain in. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. April 25, at 0.17 p.m., Rose, out of the One Thousand Guineas Stakes. April 25, at 8.40 p.m., Seville, out of the One Thousand Guineas Stakes. April 27, at 10.20 a.m., Gontran, out of Chester engage ments. April 2 i, at 12.30 p.m., Kingmaker, out of Glasgow Plate at Irvine. April 27, at 2.55 p.m., all Mr. Bennett's horses out of Chester engagements. April 29,at 0.12 p.m., all Duke of Beaufort's horses, out of Chester engagements. April 29, at 2.50 p.m., La Dauphine, out of Beaufort Cup, Bath. _ _ April 29, after 6 p.m., Seamew, out of the Chester Cup. April 29, after 6 p.m., Chepstow, out of Flying Dutch man's Handicap, York. April 29, after 6 p.m., Caithness, Aldcruft, and Chep stow, out of the Chester Cup. April 30, at 9 a.m., all horses in Mr. Nightingall's name, out of• Chester engagements. • April 30, at 9 a.m., Friday and Othello, out of all handi caps to date. April 30, at 9 a.m., Trombone, out of the Wiltshire stakes, at Salisbury. April 30, at 9 a.m., Vernon, out of Great Northern handi cap at York. May 1, at 9 a.m., King Christian, out of the Salisbury Cup. NOME N CL ÜBE. THE FOLLOWING NAMES !LAVE TIEF.N 01113 N. Count Bathyany's Foals. Bc by Prince Plausible, out of Reverie ... The Dreamer Br c by Loiterer, out of Tingle Gong Ch cby Marsyas, out. of St. Sophia... ... Macedonian Ch c by Loiterer, out of Adrasta Adrastus Ch c by Loiterer, out of Money Spinner ... Midas Ch f by Loiterer, out of Media Noce . Masquerade Ch f by Thunderbolt, out of May Queen, by Newminstor Lightning Ch fby Loiterer, out of Princess, by !ago... Marchioness FORFEIT LlST.—Clodhopper's forfeits have been paid. STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LlST.—Kingfisher's forfeit has been paid, subject to its being ascertained that the horse in the list is the same horse that ran at Hendon. NOTICE.—CIIANGII OF ADDRESS. —.TORN STIRS, 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. LEE, of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Lombard-street; and at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgato-street. W. lIOPKINS tOla JOHN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, OXENDEN STREET, ITAYMA.RKET. 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. THE HATELocx. Turf Agency's Representative can bo seen daily in Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf yen want a good foreign cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walworth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. RACING FIXT 'RES FOR 1867. Y. Harpenden Epsom Croydon Newton 29 Ascot Spring York Spring... 7 Doncaster Spring .., 9 Salisbury 9 Bath Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Oditiain l7 Bibury Club lB Beverley Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Summer Newcastle .. 25 Ip_swicn 27 Worcester Summer 27 'LY J Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liyerpool July Sleeting 10 if utAgerford Nottmgkam l6 AUGI Down Royal Cot poratn l7 Stamford Radcliffe Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton [Goodwood IST. Doter West Draytox Plymouth..... 22 Canterbury Derby Lichfield Yarmouth • - 27 Weymouth Tunbridge Sidon liAden :1413-ER. __ _ .... Ripon Brighton Brighton Ohio a.... 8 Lew©s 4hain ... Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Hastings York August SEPT Margate Warwick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester Doncaster Brecon Ittehmoud• l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchostor Am II 11111 2) Nowmarkot Ist Octubor 2l OCTO Northampton Autumn 1 I lidinburet 2 Bedford 3I NOW; Liverpool Autumn 5 I Shrowstury Antutnn ll )BER. I Newtnarkot 2d Octobor 7 Cholteuham Newmarket Llutticktou arBER. Loamington Hunt COUR/SING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTEMBEIt. Name. Judge. Da sof Running y Brampton, Cumberland Mr. 'Warwick ...... .ca OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, M r. Spofford ...... 1 Lincolnshire STRIKE OF MASONS AT PARNSLEY. —The masons and bricklayers of the Barnsley district struck work yes terday. Three months ago they gave notice that they would strike if their employers refused to give 2s per week in advance of the then rate of wages. Other demands were made, which the masters look upon as being of a Wry arbitrary character. • NOTES FROM TRAINING QUARTERS. (The following appeared in our late edition of yesterday.) MALTON. Knight of St. Michael took Grand Cross and Soulouque a mile and three-quarters at a good pace; and Taraban followed Westwick a like distance. War pioneered Vernon nearly a couple of miles. Knight of the Crescent had. three canters of a mile each, and thful trotted freely. Kllrinslia did over a couple of miles. Verdi led Viscoute. The Spy, and Thorsgill a b o ut a mile fast. , NLW\I.\I:KE I'. Dragon has NOT been trio.i, as has been insinuated ; and no horse can possibly ba doing better. To-day ha gal loped a nude and three quarters over th 3 Long I mill, ac companied by Longehamps, Trocadero, and Cerf Votante. llippia,was in mile and a half work, its also wf.s. Opopo max. The li ike went a sp'endid mile and Him/ quarters' spin, an I Target lo3k Hermit nearly two mica slowly. Julius worked steadily. FYFIELD. There is no truth in the rumour that Captain Kidd is lame. He has been galloping a mile and a half daily all this week, but he was proved not to be good enough for the Doe prizo. Staghound and Savernake are in two mile work. Overture, Bradamante, Pintail, and Pepper's Ghost did a couple of miles iu good form. Dulcet led the two-year-olds. LAM BOURNE. Marksman walked some little time, then cantered a mile twice, and galloped a mile and a quarter steadily. ILSLEY. Lord Lyon again led Achievement a mile and three.. quarters, the filly never moving Letter. Gardevisure exercised Dover's youngsters. STOCKBRIDGE. Lord Ronald took Vauban a mild and a half steadily, the Duke galloped over a mile, and John Davis, Gomera, Seville, Ischia, Harpenden, and Fairfield did a mile and three-quarters. These are the only animals that attempted anything like good work. The Volunteers and the Belgian Riflemen. --•••- • From information received by the Reception Com mittee it would appear that not fewer than 1,000 of the Belgian riflemen will respond to the invitation of the Volunteers and visit London during the Wimbledon meeting. It is not improbable that the number may be even larger than 1,000, for not only the Garde Civique of Brussels, but also that of Antwerp, are desirous of being well represented on the occasion, and Ghent, Bruges, and other Belgian towns will likewise send their contingents. Tkie work of preparing for the reception of our hospit able neighbours is about to be taken vigorously i n hand. The feeling of the whole Volunteer force is, that they would be disgraced if they did not make the Belgians a suitable return for the Magnificent hospitality displayed by them last autumn. It is, however, expected that the public generally will join in the intended. compliment, for, while there was nothing political in the reception given to the Volunteers in Belgium, all classes of the Belgian people took part in that reception, and there can be no doubt that it was intended by the citizens generally as a manifesta tion of their respect and good feeling for the Eng lish nation. The King headed the movement, and, at a cost of some thousands paid from his private purse, took a direct part in contributing to make the visit one which the visitors can never forget ; the Ministers seconded his Majesty's exertions in the matter ; and the municipal bodies of the great towns joined with the committee of riflemen in or ganising all those details which proved so success ful in making the sojourn of the volunteers in Bel gium a thoroughly agreeable one. The Volunteers in giving a return entertainment will not have the ad vantage of State assistance. They must, therefore, trust to voluntary efforts. Colonel Lloyd Lindsay, who commanded our Volunteers iu Belgium, has subscribed 100 guineas towards the reception fund, Lord 0 verstme has contributed a similar amount, and circulars inviting subscriptions have been sent to the officers of the various corps. The arrangements for entertaining our foreign visitors must to a great degree depend on the response which will be made to the appeal of the Reception Committee ; but it is proposed, among other thugs, that they should be received with honours on their arrival at Dover, and conveyed to London in special trains, that they should be invited to dinner on a very grand scale at the Crystal Palace, and to a performance at the Opera. REVOLUTIONARY AGITATION IN SPAIN. BARCELONA, May 1 (Evening.) Great agitation prevails throughout Catalonia. Hostile. manifestations have been made against the Captain-General in this city at the bull fights.: .Troops have been hastily despatched :into the province of Tarragona and the mountains of Figueras, where armed bands are stated to be in the field. The watchward of the insurgents is said to be " Prim and the Republic for ever! Down with the Queen ! Down with Narvaez ?" Bank of England Returns.—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUZ DE Notes issued .....£33,167,410 the Act Act 7th and Bth Victoria. Wednesday, May 1, 1867. PARTMENT. Governmt. Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion £33,167,410 NANKING 1): £33,167,110 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners • of National Debt, and Div Accounts) 7,052,501 Other Deposits... 17,793,917 Seven Day and other bills 479,647 X 43, 004,868 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• :PARTMEXT. Govornmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight ' Annuity) .... £12,886,314 Other Securities 19,169,324 Notes 9,867,745 Gold and Silver Coin £43,004,868 4 LONno; May 3.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather. LITERPOOL, May 2.—Wind S.W.—A.r2ived—Cumber land, from Maranham. Sailed —Laplace, screw steamer, for Buenos Ayres. DARTMOUTH, May I.—Wind USIK • city, for Newfoundland, leaky. 1 elo- PLTMOUTH, May 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Countess of Kintore, from Nelson, N.Z. FALMOUTH, May N.W.— Arr i v ed —Guiding Star, screw steamer, from Havre, and proceeded for New York. MILFORD, May 2.—Wind N.W.—ArriTed—Aurora, from Cardiff for Quebec. SWANSEA, May 2.—Wind N.N.W—Arrived—llamp shire Castle, from Cuba. (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Sailed, May 3—Sir J reel, teamer, and Fusilier, steamer, for Dvukirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed —Palmyra, screw steamer, from Palermo for Lon don ; .E'lura, from London fur St. Alfred. islifetoached 25 to 35 g ea:t a y h horses guineas; SE T .li i : e A r l , , ,, ..- a f t i b t a lt s e i a lo d l i vs i toof2lslandeotne made so to 70 guineas, and riding horses of high and waßs plF:•e:tindl:ii3sN'ienGsgrmibrdlo'°r'3:s. Thosi adapted for private carriages, breed GO to 83 guineas; strong useful animals for heavy g o t : neas; horned P° st il o i e e k s horses3d 3 r t i 0 1g a h sf t o gr p eo u i r en p en o ai s su e , u s ase U da r o ns u de g e de l ri O aa t t el o l tat harness animals g va e n w ced ho p r r se ie s es we a r r e e guineas, and neat saddle cobs'lB to 25 leftiver were unroll.sol aat from The sesteoallofagiruifueerast.heVz, f was prohibited. In the cheese trade advanced made, and Berkshire dairy farrnerare in want of mileh stock. , f, BC/RIAL PLACE OF BYRON._4lUCknall •lorkard Church, which contains the remains of -Lord Byron, has now beau closed four weeks, having been abandoned by the congregation as unsafe and unfit for Divine service. As there is no other church in the parish the'Service is now conducted by the Rev. George Otter in the national school room, which, however, is very inadequate for the require ments of the village. The effort recently made in the parish to raise funds for the rebuilding of the church only procured promises of .L5OO, and that being so small it bas neyer bee 4 collectod.-Pall Nall Gazette. I share *0 et et tOO at 100 1 ioo st I to to; too 1 96 7 271 i 33} 101 i 102 10i I In 'oB 1011 Z