The Sun. — London, England, 1867-03-23 00:00:00

M 01431 MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market for the week has closed very firmly, and the inquiries have augmented, Owing to the demands incidental to the termination of the quarter. The Red Rover, from Melbourne, has brought about £24,240 in gold. Gold amounting to £20,000 was received at the Lank of England yesterday. There was also a withdrawal of £6,C,00 for shipment. The silver by the Tripoli and Allemannia has been sold at 61id. per oz. standard ; the bars by the Douro are disposed of at 601 d. per oz. standard. Transactions have taken place to a limited extent at 600. per oz. standard for picked five bars. The St. Nazaire brought £lBO,OOO in Mexican dollars for London, which have been sold at 590., together with those per Douro, for refining purposes. The China has taken out £20,000 in silver for Bombay, and £l3 53e. in dollars for China and the Straits. The specie movements during the past week have not been of a very extensive character, although there have been numerous small arrivals. The imports have amounted to about £369,732, includ ing £26,200 from New York, by the Allemannia ; £96,000, by the Mississippi ; and £35,173, by the Deutchland. The Ethiope from the West Coast of Africa has brought £196 ; the Douro, from the West Indies and Pacific, £.175,400 ; the Ceylon, from Alexandria, £770 ; the Ballarat, from Austra lia, £10,128; the Essex, £1,500; the Red Rover, £24,200, and about £2,125 in silver, has been received from the Continent. The exports have been £1,900 to the West Indies, by the Rhone ; £39,124 to the East Indies and China, by the China. £152,000 in gold has been sent to Spain, and there have been remittances to the Continent, through pri vate sources, estimated at . £l43,B3o—the total amounting to £336,854. At the meeting of the National. Bank of India, held at Calcutta on the 27th ult., a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent., and a bonus of 1 per cent., toge ther making 4 per cent. for the half-year, were de clared out of net profits for that period, after pro viding for all bad and doubtful debts, current charges, rebate, &c., and interest due to depositors, amounting to 2,62,274 rupees, or sterling £26,227, a sum of:50,000 rupees, or £5,000, will be carried to the reserve, making that fund 2,20,000 rupees, or £22,000, leaving 2,7089 _rupees, or £2,708 to be carried forward. The progress of the bank during the past half-year has been eminently satisfactory at Calcutta, and the London and Bombay branches and its deposits are now 38,01,526 rupees, or £380,152 against 16,70,153 rupees, or £160,015 in the half-year ended June last. The directors of the Rossa Grt.nde Gold Mining Company have received advices, per steamer Guienne, via Bordeaux, announcing the complete and legal transfer of the estates to the Company, notarial documents confirming the same accom panying the advices. The traffic receipts of the East Indian Railway Company for the week ending 3d February last, upon 1,131 miles open, were £54,191 ; in the cor responding period of previous year, upon 1,129 miles open, they were £39,589, being an increase of £14,602. On the Atlantic and Great Western Railway the traffic receipts for the month of February amounted to £383,274, against £408,864 in the cor responding month last year, showing a decrease of $25,590. Two O'CLOCK. According to Renter's Telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 68f. 95c. Firm and animated. No change has taken placein the English Stock mar ket, Consols bQing 91 for money, and 914 4 for the account. The New Threes are 894 4 ; and Reduced Annuities, 894 4 ; Exchequer Bills 14s. to 18s. prem. for March, and 18s. prem. for June ; India Stock, 218 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1094 1104 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 934 4 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 103 ; and ditto Bonds, 41z. '4sa. prem.- _ . The Foreign Stock Market has been very quiet, and few variations have occurred. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very inactive, without any material 'alteration in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very quiet, but generally sustain former rates. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady at 311 32k ; and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds have advanced /, to 23i 24. American Securities have improved. Erie Shares have advanced k, to 39 k ; Illinois , to 781 79 ; and United States 5-20 Bonds k, to 74/ k. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. To-day there has been an active demand in the Market. Annexed are the latest quotations:— Bryn Gwiog, —; Chiverton Moor, 71 g ; Chon tales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 61 7 ; Cooks' Kit chen, 12 13; Drakewells, 12s 6d 15s; East Basset, 19 21; East Caradon, 5-1; East Carn Brea, ; East Lovell, 10 11; East Russell, 31 3j. ; East Wheal Grenville, 21 1 ; Great Laxey, 161 171; Great North Laxey, 11 ; Great Retallack, 31 31 ; Great South Tolgus, —s —d —s ; Great Wheal Yor, 21 22 ; Marks Valley, 4 41; North Crofty, 51 i ; North Roskear, ——; North Treskerby, 21 I ; Prince of Wales, 55s Od 578 6d ; Prosper United, —; Providence Mines, 32 34; Rosman Hill and Ransoms "United, —s Od —s Od; South Condurrow,ls 20 ; South Grenville, —s —d ; South Herodsfoot, ——; Tincroft, 15151 ; West Caradon, —— ; West Chiverton, 60 61 West Seton, ——; West Drakewells, 8s lOs ; Wheal Basset, 64 66; Wheal Buller, 221 25 ; Wheal Chiverton, 7 71 ; Wheal Grenville, 20s Od 25s Od ; Wheal Soto; 1021 1071. BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, April 10 9ll 8 per Cent. Reduced B9l i 1 New 3 per Cent B9l 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — Do (Rod Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 3 'lll Ct., March. 411 Ct., Juno Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per 01.18 14 pm 18 pm Do £5OO l7 - - - Do £lOO & £2OO „ 15 Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... Shut INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Inman Stock, iOl per Cent., April 1874... 218 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 • 931 1 . Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Gent... Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ' lO3 1 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £1,400 FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4.1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 731 Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 1:20,) 2 por Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) U.dlian 6 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent 00. 6 per Cent A. •.. .. Do. n 1867 Do. , Scrip, £2O paid 1 1; die Colombian, per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cont. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Di 5 per Cent., 1864 .. I) anubian PrincipalitieF, 7 per Cent E ivador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do 'Men ed — le gyptian 7 per Cent B2 Do. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds lio. Do. 1864 B4 4 Do. £lOO Bonds B5 Do Government Railway Debentures B2 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Glatemala 5 per Cent .. lalian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account - 75 Do. Maremmana Railway — NI nxioßil 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French .... Montevideau C per Cent. . — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Tow Granada Po 3 per POLI., ~,,,, I ttt summon ttttttttttt "^- 17i Do. Deferred Do Land fiarrants (Hectares) Pe -urian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 66 Do 41 per Cent., 18t , 5 Do 41 per Cent. (llribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Platiguesa 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9;60,'2,'3 42 R issian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pm Cent., 1859 — Do 5 per Cent., 1862 BB} 1 Po. 5 per Cont., 1864 9oi 11 D. Anglo-Dutch, 1806, all paid BB/ Do. do. £25 paid 2l pin iarlinian 5 per Cent Sp tnisli 3 per Cent Do Acerfunt Do New Deferred — Do. Account Passive Do — Do Ace:quit — S t yinish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £OO paid Pnrkish 6 per Cent. 1851 Do. Account dis Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 56 Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1863 49 Do 5 per Cont., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 4B Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed lOl Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — U 1). 6 pet Cent, 1864 32 Ditto 11 per Cent. • - - Dividends on the above payable in London. Austnau, o per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. - Railal„, 3 per dent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 531 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 91 Do. Account 9lk I The Reporters' Gallery in the House of Commons. The Reporters' Gallery consists of two rows of seats. The first row, says the London Review, which is sunk below the level of the floor, is divided into 15 boxes, which are allotted to the different London newspapers. Of these the limes has three; most of the other morning papers have two, and the Globe and Sun have one each. Each of these seats has a broad desk and a separate inkstand. There are also four other seats in some respects similar, but far less convenient for reporting, as they are raised above the level of the gallery, and their occu pants face the side galleries instead of the body of the house. These 19 seats are, in point of fact, all in which writing can be done with comfort ; and the occupants of which can see and hear well enough to report with fulness and accuracy. The back seat of the gallery is not divided into boxes, and will pro bably accommodate about 25 or 30 persons. A narrow ledge, scantily furnished with inkstands, runs in front of it, and it is certainly possible for those who occupy it to take a general note of the substance of a debate. But writing is a matter of extreme discomfort ; and there is this further dis advantage that, although the leading members on the Treasury and front Opposition benches may be heard, they cannot be seen. It will, therefore, be seen that the gallery cannot accommodate, however imperfectly, more than about fifty persons ; and this was sufficient at the time it was constructed. At that period there were fewer morning newspapers than there are at present. None but reporters were admitted ; it was enough to provide a front seat for each reporter and summary writers actually on duty, and to accommodate in the back row those who were waiting to take their " turns." This back row was, in fact, originally regarded merely as a place in which a man could hold himself in readiness for his work, and could sit for a short time before going on," in order to gather the thread of the debate. Of late years, however, a number of weekly newspapers have obtained admission to the gallery for gentlemen who write summaries of the Thursday and Friday evenings' proceedings ; and it has become the custom for the morning news papers to send down " leader writers" to hear the debate.), co that they may be able to write upon them without waiting for proofs of the reports ; and the taste for descriptive sketches of the pro ceedings in Parliament, or of prominent members, has further increased the demand for accommoda tion for those who supply these kind of articles. The result is, that on any evening of unusual interest the gallery is most inconveniently crowded, not so much by reporters as by journalists in general. Instead of being merely a " reporters' " gallery, it has been converted into a gallery for the London press in general, and, as might have been expected, it is 'totally inadequate to this; and work is now too frequently carried on in it under circumstances of great difficulty and embarrassment. Even if it were desirable, it is impracticable, to go back to the old system, and to exclude every one but the re porters for the morning and evening journals. The hour at which newspapers of large circulation are compelled to go to press renders it absolutely neces sary that their articles should be in type as early , as possible ; and, moreover, there is an unquestion able advantage to a writer in hearing instead of merely reading a debate. It is, therefore, highly desirable that measures should, if possible, be taken to increase the accommodation. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) The Market opens with a rather better feeling, Sales 8,000 bales. CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses were issued yesterday for a Cabinet Council this afternoon, at the First Lord of the Treasury's official residence in Downing street. DR. L/VINGSTONE.—Commodore Hillyar, in a letter dated at Bombay, the Ist inst., addressed to the Ad miralty, states that one of her Majesty's ships proceeded on the 2d of Jan. to Quiloa, with. Dr. Seward, her Ma jesty's acting political agent and consul at Zanzibar, to en deavour to ascertain the truth of the report that Dr. Livingstone had been murdered by a Zulu tribe near Lake .N y assn. TALL" LEGISLATORS.—The average height of members of the United States senate is 5 feet 113 i inches ; 14 are over 6 feet. Mr. Cowan is the tallest : he is 6 feet 3} inches in height; and Garrett Davis is the shortest, he being 5 feet 51 inches only. Mr. Sumner is 6 feet 3} inches and Mr. Wilson 5 feet 10 inches. The average circum ference of the heads of senators is 221 inches. ThQ largest heads, however, are not die best.—American paper. A PiCKLED BABY.-'—The Salt Lake Telegraph tells the following story. A little four year old, living in a neighbouring ward, has a habit of getting into babyhood scrapes every day. At one time he tips over the work-box and then come down all the multifarious " fixins" of the women folks; this done, he climbs into the wash tub, gets wet, and bawls out furiously until mamma runs to get her " darlin' baby" out of the mess, which is no sooner done than the young rascal pulls the cat all around the room by the tail, making poor pussy mew in the most agonis ing manner. But " mamma's little pet " got into a very bad scrape the other day, whereby he got badly pickled. Having made his way to the pantry, and observing a large jar of pickles, the little fellow thought he would have at least what big folks call a square meal, so in went the head in the jar of pickles, but out the head couldn't get, and as a consequence, " darlin' " sot up a very lively and interesting noise, which attracted the frightened mother, who found the young hopeful just in the fix described. Amidst screams and cries the jar had to be broken before the baby's head could be extricated, which having been done, "little pickle," as ho is now called, cast sly looks at his ma, and then at the pickles, exclaiming, " 0, mamma, I'se never dowin to det pickled aden I" THE CONSERVATIVE REFORM BII.L.—A nume rously attended and enthusiastic meeting was held at Hull last night. Resolutions were carried condemning the Government bill. A Conservative amendment was pro posed to the effect that it was the desire of the Govern ment to settle reform on constitutional principles, and re jected by seven to one. The ex-Mayor presided, and the leading men, both Liberal and Conservative, addressed the meeting. FRAUDULENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—The number of weights, measures, scales, and weighing machines found by the inspectors in South London to bo deficient from April, 1865, to March, 1867, inclusive, is as follows : —Weights, 2,091; measures, 1,877 ; scales and weighing-machines, 803—total, 4,771. The profits accru ing to the tradesmen, and the consequent loss to the customers, from such a state of matters, must have been enornieus.—Smela Loncitni Press. 'THE SUN, LONDOIN, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1867. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Ritilwaye. 'Bristol an:ll, - ')lUct 'Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab.J &London, ncrip Certi.; Do. Glasgow .t S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Aug!. at. No. 1,, Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. 13 stock c't;', IS. at 25 Utz, and W. of Ireland Wc,'tetn -Origami ti.. 6. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Vales Do. W. Mid.—Oxior , .i Do. ;Se wpoa 1:o. 'lei tford Lauc..shirek , Yorksitirvi L,Aidon and Binelwalt Lon., ISr h., a , Coast, Lon., Chat., and D....y(1' 1)o. Aletrop. Ex. A , Lun. (St North WcBtern, ,Lon. South Western' 'Man., Shet., tt Lincoln' Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension...—, 11.ctropolitan District Do. do. do. _ _ L)O. and 7t. John's Wu Alid!and Do. .C 9 Share Do, lfirmin., & Dei b) Kent . North British Do. Ed., rth., & Dun th. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase; Do. Leeds .. , . Do. York Do , . Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-131 North London Do. do. 1804 5 . Do. do. 1866 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Abcr. stock 00. Scot, Mid. atJok Shropshire Union iouth Devon south Eastern . italnes, Wok., t Wok Vail' Vale Do. C Vale or bleath Waterford & Kilkenn) Whiteha vVeat Cornwall 100 7 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4, pail ! Closing Business Price. done. 81 83 111 )13 40 it 4 6 C 5 63 70 72 107 02 27t 28i 5 7 • 115 117 , iLi E 3. S 9 OL 4. 4: to NS 10 25 25 125 126 71 7e. 12 14, 1:1 16 117 111 71 tiO 47 19 21 122 101 106 tl5 116 83 8$ 32 33 14 18 101 113 106 27 1 J.O 32 101 10 1161 q I 7 6 1 izuIIII 10 41 771 1141 t 321 1011 1 1 61 91j 4 4 1 70i 70 661 7 dl G 2 91 95 33 15 9 10 p 112 115 1 2p 1 2p 63 72 113 113 148 152 42 44 6i 68 8 10 153 58 3 4 , BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 11X1 rt [Atlantic& St. Lawrence Horn., Baroda, 4 Cen. In. gu. 6 per cent... Do. etharets Buffalo Lake Unroll Do. Preference Buff , Brant, do Gloderich 6 p.c. 1572-3- Calcutta (ft S. E., Came Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. .1 Extension 100 100 100 all 100 100 b 7 LO 100 102 p 4 4 7i 11 GrandTrunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonus Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Du. 4th Fret. stock Do. do. deterred t. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent 60 55 101 103 101 IC3 106 107 - - 20 22 85 88 57 59 53 54 52 51 37 10 Do. New pia. 5 p.c t. South of India gurt.'s per cent 11 per cent 23 25 Do Ureat IV,. a. of Canada.. Do. New .. Do. 6 p. o Bea. pay. 1873 00. 54. do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited, Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do 10t5 IL6 1 i' 1 100 102 91 93 Do. 1j do Do. Filth Extension 3felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Rads. Mel. & Iludson's say.. N. I.C'cia, 6pc Ist pt. be; Scindo •• • .... • Do. Delhi dl I D°. do ts' Do. l'uniaub.... Do.lndusSt.Flot - • 1 2 & 13k 14 12./ H 3 81 84 112 108 i 71 1081 't - if I}s 100 102 92 94 85 90 82 65 97 91 1 97 98 1 97 98 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1572 100 - Can. Gov.o p.c.J a.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l. 0 98 100 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102 Cape - UI D U ) 0 0:1 5 Jan. ; CIPP I : 1 11 & c0: :0 0 1P c uc l .c6l inscribed 13 0 1 1;o . s o 07 1 0: 1 1 1 11 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 1 1 : : 0 0 0 5! 0 1 1 5.81. 1 1°- 7 - 11 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, 100 102 104 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April ana i 5 Oct, 190 0 lO3 91 ";.3 - Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6 p.t 100 101 103 - Do; 1878, do lOO 11.6 1.-25 - 'Mauritius, 6 p. 6, 1873, Jan. and JUly 1 - Do. 1:,78 00. 1882, May 15, Nov. 100 103 106 105 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 105 107 - , Natal 'iov. 6 per cent lOO 98 110 N.B.Gov.6n.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 t 6 o 8 - Dl. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1860 100 91 93 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1878 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 RS 57 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 102 - Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 984 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 91 P 3 91 90 - S. Aus.Goy. 6 pots 1868-9 100 - - D 0.1878 & upwards l, 0 106 108 - Vic,(loy. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 -•- - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 107 109 1085 BRITISII MINES. Cain. Consul. Gold, lim. 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O l 9 - Devon G. Cons. (Tayiet 1 400 410 - wrakewalls 2.1.0 1 11 - East Bassett (Mogan).* 294 22 24 - East Caradon 2.11.6 5 6 - East I,larn Brea SI 3 39 - East Grenville - East Gunnislake .. 8.3.0 5 4 - East Loved 3.0.0 9 10 - E. W'l Russell (TaYlfitk 11.2.6 31 3 5 StA uhyn(l4 wen. 66 4 5 4 Great L.ixey, limited all 13 17 161 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 - - Great Wheal Busy. 14.9.8 - G. Wheal Vor (Heist .8 40 26 22 21 - Grenville 8.18.0 11 15 - Herod's Foot 8.10.0 3: 31 Ilingston Downs 5.10. ; 2 31 - Margaret (Cu) , Lelant 13-17.6 7 9 - Marke Valley 4.10.0 31 41 4 Ylwyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 25 15d - New Seton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 - - ,- North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 7.1.8 21 25 Pr,videnoe UnyLelant 10.6.7 26 28 ..- S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 310 :430 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 1 11 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 - - - Stray Park rin Croft..... - Vigra and Cl_ig - an, lim,, all - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Liakeard 11 9 i 1 - West Chiverton H 6t 63 West Seton - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 65 75 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 23 25 _ Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 - Wheal Seton ▪ (% 1.1 h'si relawner (Lis. 5.17.0 10 12 P OLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. THE BENEFIT OF A GOOD CIIARACTER.—John Biddle, cab-driver, living in Southampton-street, Camberwell, was placed at the bar before the sitting magistrate, on the charge of being drunk during his employment, and causing damage to a fire escape. _ Jathes Ward, A 290, ststed that while on duty last night at a quarter to 12 o'clock he perceived a crowd at the top of BowLstreet. He at once pro ceeded there and saw a conductor of the fire-escape holding the horse of the prisoner's cAb.. The escape was on the ground, and be (constable) took the prisoner, who was drunk, into custody. The pri soner said he was neither drunk nor sober, but was " half way." E. Brown, foreman to Mr. Clark, fire-escape maker, Burton-crescent, said that the fire-escape was now lying in the yard very much broken. It could not now be repaired -under 110. • Conductor Christopher said that he . was standing inside the.box near the escape when he suddenly heard a crash, and he only saved hiMself by stepping back a few inches froni the falling machine. He immediately ran after the cab and held the horse. He could not tell whether the prisoner was driving rapidly or not. The iron bar and many of the steps were broken. The prisoner said the horse shied at the escape—this is often the case. The magistrate remarked that he could not be lieve it, and be thought it very likely indeed that any horse would be frightened at a fire-escape. James Brooks deposedthat he drove the prisoner's cab home last night, and that on several occasions during the journey the horse shied at the most trifling circumstance. A police-constable was inside, and if he had not pulled the rein tightly the horse and cab would have been on .9p pavement, and most likely capsized altogether. The naagistratesz in coErchtdingthe case, observed that he was not going to deal with the charge of damaging the escape, bt4 only with reference to the prisoner being drunk, and that most likely, if this had not been case, the accident would not have happened at all. As it was he should only fine the prisoner 108. or seven days, but a constable should inquire as to the prisoner's character, and if the charge of the damages was to be preferred against' the prisoner a summons would be issued for that purpose. About half an hour afterwards, at the request of the magistrate, the prisoner was brought back, and on account of his very good character the fine was reduced to 2s. 6d. ott.a.trat,,, Great Northern, 5 per cent.. rd. at 5 per cent. pm.. Ot t'RMFI ILIf;NCI S I ARES AND STOCKS. London Brighton, dm., 4 per cent. IFV. 82 London, Brighton. cto , new 11 per cent., 1805, 62 Midland A and B £5 pt, 10$ South Eastern 5 per cent. 1861. 9) I , OItEMIN Antwerp and 'Rotterdam, 9 tireat Luxembourg, FOIthaGN MIN/CB. Cape Copper, 1Iro..; chontales.,Gold an 4 Silver Nlining, 2; St. John del Key, Rm., 557, 43/4 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia. Gig Bank oriitago, Ilm.. a ' Chartered 'Link of India, Australia, and China, ;6 city. 13 consolidated Bank, lima, 4f Imperial ottoman, lim., S g London and County. 56} London and South African.-11f London'and estminster, 9318 Union of London, 41 - - DOCKS. London and St. Katharine. 60 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 161- 16 Ati.ntio Telegraph, 36 4 Dit o, .8 per cunt., 70 711 Berlin Water Works, lim., 5 Canada Company, 70 60 China Steam : hip and Latman Coal Company, 11 City ()Mcc;a, lim., 74 Cr dtt k'opcler of Encrland. lim . 3 21 Lust India Irrigation and Canal, 12i Electric anallnternational.T e l eg raph, 132) Ditto, new, 5 Home and t ,lonial A ssurance, Imperial Land Contpany of Marseilles, 1110., i Italian Irrigation (Canal Caitouri. 5 Ditto, 8 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1-7 0 . London LieneralOmnibus eomoany, lint, 3 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, lim., 4: Ottoman Gas, lim., 2 issued 90, 45 Peninsula and Oriental steam, 6li 1 Ditto, new. 6 . 1 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, Di Royal Mail Steam 103 Te e raph Construe. and Maintea., Bun, Ditto, diLto, Vicer,y of gyt,t, MortiLraErs. Loan, 721 1 STATE OF THINGS IN GEORGIA.—An Augusta letter says :—" Enterprise is as dead as if the country was a desert. There is a little sickly, puling trade is the necessaries of life, in which purchasers buy by the ounce or pound, and sellers require to see the greenbacks before they adjust their scales and grasp their scoop. Values, as the word is understood in communities at peace, ars about as nominal as they would have ben to Robinson Crusoe, and his freedman, Friday. There are no commercial calculations, because there is no commerce. The happy few who have a little money hold on to it like grim death, and heedless of all the tempting (Afars of three, four, five, and even six per cent. per month, with all sorts of collaterals, pre fer to sit and watch the hole in the wall whore the stocking is deposited, in the belief that the bird in the haud, i$ worth tho whole featiorecl caoa,ti4 iA tie bah, WESTMINSTER. ASSAULTING A WITNESS.—Edward Conden, a boy 14 years of age, was charged before Mr. Selfe with assaulting a little boy named George Wilson, of 28, Broadway, Westminster. . Complainant said he worked at a greengrocer's. On Wednesday afternoon he was at the top of Strutton-ground, Westminster, when the prisoner came behind him and struck him over the head with a piece of wood, which cut his head open. He did it angrily, because complainant came up as a witness against a companion of prisoner's on the Tuesday, and since then he had been continually attacked by these rough boys. He met him again, and prisoner struck him in the mouth. Prisoner said he and his companions and com plainant were in the ruins (Vic:oria-street) on Sa turday. He gave complainant 241. to get something, which he stole, and when prisoner met him again he struck him in the mouth. There were no witnesses on either side. Upton, the constable who took the prisoner on the warrant, said he was a bad character, and last night denied all knowledge, , 01 the complainant or the assault. . . The complainant declared that what prisoner said about the 2d. was untrue. Mr. Selfe said it was all very well when boys got playing and gave each other a cuff, but when it came to assaulting a person who.had ,given evidence it was a more serious matter. The name of Conden was familiar to him, but he would not visit the sins of others on the prisoner, whom he fined 10s., or 7 days. The next boy who assaulted another who had-given-evidence would, bo sent. to. prison without the option of a fine. The prisoner was locked up in default. THAMES. EMBEZZLEMENT.—James Woodley, a journeyman baker, in the service of Mr. George Farquharson, of No. 2, Stainsby-road, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with feloniously embezzling various sums of money he had received for and on account of his master. The prisoner had been in the practice of deliver ing bread and flour to his master's customers and receiving money for the same which he ought to have accounted for to his mistress, and paid over his receipts to her daily. Instead of doing so, he appropriated about £3 to his own use. He was arrested last night by Abbott, a police constable, No. 322 K. On being made acquainted with the charge he said "It is not so much as £3, it is a little over 305." Three charges of receiving 6s. 5d., 2s. Id., and 3s. 6d., which he had not accounted for, were gone into and prcved. Mrs. Farquhar son said there were 10 or 12 other charges of a similar nature against the prisoner. He made no defence, and was committed for trial. A RUNAWAY HUSBAND.--John Sampson Wicks, boilermaker, aged 31, was brought up on a warrant which charged him that he did run away and leave Jemima, his wife, and his iwo children, namely, Jemima, aged 3 years, and Mary Ann, aged 18 months, chargeable to the parish of All Saints, Poplar. _ The charge was preferred by Mr. Speatley, the relieving officer of the Poplai Union. The prisoner, a dissipated fellow, abandoned his wife and children, and entered into an illicit intercourse with a girl of bad character. lle was afflicted with small-pox while this adulterous intercourse existed. On his recovery be applied to Mr. Speatley for relief, and received an order to be admitted into the work house. He tore up the order and threw it at Mr. Speatley. An inquiry was made, and it was ascer tained that he was wanted for the abandonment of his wife anti children. He was sentenced to for three 'months' hard labour in the House of Cor rection. MARKETS.—This day. COVENT GARDEN: -• The supply of fruit.. on sale is. very moderate, but the Market is fairly supplied with,vegetables. The trade, on the whole, is steady at the annexed quotations : FRUIT —Pi ne apples, 6s to Ss grapes, Gs Oil to lOs Od Per lb; apples, As oa to 86 Od par bu s h e l ; ora nges, 2s 6d to 7s ; lemons, 4s to Ss per 100. VEGETABLES —Cabbages, 2s to 33 Od ; cauliflowers, 2s to 58 per dozen heads ; turnips, 58 Od to 6s Od; carrots, 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen bunches; onions, 4s to 5s Od per bushel ; beet, is Ad to 2s Od per dozen heads ; celery, is 6d to 2s Od ; rhuburb, Gd to is 6d per bundle ; potatoes 100 s to 170 s por ton. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od ; geoso, Os Od to Os : goslings, 7s Od to Os Od ; (Woks, Os 0(1 to Os Od ; ducklings, 58 Od to Gs Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 1s 6 , 1; wild do, is Od to is 3.1; pigeons, 9d to is .2(1 ; fowls, 2s Od to 48 6d ; Surrey fowls, —s to — s ; do. chickens, G s t o 8 s Od ; barn door fowls, Os Od to Os 0(1 per couple. English eggs, 78 Od to Os ; French (10., 55 G,l to Gs Gd per 100. Ostend fresh butter, Oa lid to is 0(1; English do., is 2d to is 5d per lb. NEWPORT. Por 81b. by the carcase. Beef 23 10d to 48 4d I Veal ...... 4s Od to 5s Od Mutton 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; Pork .. 2s 6d to 4s 2d WIIITEOHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 2s 10,1 to 4s 4d I Veal Mutton 3s 2d to 4s tid I Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 90. ; of household ditto, 7d. to Bd. per 4Ths loaf. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 2jd to 3d ; 64 to 721bs, 3d to Od ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 34d ; 80 to 881bs., 34d to 3id ; 88 to 961b5., 3141 to 4d. Ilorsehides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, Gs 6d ; polled sheep, lls Od to 13s ; half-breds, 10s Od to lls Od ; downs, 7s Od to 9s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 6d to Os Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Iss to £4 108; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 6s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 10s ; clover. £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £2 OS to £2 (;$ 1,9 T load, Trade inactive. OPINIONS OP THE SPORTING PRESS. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. THE STAMFORD PLATE (half -a-mile).—" Bell's Life" : Defiance, or King of Spades. " Era" : Lord Wilton's best. " Field" : Wadlow's Selected or Vixen. " Sporting Gazette" : Qui Vive, Scar borough, Marshal Ney, Tiny, and British Tar. " Sportsman" : Qui Vive or Liddington. • THE HEATIICOTE PLATE (three 7 quarters of a mile).—Defiance or Vixen. " Era" : Anchorite or Exceller. " Field" : Anchorite or Jeannie Deans. " Sporting Gazette" : Scarborough, Abergeldie, Batthyany, Bradamantr., or Lady Sophie. " Sports man" : Batthyany or Novice. Two YEAR OLD STAKES (half -a-mile).—" Bell's Life," '' Era," and " Sportsman" : Stlect Ninny ; the " Field" and " Sporting Life" couplo that mare with Hatchmen. " Sporting Gazette" : Ninny, Cawdor, or Griinston. TIIE CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP (mile and a quarter.)—" Bell's Life" : Thalia or the Mayo noise filly. " Sunday Times" : Mayonaise filly. " Era" : Vaspasian or Mayonaise filly. " Field" : Mayonaise filly or Longdown.. " Sporting Life" : Vaspasian or the Finden best(Longdown or Thalia). " Sporting Gazette" : Wild Agnes, Longdown, or Mayonaise filly. " Sportsman" : Mayonaise Longdown,.Vaspasian, or Little RoVer. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES (two miles and a -quarter).—;-" Bell's Life" ; Tourmalin or Lord of the Dales. " Sunday Times" : Tourmalin. " Era" : Conundrum or Retribution. " Field" : Conun drum or Tourmalin. " Sporting Life" : Tour ' inalin or Conundrum. "Sporting Gazette" : Conun drum or Tormentor. • NEW Two YEAR OLD STAKES (three-quarters of- a mile). " Bell's Life" : Suffolk or Ninny. " Era" : Suffolk or Speculum. " Field" : Speculum. or Suffolk. "Sporting Gazette" : -Suffolk. THE' WALToN STAKES (three-quarters of a mile). " Bell's. Life" : Dick Turpin. " Field" : 'Pirate Chief' or Limner. " Era" Satyr. " Sporting Gazette": Limner or Simmer. • PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES (one mile).—" Era" : Musician. " Field": Ostreger or Musician. "Sport ing Gazette" : Mr. Pitt or Musician. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. WINDSOR SPRING MEETING-APRIL 4. The Windsor Spring Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft., and 3 only (to the fund) if declared by noon on Tuesday, March 26, with 100 added; winners of a handicap after March 22 (at 10 a.m.) 71b, if of 200 sovs 141 b, or a second in such latter race 71b extra. About one mile and a half. Age st lb Moulsey 6 8 12 Lecturer ... 4 8 7 Longdown ... 5 8 4 Auguste ... ... 4 7 12 Skirmish ... ... 5 7 11 Wild Agnes ... 5 7 10 Overture ; ... a 7 8 Actam 4 7 8 Wandering Minstrel 6 7 7 Conundrum ... 4 7 6 Puebla 4 7 6 Dr. Syntax ... a 7 5 Special ... ... 4 7 5 Belmont ... ...4 7 5 Steamboat... 4 7 4 Redmire ... 5 7 4 Pintail ..; 6 7 4 Apsley ... 4 7 3 Bradamante ... 6 7 0 Jollity (pd) 4 7 0 Vigorous ... 4 7 0 The Lizard ... 5 7 0 Brimstone... ... 4 6 12 Minster ... ... 4 6 11 Nu (pd) 5 6 11 Alderoft ... 4 6 10 Oracle ... ... 4 6 9 Havelock 6 6 8 Mirella, ...4 6 8 Cedric ..• ... 5 6 8 La Dauphine ... 4 6 8 Life Guardsman ... 4 6 8 Foitunatus ... 4 6 7 Endsleigh ... 5 6 7 Kingsley 4 6 7 Helen ... 6 6 7 Ago at lb Ambition 4 6 6 Clatford 4 6 6 Kingfisher... 4 6 6 Vampire 4 6 5 Pirate Chief ... 3 6 4 Pepper's Ghost ..; 5 6 3 Mrs. Allan... ... 4 6 2 Montagnard . ... 3 6 0 0 by Itataplan— Amanda-. 3 6 0 Venturer 4 6 3 Armourer (lato 0.K.) 3 6 0 Viratchbox 5 5 13 Wellesley ... 4 5 12 Black Prince ... 4 5 12 Sea Mew 3 5 11 S weet Home ... 3 5 10 F by Lord •of the Isles—Miss Ann 3 5 10 Manuella ... 3 5 9 Gipsy King ... 3 5 9 Greenback... ... 3 5 9 Second Hand ... 3 5 9 Spes ••• ••. 3 5 9 Miss Alice... ... 3 5 7 Court Card ... 3 5 7 Sister to Vedette ... 3 5 7 F by Y. Melbourne —Doralice 3 5 7 Scipio ... 3 5 7 Ariel ... ... 3 5 7 Stud 3 5 7 Anchorite 3 5. 7 Ailesbury ... 3 5 7 Pyrrhic 3 5 7 NORTHAMPTON AND APR: PYTOHEY HUNT, 1867. [L 3. Earl Spencer's Plate of 100 sons, added to a Handicap of 15 sous each, 5 ft if declared on or before March 26 (at noon); winners of any handicap after March 22 (at ten non.), or of the Whittlebury Stakes this year 71b extra; the New Spencer Plate Course, straight. 68 subs. Age st lb Age - st lb Ostreger ...; ... 5 9 6La Dauphine. 612 Mouieey ... 6 9 0 Brenta ... 4 4 12 Ceerops ... 4 9 0 Problem ... ... 36 12 Queenof Tramps... a 812 Signet ... ... 4 612 Sultan .... 5 812 Thalassius ... 5 610 Out and Outer ... 5 811 Satyr ... 3 610 Redan ... 4 8 8 Timolaus ... 3 6 10 Salliet ... 5 8 G Archimage 3 6 10 Xi ... 4 8 6 Wild Bee ... 5 6 9 Vespasian ... 48 5 Brisk ... ... a 6 9 Raven ... 4 8 0 Goojerat ... 4 6 8 Mistletoe 1... ... 4 8 0 Lady Rosehill ... 3 6 8 Exceller 5 713 Miss Frances ... 3 6 7 Mr. Pitt ... 4 713 Jeanie Deans ... 3 6 7 Lion ... 5 710 Belzoni ... 4 6 7 Pericles 37 10 'rho Skipper ... 36 7 Kilkenny a 7 7 Mayonaise filly ... 4 6 6 Audax 57 7 Blinkhoolie ... 36 6 Qui Vive 4 7 7 Disdain 4 6 4 Rector ... 4 7 7 Gipsy Queen ... 3 6 4 Batthyany... 5 7 6 Sycee ... 3 6 3 King Victor ... 37 5 Blanche of. Middle- Aldcroft ... 4 7 4 bie filly ... 3 6 3 Indian Star 4 7 4 Elegance ... 4 6 0 Flying Scud 3 7 4 Lochaber 3 6 0 Bismarck 3 7 1 Tempest ... 3 6 0 The Ciperal ... 3 7 1 Miller's Maid 3 512 Manoeuvre f 3 7 0 Columbine 3 5 11 Zisca 5 7 0 Carlotta filly 3 5 10 Vigilant 57 0 Archeress filly 35 10 Wave 4 7 0 Skylight ... 3 5 9 Chapel Royal ... 4 7 OLa Maudito 3 5 7 Icicle •.. ... 36 12 Mayonaise filly 35 7 Huntsman 3 6 12 Anchorite ... 3 5 7 Commissioner ... 3 612 Tho llowth and Baldoyle First Spring Meeting, an nounced to come off on Tuesday and Wednesday next, is unavoidably postponed. The 15th Hussars Steeplechases aro postponed until Tuesday next, when seven events will be contested over the Aldorshott course. . _ Indigestion, 5 yrs, and Elegance, 4 yrs, have been pur chased by a gentleman who will run his horses under the noin de guerre of ➢ir. Jay. The whole of Messrs. Brayley's, Golby's, and Blacklees Stocking's horses were struck out of their engagements at Croydon on Monday last, at 1.50 p.m. MARION. —Mr. Richard Nelson, of Barton Hill, has bought from John Gofton, Esq., this first-class hunter, who ran third for the Farmers' Hunters' Steeplechase at Malton last. week. Mr. S. Rogers has named his yearling colt by Surplice out of Begonia Monkshood, and his yearling filly by Pro mised Laud out of Duchess Heart's Content. Mr. Saxon's filly Lady Craven broke her stifle joint on Thursday, and has been destroyed. Litterworth Huht Steeplechases are postponed to Tues day next. LICHFIELD SPRING MEETING.— Tho following steeple chases close on Tuesday next :—Gopsall Hunters', Dos north Stakes, and Hunt Cup. Mr. Arthur Hoathcote's Gipsy King, 3 yrs, while at exorcise last week fell and broke his knees, consequently ho will not be, able to run for some timo.. - • The death is announced of Baron von Hertefeld, for many years treasurer of the North Gerniah Jockey Club. llowden Steeplechases aro fixed for April 18. Mr. Gilkes claimed St. Maximum out of e.,.selling Steeplechase at Croydon on Tuesday last. Hayling Island Steeple Chases, as previously announced, will take place on Monday next. The course 'is in good condition, and the Waterloo Stand will be erected. Mr. Langlands, sen., of Epsom, died on Tuesdy last, affer a short illness. Mr. Franks gave 58 guineas for Monitor on Tuesday last at Croydon, after the horse had won a Selling Chase. BARBARIAN.—Lord Middleton has sold Barbarian, by Simoom. dam by Buzzard, and who ran second to Daniel O'Rourke for the Derby in 1852, to Count Alfred Poloeke, of Lemberg, Gallicia, for a long price, he will go by Hull, Hamburg, and Berlin. His old groom Johnson, accom panies him. TIIE DEAD ALIVE.--•A STRANGE STORT.—The following curious incident has just come to light. About 24 years ago a young man named Turner was living at a large academy at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, filling the position of teacher of languages. One evening ho was seized with a fit—he being subject to them—and the next morning his bedroom window was found open, and ho was missing from the room. About ten days after the body of a young man was found lying face downwards in some shallow water, and the body was at• once supposed to be that of the unfortunate young man, and on a number of the scholars and relatives viewing the body they all identified it as that of their teacher and friend. The body in due course was interred by the relatives, and the mother took possession of a watch belonging to the deceased, and wore it till her death. A few days ago some of the relatives of Turner received a letter from Ballarat, Australia, and were not a little surprised to find that their relative, whom they had believed to be dead and buried, and whose grave they had kept up ever since, was still alive, quite woll and in a very comfortable position. iMURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—An old man, named John Winter, yesterday murdered his wife at Norwich and afterwards attempted suicide, Ile is not likely to live. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WARWICK RACES—Tms DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. • WELTER HANDICAP. Tho Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft ; gentlemen riders; professionals 61b extra; winners after March 13 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra. One mile. 8 subs. Contract w.o. SELLING HANDICAP. A Plato of 50 sovs (handicap); the winner to be sold for 50 sovs; winners after March 15 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra. Half a mile. Clay more 1 Adtmanthea 2 Bliss 3 Five ran. D E I3DALE STAKES. The Debdale Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for all ages, 12st each, Ilya, have been rar,ularly hunted; win ners of 51 sovs once 71b, twice 1.011,, three times 11lb extra; balf-breds allowed 71h, th ,se that never started 51b; gentlemen riders, jockeys slb extra: Two Tennyson Clatford Forester Four ran. HANDICAP PLATE. A Plato of 50 soya (Handicap); winners after March 13 (at ton a.m.) 51b extra; throe quarters of a mile. Volunteer 1 •• Her Ladyship 2 Havannah 3 Four ran. WARWICK HANDICAP. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 20 sovs each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added ; winner of any handicap value 100 sovs after March 8 (at ten a.m.) 71b, of two such handicaps 101 b extra ; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes ; one mile and a half ; 42 subs, 16 of whom declared. Cedric _ 1 Wandering Minstrel 2 Beadle Nine ran. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.--Trns DA,T. The feature of the Market operations to-day was the advance of Clarice (who was said to have won her trial) for the City and Suburban. Defiance also came with a rush consequent on a heavy com mission being executed in his favour. Mayonaise was scarcely in such good odour as yesterday, but Vespasian was steady at his quoted price. For the Metropolitan Lord of the Dales was in most re quest, and at the close there was little to choose be tween him and Dunsany for favouritism. Scarcely anything was done on the " Guineas" or Derby. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 egg Mayonaiae filly (taken and offered) 100 to 8 Defiance (taken) 100 to 7 agst Vespasian (taken) 15 to 1 agst Clarice (taken in force) 16 to 1 agst Longdown (offered) 20 to 1 agst Thalia (taken —take 33 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Aldcroft (offered) 25 to 1 agst Plutua (offered) 25 to 1 agst Sea Mew (offered) 33 to 1 agst Cannon Ball (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Wolsey (offered) 40 to 1 agst Little Rover (taken) 66 to 1 agst Wild Agnes (taken and offered) METROPOLITAN STARES. 8 to 1 agst Dunsany (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Lord of the Dales (off —take 10 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Tonrmalin (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Conundrum (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Salpinctes (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 100 to SO agst Plaudit (offered) 7to 1 agst Julius (offered) 10 to 1 agst Hermit (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Marksman (offered) 100 to 40 agst Van Amburg (offered —take 1000 to 85) DERBY. 8 to 1 on the field (offered) TRAINING REPORTS. Some important communications from Newmar ket, Itichinond, Stockbridge, Malton, Lewes, Fin don, and other training quarters will appear in our Second Edition. NOTICE.—CIIANGE OF ADDRESS.—JOIIN STIR/C., late of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the patronage ho has received during the past year, and bogs to inform his friends that ho 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 tho Wheatsheaf, Worship-stroet, Shoroditch; at Threu King-court, Lo.nbArd-stroct; and at One S wan-yard, Bishopsgate-sfieet. NV. rformss and Joilx AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute CoMmissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, OILENDEN STREET, HAYMARKET. Commissions. JOHN PERCIVAL, Oxford Cigar Stores, 3, Panton-street, Haymarket. Mr. GEORGE `G EBB 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 Aieux's Brewery. Evenings, after 7, at Mr. C. Dur ham's, Freemasons' Arms, Long-acre. TICKETS NOW READY for HARRY WILSON'S CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP SWEEP. Drawn MONDAY, March 25, 1867. 10,000 members, at ls. each ; and 3,000 members, at 2s. 6d. each. Address, with two stamped directed enve lopes, to Harry Wilson, Tuff Herald Offict) Hull. Com missions executed from ss. on all races. Price Lists daily. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. APRIL. Eastbourne Hunt N o rthampton Cardiff Windsor Spring Durham .. 4)2 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Catterick Lichfield Spring 8 I Ch es t er 3O Newmarket Craven 8 M Ascot Spring York Spring 7 Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath Harpenden Epsom Croydon No wton Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odihain • l7 Bibury Club lB JU Oarlisle • 2 Newmarket July 2 P o ntefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 llungerford Nottingham l6 AUG Beverley Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Summer Newcastle .. 25 Ips wtc a • 27 Worcester Bummer 27 LY Down Royal Corporate l7 Stamford Radcliffe -* • 22 Huntingdon ......... . Winchester ........ . .. . Southampton ... ...... . Gaodwood ... UST. Dover .... • . . . . 22 West Drayton 22 Plymouth':.:.. 22 Canterbury Derby Lichfield. 27 Yarmouth... Weymouth Tunbridge .., 29 Baden. Baden ABER., Richmond l7 Hendon - I Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Nevrinarket Ist October 24 Ripon Brighton . •• 6 Brighton °Ito) 8 E L g ow h:m s ... 13 Wolvorhampton -bi 13 Stockton, l4 Oxford ' itastiogs ... , 2O York August . 21 SEPT: Ua!gato War wick Spring 3 Abingdon • 5 Leicester iforicaster . Brecon OCT Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh ' 2 Bedford a NQVJ . . _ Liverpool Autumn 5 'Shrewsbury Autumn ll DBER. Newmarket 2d October 7 Ohelteuham lii Newmarket Houghton 4.1.18V1L . , . ILeamingtim Hunt COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COMB MARCH. Judge. Days of Running 26, to. Name. Scottish Open, Lanarkshire SEPTEMBEIt. Brampton. Oumberlan,cf Mr. Warwick 00TOBER. Anca,ster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire r Mr. Spofford 17 21 29 29 THE ALLEGED BRUTAL MANSLAUGHTER BY A BoY IN SOUTHWARK.—Last evening Mr. W. Payne, the coroner for London and Southwark, held an inquest at the Dog and the Stile Tavern, Market-street,London-road, Southwark, into the circumstances attending the death of Frederick George Bennet, a boy aged 12 years, whose death was alleged to have been caused by being struck over the head by another boy witlt'it heavy stick. \ Mr. S. M. Donahoo, surgeon, of the Westminster-bridge-road, said that last Sunday morning he was called to ace the de ceased; ho was then quite dead. Ho made a post mortem examination soon after death, and found the vessels of the head quite full of blood.' Upon removing the upper part of the skull, he discovered a great quantity of clotted blood, which *as the cause of death. Witness was of opinion that the injury was caused by the boy standing on his head. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the modiol evidence, ; 40 USE OF CHLOROFORM IN VETERINARY OPERATIONS. The following interesting letter is quoted from a corre spondent of the Sporting Gazette :--" Sir,—Some years ago a discovery was permitted to us, having since proved, per haps, the greatest blessing for which suffering humanity has ever had reason to feel grateful. This merciful boon, however, in the benefit of which all the animate creation of civilised countries might and, indeed, ought to participate, man has, with more than usual selfishness, almost exclu sively appropriated to his own especial use. Not an hospital now exists but when, an operation becoming necessary, a patient is enabled, through the medium of the invaluable agent referred to, totally to escape the pain he would. otherwise undergo ; yet what an incredible amount of heartlessness de we evince towards those ani_ mils over whom we are ready enough to claim dominion, whose nerves and sinews we do not hesitate to rack, torture, and use up when refusing to accord them a share of that immunity from suffering we so greedily grasp at ourselves ? Chloroform is now so extensively and cheaply manufactured, that it really 'becomes a question how far, either individually or nationally, we can justifi ably defend ourselves from the charge of wanton cruelty to which we aro fairly exposed, by our egotistical Inoue- Poly of its blessings. Believing, however, that there aro many who would willingly make use of so merciful a pre_ paration did they but kuow how little is 'the trouble or expense incurred, and how it simplifies severe operations, especially such as ordinarily are of a difficult and danger ous character, may I request those of your readers who take a kindly interest in the subject to allow me shortly to describe a well-known, every day, although fearful, opera tion, upon an animal which we, above all people, profess to love and cherish as much as we certainly admire and value him. After a due amount of phi sicking, bandaging.; &c., it has then, we will suppose, been decided to fire, say, a hunter, for a lameness of which he cannot otherwise be cured. As his master gazes at the handsome and intelligent creature by whom he has so frequently been willingly and gallantly carried, a generous impulse of pity and sorrow, induced by the thought of the agony proposed to be inflicted, prompts an involuntary exclamation of "poor fellow." The groom, however, probably hastens to offer consolation by assur ing his employer that " He's no cause to think twice about a matter so trifling, it don't hurt 'em a bit; he (the groom) has seen a many fired—ay, standing too, and they a licking his hand the while ; they don't feel it—not they, why, it ain't nothin'." But partially reassured the owner leaves his stable, reflecting that, in the first place, he doesn't know whereto procure chloroform, or how to administer it; secondly, no one in his neighbour hood deems it necessary to employ it. Horses aro always being operated upon without it, lots of people affirming that where there's no mind there's no feeling ; and finally, that, pain or no pain—hang it, a lame horse is worse than no horse at all. The following morning, therefore, the grooms, helpers, country vet., assistant, tho irons, and firo prepare to do their horrid, although necessary work. Afesv bundles of straw arranged upon the spot whore it is proposed to east or throw the horse, tko animal is led forth and placed upon the edge of the bed thus improvised. Now with a running accompaniment of coaxing, patting, and soothing, the hobbles which are to render him powerless in the hands of his tormentors are unsuspect ingly and insidiously buckled into their places, and during the progress of this manoeuvre it is instructive to ob serve, and even study, the expression of the poor crea ture's eye. Reader, have you ever had an opportunity of noticing the wild, yet timid, eager, yet resigned, fearful, frightened, yet appealing glances which flash and flit, come and go, with painful rapidity, and supernatural earnestness of expression in the eye of a human subject about to undergo an operation ? All this, in a mitigated form, is unmistakably presented here also. The horse can reason sufficiently well to dread the something unusual which is about to befall him ; strange faces surround him ; a fearful anticipatory consciousness of approaching danger oppresses him ; when suddenly at a given signal he is cast helpless on the straw, strong men are pinioning his legs together, while others force his head to the ground. Vainly and fran tically ho struggles, as with quickened pulsation, staring eye and heaving fianks,groaning and snorting, he piteously gazes around. Upon ordinary occasions, while in this state of agonising fright, the red hot iron is applied to quivering flesh and muscle ; now, however, we willstep forward, and in mercy administer the chloroform. Having buckled around the sufferer's head a common wire muzzle, in order to avoid a blistering of the nose and lips, which would to a painful extent ensue were the fluid allowed to touch parts so sensitive, there is poured upon a small sdonge, from a 30z. or 4oz. glass bottle, about half an ounce of chloroform, which is then placed over one nostril and outside the muzzle. A piece of flannel or linen cloth is then quickly and lightly wrapped around the whole jaw, in order, as much as possible, to retain the rapidly evaporating fluid; thus the animal breathes with ono nostril through the cloth and muzzle, while with the other he inhales through the sponge also. It not being deemed advisable too s peedily to administer so powerful /lin agent, one channel for breathing is thus left compara tively free. After the lapse of a few moments, another half ounce may be poured upon the sponge, and se on from time to time until the dilation of the,:eupil of the eye gives warning of approaching unconsciousness. A pia may now be gently applied to the animal, and as soon. as this little instrument can bo boldly thrust iuto its living cushion, without producing the slightest responsible muscular shrink, the operation may commence, and the sponge be tempo rarily removed. And now the assistant hands to the sur geon a red-hot iron, the depressed or cutting edge of which glows like, and is about the thickness of, a now penny piece. With a movement at once firm butslow, this is drawn over the part to be fired, and as each tool rapidly chills it is replaced by another fresh from the fire. Under this fearful treat ment the skin contracts, turns brown, and seethes. Al though the hair has been clipped as close as possible, the little that remains occasionally flames, a strong odour of burning flesh pervades the atmosphere ; and as line after lino is produced the animal is narrowly watched, when, if the slightest tendency to flinch is observed, the replenished sponge is for a few moments reapplied. One- half the work completed, the horse, apparently in the sounlest slumber, is by main force hauled over, in order that the remainder may be concluded ; and as the operation draws to a close, the operator, iron in hand—looking fondly and artistically at his work—throws in the finishing touches, deepening, strengthening, or elongating a line here and there, until ho considers the ghastly engraving faultless ; when, as a coun try, and by no means unskilful, veterinary, with grim face tiousness, once observed to his gaping auditory, "Each limb should as nearly as possible resemble the crackling, upon a well roasted leg of pork." The muzzle and sponge now finally removed, the horse soon offers evidence of re turning animation, a recovery which may be judiciously assisted by bathing plentifully with cold water the mouth, nostrils, oars, and poll, which proceeding is always apparently peculiarly gratifying to the patient. It is as well not to -hasten, but, on the contrary, rather to retard the animal's first efforts to get on his legs ; allow him, if ho desires to do so, to sit np, and in about ten minutes, dating from the commencement of the recovery, he may be permitted to rise and return to his stable. I f r R i s d ii:olueltduhsav have beenpicture to w i o t u h o r s u e t l t v h e e s i l u v h t c a r t v t e h n i t s n i o i o m f al' s chloro form, o s r u o f -- form, and reflect whether sve are not guilty of wanton cruelty in parsimoniously and selfishly declining on similar occasions to make use of from one to three shillings worth of so cheap and so easily procured a material. As this letter has already reached to a considerable length I will continue the subject in a future communica tion, entering into further detail with re,sard to the cost, average quantity required, and general administration of this simple, invaluable, and ever-blessed misery alleviator. W. T. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. _ _, _ (By Telegraph•) PLYMOUTH. Saturday Morning. The hired transport Patrician, Captain Pain, from Cal cutta, December 8, with the head-quarters of the 20th Regiment, arrived in the Sound this morning. Wi n d s . E ., strong, with heavy rain. . _ _ GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Moselle, steamer, and Maas, steamer, from Antwerp; Belgium, steamer, from Ostend; City of Nor wich, steamer, from Tonging; Eider, steamer, and Ton ning, steamer, from G-eeatemunde. Sailed, March 22—Harrier, for Newfoundland; Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Latona, screw steamer, for Genoa ; Sarah King, of London, for the west—both from London. We understand that Sanderson, hitherto private trainer to Major Stapylton, will shortly commence business as a public trainer on the celebrated Hambleton Moor, where the famed Alice Hawthorn was trained for all her races, and where also Harry Stebbing trained Assault, Beverlac, Flatcatclaer, Mahon, Kingston, and many other winners. A SISTER OF BERANCIER, the poet, still lives. She is a nun in the Convent des Oiseaux, at Paris, and is a hundred and one years old, but in good health. LEEDS REFORM REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION.-- A meeting of this association was held last night, Mr. Darnton Lupton in the chair, to consider the Conservative scheme of reform. Oa the motion of Mr. Frederick Baines, a resolution was adopted, objecting to the dual vote and the system of voting papers, and calling for sential alteration in those provisions, which would exclude voters who pay their rates through their landlords, and who also, when placed in circumstances to obtain the vote,. were oxposed to difficulty, trouble, and expense in proving their claim to the franchise. It was also agreed by the meeting that a£s rental would be regarded by re formers as a satisfactory substitute for the borough fran chise offered by Government. The meeting evinced a dispoeition to allow the Conservative bill to go into com mittee under certain provisos. Confidence was expressed in Mr. Gladstone, and a hope entertained that the Liberal members would act on the policy the right hon. zentleluail sketched on Thnrsday, Share