The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCI, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The report in the general discount market, so far as the last few days are concerned, might have been almost stereotyped. The inquiries are mode rate, and the rates in general discount circles range f rom 2i upwards, according to the class of paper offered for negotiation. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. Gold to the amount of £106,000 has arrived from Australia by the Echunga, and £32,000 by the Pride of the Ocean. The City of Washington, from New York, has brotight about £3,000 in specie. Advices received from Paris respecting the large financ e i nst i tut i ons state that the last balance sheet' of the Credit Mobilier shows very heavy losses, to which a further loss this month of between two and three millions has to be added. It is the a malgamation of the new shares with the old which presses so heavily on the prices. The new share holders have doubled the capital, and do not receive any profit realised before the Ist January, 1867, and at the same time decline to have any share of theloss of the eight millions, as shown on the balance sheet to the 31st December, 1866. The shares have again declined last week 50f., from 456 to 406 ; and the Immobilier in • the same time receded from 300 to 215, showing a fall of 180 f. in one month. The Credit Foncier shares fell last week from 1,467.50 to 1,380, and are still considered too high. In the portfolios of the insti tution there is the signature of M. de Hausman to the amount of 202,000,000 f. The seventh ordinary general meeting of the Standard Bank of British South Africa (Limited) will be held at the new offices of the company, 10, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, on Friday, the 26th April. With respect to the tea market, Messrs. Layton and Co., in their fortnightly circular, state as follows :—There is no improvement whatever in the condition of the tea market ; indeed during the past fortnight, where importers have pressed sales, prices have in nearly every instance favoured the buyers, the dulness and depression previously re ported continuing to the close. By private con tract the dealers have only been induced to operate, as before, for immediate requirements, while at public auction, although the quantity brought forward " without reserve" has been very moderate, great heaviness prevailed, and lower quotations were current for all descriptions of Congou, the decline (fully ld. per lb.) being most marked in fair black-leaf of new import, medium red-leaf kinds realising comparatively steady rates. There has been a good inquiry :for common Congou for export, and some disposition to buy for specu lative account at lid. to 11A-d. per lb. ; with this exception, the market has remained generally in active, and where sales of any extent have taken place it has been at the above reduction. The estimated stock of tea in the United Kingdom on the Ist inst. amounted to 93,853,000 lbs., against 105,516,000 lbs. last year at the corresponding period. The rice market for the past month has shown a renewed demand for soft grained rice for cleaning purposes, and the stocks steadily decreasing the millers operated freely, securing all available parcels, and p r oducing a fu r th er advance of 3d. to 6d. per t. At this period the early cargoes of new rice were also in request, and considerable sales were effected at late rates to a slight advance, the expec tation of their arriving upon a bare market, and comparative cheapness —being about 9d. to ls. per cwt. under spot value—proving the chief induce ment to buyers. Two O'CLOCK. The British Funds are still much depressed, a further decline of 4 per cent. having occurred to day. The market is quiet in the absence of active speculation, and a limited number of bona fide in vestments, the Foreign is at present the favourite resort of time operators. Cousols are now 004 for money, and 901 I for the account. T he New T hrees are 884. ; Reduced A nnu i t i es, 884 Indi ; Annuities, 1885, 12/ ; E xc h equer Bills, 20s. prem. ; a 5 per Cents., 1094 1; ditto Enfaced 4 per Cents., 85 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1031 ; and ditto Bonds, 495. prem. The outgoing mail will take £50,000 in sil ver f or thou the East, and a demand for th e C ontinent it is ght will shortly arise in consequence of the ap prehensions of war, buyers from thence were in the market yesterday ; the present price of that metal is 60/ per oz. In the Foreign Market there have been slight in dications of improvement. Spanish Passive ha ve declined 4, to 194 4 ; Certificates 4, to 114 12 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. 1, 274 ; Russian S cr i p 1, t o 1 dis, to p ar; and Italian Ito 481 ; but reek have advancedlf, t o 13 14 ;, and Chilian Scri G p 1, to 5 3 dis. ; Mexican remain firm, at 144 15 ; and the Danubian Scrip at 6 4 dis. A very moderate amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, but in a few instances prices show more firmness. Great Western have advanced 4 ; North Western, 1 ; and Great Northern, 1 ; while Brighton have de clined 3 ; Metropolitan, 1 ; and South Eastern, The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion, Great Luxembourg being dealt in at 84 9/ ; Bahia and San Francisco, at 144 ; South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, at 15 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, at 171 18 ; and Bombay and Baroda, at 101 1011. American Securities show great weakness, though Erie Shares are 1 better, 36/ 374 ; and Illinois 4, to 761 771 ; but United States 5-20 Bonds have declined 1, to 734 4, with a t en d ency downwards. Atlantic and have Great W es t ern R a il way De b entures declined 1, to 29 31, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 4, to 21 21/. Bank shares remain very quiet. Alliance have declined to 141 ; Chartered of India, London, and China, improved to 30'1 ; London and County, to 56 07 ; and Union of Australia, to 464 47. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares continue in active at barely p rev i ous rates. Anglo-American per Telegraph are marked 17 4 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 cents., 77/ 80 ; National Discount Company, 111 ; Royal Mail Steam, 93 94 ; nd Tele grap h a Con struction and M a i ntenance, 124. MINING MARKET. WEDNESDAY EVENNG. There has been a more active inquiry for several of the principal undertakings. Annexed are latest prices:— Chiverton Moor • 5} 51 Clifford Amalgamate 6 6} Cooks' Kitchen East Basset. East Caradon 6 6 1 East Lovell 8 8} ast Russell Great L axey ......... 17} 18i Great North Laxey Great Retalliek Great Wheal Vor... 171 1-11 Marko Talley ......... 41 4 North Crofty ...... 41 4/ North Treskerby 1/ lf Prince of W a l es...s3s 6d 55, Providence Mines ... 30 31 South Condurrow 128 6d 15s Tincroft ............... 13 14 West SetonA 135 140 West Chiverton ...... 72 74 Wheal Chiverton ... 6f 7 Wheal Grenville lll Wheal Seton 100 105 BRITISH FUNDS —TWO O'CLOCTC. GOVERNMENT ruNDE. Der lieut. Consols / Do. Acc oun t , A pril 10 .................... 90 .. 901 I- 8 per Ce n t. Reduced ........................... 88i New 3 por Gent ... . .......................... 88 / I New 2} po r Octn. Jan. 189.4 .... Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 .... ................ : ...... Annuities, 30 yr s , expire`sth . .1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth A pt il, 1 885... 12 Do (Rod Sea Telegraph), A ug, 1908... } Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 an d 4 per et. pin DO £5OO .............en £lOO k .£ 2 OO ....... ........ .......... 20 p m Bank of England. Stock. 6} pe r (it INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. luumu Stock, 10k per Cent., April 1874 , _ Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 pet. Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B5 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i- per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 rOZEIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ____ Bustriau Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1839 .. ...... Tullio. 5 per Omit. _ Do. q per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account 7ll I Do. £lOO Bonds — Baenos Ayres 6 per Cent — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) o,,lian 6 per Cent 9B Do. 41 per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent A . Do. „ B Do. „ 1867 Do. , Scrip, £2O paid 3i dis 0 il,inbian, ' 6 per Cent. c'uba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — D 3. 5 per Cent., 864 ... . D n Ibian Principalities, 7 per Cent E piador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — g :ptian 7 per Cent — 1)0. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds 00. Do. 1861 — Do. £lOO Bonds 7Bl 91 Do Government Railway Debentures 7B (I: , •ek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupon, Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .. 18 .iall 5 per Cc r t 1865 Do, Account • Do. Maremniana Railway M •xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Do 6 por Cent. Anglo-French . dontevidean 6 per Cent `I oorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con _ Do. Deferrsd Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Pe - uvian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account — Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Porttiguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'0 40/ Kussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pit Cent., 1859 Do 4 E .)er Cent., 1862 B7 no. 5 per Cent., 1864 B6l D ~ Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B3l 4 31 Do. do. £45 paid par 4 ardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Acef,unt .....~ Do New Deteitect -- Do. Account Passive Do — Do Account l9l 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 par Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid l'urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 5l Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — ' ire. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Ditto 1 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in Londoxi. Austrian, a per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. . French Itentes, 3 per .Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 4Bl 1 -} TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 904 I Do. Account 9O/ /- MR. GLADSTONE'S LATEST AMEND MENTS TO THE REFORM BILL. The following circular has been addressed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the members of the Conservative party in the House of Commons :-- "My dear Sir,—Mr. Gladstone has given notice of a series of amendments which he proposes to move in committee on the Reform Bill, on Thursday next. " These amendments are Mr. Coleridge's relin quished instruction in another form. " The first of them relates to the vital question of residence, and if any one of them be adopted it wil be impossibie for the Government to proceed with the bill. " I shall, therefore, feel particularly obliged by your attendance in the House of Commons on that evening. ---I have the honour to remain faithfully yours, " B. DISRAELI. 1 , Downin g etroot, April 9." POLICE INTELLIGErICE.—This Day ARLBOROUbiI-S T REET CHARGE AGAINST A CAB PROPRIETOR. - John Tipple, cab proprietor, of No. 25, New Tothill-street, "Westminster, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt charged with receiving two axle-trees and two pairs of springs, the property of Mr. Thomas Weldhen, of No. 12, London-mews, Fitzroy square, well knowing that they were fraudulently obtained. The prisoner was further charged with hrving in his pos session two sets of new harness, four new silk umbrellas, one with a cocoanut stem handle, a pair of silver tongs, and a spoon marked "T. A. E.," some teaspoons marked "J. E.," two silver watches, one maker's name Cooper, a gold watch, a metal watch, a leather hat-box and hat, a pair of gold spectacles, two electro-plated teapots and a coffee pot, and a large quantity of other articles supposed to bo stolen. Mr. Lewis, - of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prisoner. It should be stated that yesterday a young man named James Johnson was charged with obtaining the axle-trees and springs by means of forged orders from Mr. Weldhen, a carriage ironmonger in London-mews, the orders pur porting to come from Mr. Cowan, of Pitt-street, Oil Kent road, and he was remanded, Sergeant Ham, 5 P, informing the magistrate that the prisoner had given him some infor mation which would enable him to find the receiver. Sergeant Ham now said that last night he accompanied Sergeant Burrough, 21 E, to the prisoner Tripple's house, in New Tothill-street, Westminster. Ile told the prisoner that he had come about some axletreos and springs, and asked the prisoner if he had purchased any during the last week, and he said "Yes." Ho th en as k e d the prisoner w h o ho bou g ht th em of, and he said "A young man." The prisoner's wife then went to a file, and showed him the re ceipt for one pair of springs —"Paid J. Edwards £1 58." He asked the prisoner if he had any receipt for the axle trees, and he said, "No, I did not take one." He then e and b asked tho Prisoner how much h e paid for the axletrees, said £1 He then told tho prisoner that he sh mid take him into custody for receiving the property, well knowing that it was fraudulently come by, and the prisoner made no reply. He asked the prisoner where the axletrees were, and behind a box in the prisoner's bedroom found them and the springs in the corner of the room. Ho said he took no receipt for the axletrees, as he thought it was all right. In a cupboard in the room he found a large quantity of property. He believed he should be able to find owners for them, more espocially so as some spoons he found corresponded w i th the description circu ltit3d of some spoons which were stolen a short time ago. In answer to Mr. Lewis, the sergeant admitted thorn was no attempt at concealment on the part of the prisoner. Mr. Thomas Weldhem identified 'the axletrees and springs as his property, and said thair value was about .£7. Sergeant Ham asked for a remand. Mr. Lowis.said he could not resist a remand, but he had to apply that the prisoner might be admitted to bail. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, and refused to take bail. THAMES. FrsteLE SUICIDES.—Two women, named Harriet Dono van and Envlboth Whitbourn, were brought up on re mand, charged with being drunk, and while in that state attempting to commit self-destruction. Donovan, while she was intoxicated, threw herself out of a first-floor window at No. 3, St. George - in-the-East, but, fortunately for her, was not injured. Mrs. Whitbourn, who is 25 years of age, and has been living at No. 6, Ship_ alley, St. George-in -the-East, while inebriated flung her self from the swing-bridge which passes over a lock of the London Dock into the water. She was also saved. The prisoners had been in the Clcrkenwell House of Detention for a week, the usual punishment for persons who haVe at tempted suicide. The chaplain of the prison reported that the prisoners were penitent and had promised to abstain from strong drinks in future. The prisoners were now discharged, and delivered to the care of their friends, and warned that any repetition of their rash attempts would be severely punished. DAUIXG BURGLARY AND ROIDIER.Y.—Henry Solomons, a young man, was charged with being concerned with another in a daring burglary and robbery. This morning, at five o'clock, a police-constable named John Phillips, No. 266 K, saw the prisoner and another man in Sidney-street, Stepney, a few yards from the pre mises of Mr. Charles Bridges, a draper. The two men ran away on seeing the constable approach. He captured the prisoner. The other man escaped. After the prisoner was secured, Phillips discovered that ono of the shutters of Mr. Bridges' shop was down. A pane of glass was forced out of the window, and it was within the shop with Paper and treacle sticking to it to deaden the noise. Mr. Bridges and his wife missed a woollen jacket, two cotton dresses, one measuring 9, the other 10 yards, and a roll of flannel. The property had been drawn through the aperture. The prisoner refused to give any account of himself, except that he lived in the parish of SL George in-the-East, He was remanded for a week. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APIIIL 10, 1867. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Bribtot anu Meter . Ualedonian .. 7 - 4 0 7 IOJ 1 0 7 -5 Jawbrlan. Cork and Bandon...— Corn wall all Dublin & Belfast June lOO Dun„Pertli,& A b.Junc ' 1 , 0 & London, scrip Certi I all DO. I luo Glasgow & S. \Western! 100 Great Eastern, Ord. et k.! 100 Do. E. Angl. at. No. a : 100 (ircnt North of Seotlauti 100 Gre,tt Northern lOO D, A stock lOO Do. 11 stuck IJO Do. ew, Is. at pn, - 10 (its, and W. of Ireland 100 \\"tern -Origina. 1.0 Do. 6. VAL I lal l gu:t. 1. , )0 ' Do. South Wales 1 Do. W. Mid.—Uxioro 100 Do. t Ilerelord lOO Lancashire& Yorkshir, • 100 London and I;lackw4L 100 1.0 n., S Coasi 10 Lon., Chat., and D..tv,t 101 Do. 31etrop. six . A ! 100 Lon. & Aural Weeteri i 100 Lon. & South 11 ester, i 100 Man., Shet., & Lincoln; 100 itetropolitan all Do. New 1)o. Extension...— all tletropolitan District all 4 6 (.5 63 70 72 105 .07 27 29 5 7 11:3 15 IZZ PJ 41 4,4.: tO 5i 1:4 27 25 39 121 126 74 7ti a 1 13 10 kV, ;16 7• '7U 47 iU ,dl 12v 101 106 1)0. do. do. Do. and st. John's W . N i slid and Do. £t Share Do, ftirmiu.. & Derb) slid eta North British Do. Ed., l'th., & Nth. Eastern—Berwichl Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York DO. Carlisle Do. Stock. he Darling Do. do. 1860-01 North London .. Do. do. 1804 5 . . Do. do. 1806 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stow, uo. Scot, Mid. stock s;lropsnire Union South Devon E..stern Staines, Wok., & Wok ran' Vale Do. C Vale of Neaili Waterford & Kilkenny tVaterloo & Whiteha Vest Corn I I 113 113 82 83 34 35 4 lb 10, 11.1 6t 62 92 94 33 15 9 10 p 112 1 2). 70 72 11;1 115 118 152 43 45 07 0, 8 10 143 ;53 3 1 , 100 10:, 100 fOSSItI, p aid. l Closing Business Price. done. :121 12 39; 411 121 61 3 111 } 13; 112 13 131 1001 10i 10 331 4 101 1 01 60 911 211 454 61/ 4 1 ,bIONS. 67 60 100 102 ad a 4 44 74 /4 50 55 10i 103 101 11;:3 106 107 20 22 85 88 57 59 53 54 52 54 37 40 23 25 106 106 4 1 I. A I r, 100 102 91 93 12i 13] 14 120 t.B 81 64 - 1 - 1 100 102 92 el b 5 90 82 85 97 9.' 97 98 1 i 97 98 T SECUR. 99 101 98 100 100 102 85 90 b 7 8J , 10: 104 105 hri t 1 , 2 101 DI ; 1 3 iul lu3 ILO 1,8 102 IC4 li3 105 1,3 106 105 107 08 110 L 6 08 V 1 93 85 F 7 101 102 at So 96 98 91 93 106 108 107 109 had also examined the law on that matter, and such information on the subject as he had acquired he would at once convey to the jury. His lordship then referred at great length to the authorities on the points, and concluded a charge remarkable for learning and research with an assurance that the jury would view the whole of the matter in that spirit of justice which had rendered the name of England great and glorious throughout the civilised world. The jury then retired to consider the evidence offered by the prosecution. Cession of Russian America. It appears by telegrams from IVashington and St. Petersburg that the Governments of the United States and Russia have agreed to the terms on which the E3IPEROR will cede the Russian dominions in America to the Unite 1 States. So far as the Go vernments go the matter is determined ; but the PRESIDENT of the United States cannot conclude a treaty unless sanctioned by two-thirds of the Senate, assembled in their Chamber. An extra session of that body was called, and the matter sub mitted to it. It was reported from New York on the Ist April that the temper of the House appeared to be unfavourable, and that the terms would be fully debated before action was taken. The sum fixed by the treaty, which resolves itself into a simple purchase, is seven millions (dollars). We presume, therefore, as the question is one of money that it must also be discussed in the House of Re presentatives. The cession of this territory created a feeling of surprise and alarm among British diplo matists, and threw the Embassy at Washington into a state of consternation. Yet it was known that the American and Russian Governments have long been in negotiation on this subject ; indeed, before British Columbia was a colony and California a State. People imbued with the MONROE doctrine would naturally wish to conclude such a bargain irrespective of the value of the territory purchased. Russia is a despotism; and a despotic Government with a footing on North American soil is not an agreeable idea to the American mind. It is pro bable, therefore, that the proposed cession will find many supporters in the Union who may be fully impressed with the worthlessness of the land ceded. Up to the year 1863 this territory was leased to a company of fur-traders, called the Russian-Ameri can Company. The gradual extinction of the fur bearing animals has deprived the tract almost of its only value. The capital Sitka, or New Archangel, is situated on a fine harbour of the largest island of George lll.'s archipelago. It contains 1,590 inhabitants, among whom reside the governor and the chief officers of the fur company. There are about a thousand Russians in this land, some Esquimaux dwell in the extreme north, and a few nomadic tribes of Indians wander over the sterile wastes. The harbour of Sitka is well placed for a naval station, and is a commanding outlet for the Japan trade and with the eastern countries of Asia. This wild and ice-bound territory is thus described by MALTE BRUN :—" Above a range of hills, covered with pines and birch, rise naked moun tains crowned with enormous masses of ice, which often detach themselves, and roll down with a dreadful noise into the valleys below, which they entirely fill up, or into the rivers and bays, where, remaining without melting, they rise in banks of crystal. When such a mass falls the crashing forests are torn up by the roots and scattered to a distance, the echoes resound along the shores with the noise of thunder, the sea rises up in foam, ships experience a violent concussion, and the affrighted navigator witnesses, almost in the middle of thesea, a renewal of those terrific scenes which sometimes spread such devastation in Alpine regions. Between the foot of these mountains and the sea there ex tends a strip of low land, the soil of which is almost everywhere a black and marshy earth. This ground is only calculated for producing coarse, though nutritious, grass and small plants. Some of the marshes hanging on the side of the hills retain the water like a sponge, while their verdure makes them appear like solid ground ; but in attempting to pass over them the traveller sinks up to the knees. Nevertheless the pine tree acquired a great size upon the gloomy roAs. Next to the fir the ino4t_, common spcies is the alder. In many places nothing is to be seen but dwarf trees and shrahs. Upon no coast with which we are acquainted have there been remarked such rapid encroachments of the sea upon the land. The trunks of trees that have been cut down by European navigators have been found and recognised after a lapse of ten years. These trunks are found sunk in the water with the earth which supported them." Every fresh accession of territory to a great power is regarded with extreme jealousy ; and England, which has absorbed more than any other, is not free from this feeling. The country cannot have been of any value to Russia. It may be of some use to the United States, if not materially, at least morally. She has a right in this legitimate manner to fulfil her " manifest destiny" if Congress considers the land worth the price. There appears to be a dispute between Great Britain, and Russia regarding the boundary, and this is the only question of any real importance to England. It would be gratifying to us to see the whole of North America, from the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico up to the North Pole, come into the possession of the Anglo-Saxon race ; and we believe that the sooner all this conti nent falls into the hands of the branch that can make the best use of it the better it will be for all parties. People begin now to discover that a large portion of British Columbia is shut out from the Pacific seaboard, as if the proposed cession in any way altered the boundaries of the colony. What British Columbia was before British Columbia will remain, with the only difference that a more active and energetic race will be the owners. On the subject of this cession the Russian organ, Le IVord, says : The Transatlantic telegram announcing the meeting of the United States Senate in order to receive communications of a treaty for the cession of Russian America contains nothing which ought to surprise us. The cession, if we are not mis taken, is the consequence of negotiations dating back several months. It is easy to see the mutual advantages that Russia and the United States must derive from such a transaction. These American countries, hitherto all but unproductive to Russia, owing to their distance from the centre of an empire already so vast will be more easily vivified by Yankee expansion ; and the current of colonisation and commerce whicl) will ultimately be established between the Asiatic and American seaboard of the Pacific will powerfully aid the prosperity of Eastern Siberia and the basin of the Amoor."— Anglo-American Times. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (By Telegraph.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, April 9.—Citizen, steamer, from Bordeaux ; Lincolnshire, from Melbourne; Trio, from Nassau. Arrived, April 10. —Velocity, steamer, from Calais ; Holland, steamer, from Ostend; Marys, steamer, from Gothenburg. Sailed, 411 10.—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, from Dun kirk ; Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne; Belgium, steamer, for Ostend ; Chevy Chase, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed. Sydney Hall, screw steamer, from Canaries ; Mersey, screw steamer, from the west ; Tyburuis, from China; Oriental, from Demerara; Skimmer of the Wave, from Colobo—all for London. Auchored.—A lbatross, from Oporto, for London. Sailed.—Joseph Janie, Forester, and the rest of the homeward bound, for London. INTERESTING FACT.—The foil ,wing singular and authen tic Cade of restoration of the hu Ilan hair is worthy of obser vation, more particularl; as it relates to an article of high and universal repute during the last half century. Mr. A. Hermann, of Quten-. tract, Soho, had been quite bald for some time past, and had tried various prepara.ions for the recovery of his hair, but without any beneficial result. He was then induced to try the effect of •'itowlands' Macassar Oil," and after daily applying it for about two mouths he, much to his gratification, had his hair quite restored, and now possesses a beautiful head of hair. This fa.t speaks too strongly for Itz elf to re Attire comment. The workmen at Chatham dockyard have com menced the construction of a large iron caisson in tended for the entrance of No. 3 dock, in which the armour-plated turret-ship Monarch, 6, 1,200-horse power, is building, to take the place of the wooden cofferdam and caisson now in the dock. LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. LORD CIL.I.MBERLAIN'SIOFFICE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 5. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the Ist of May next, at 2 o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at this Levee shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. Share Ntlantic & St. Lawrence 13orn.,13aroda,.uCen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference u 11., Brant, & Godcrich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Calc,atta .Sr S. E., lira e Town & Dock, gra Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu. ' 5 dol East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. lionds , Do. do. deferred I Do. 3d ['ref stook... Do. do. deferred ... Do. 4th Fret. stook . Do. do. deterred ... Gt. ludia Pen. gua. sp.e. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c South of India gua. 5 per cent D r. 41 per cent Do , ;neat Wes. of Canada DJ. New .. Do. 6 p. e Bt.s. pay. 1873 ;M. 51 dv. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. i; do Do. Filth Extcnidou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N.lll.C'da, 6pc Ist pl. ha ' 6cinde Do. Delhi Do. do 1 Do. Puniaub.... H. Do.lndus St.Flot uOLOINIAL GOVERNAtEN Britivli Columbia, 6 per' emit., Dee. 31, 1572.... OanAlov.6 p.c.J a.a July 1877-61 Do. 6 p. e. Feb. & Au 4 L. 5 p. e. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 13. e. Jan. & July [Do. 5 p. e. luscriDed Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. Apt. &Oct , 169 U-1900 do I , iBo-O, Do. J an.&July, ItiVO-V. Do. 5 per cent.. 15 Aprl and 15 Oct., MO.._ Ce) lon, Nov. 1553, 6 p. , Do. 1878, do nauritius, 6 p. C, 18 - 13, J an. and July l• Do. 1 , 78 3lay ta, NOV. • I Do. 1895, Fel). & Aug I Natal 'iov. o per cent N.H.Gov.6 u S. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1801, Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1588 to 1503 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So , ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling', 1875 queenclaud Gov. 6 p. C 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1808-ti Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. J a &July Do. do, A pril ,C Oct IitSITI Cain. ()ousel. void, Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated t)evon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakevralls East Bassett (Mogan). • East Caradon East Cara Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. ELst Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk kam.& StAubyn(Gwen. ;rent L trey, limited treat South 'feigns. — great Wheal Busy-- ‘l. Wheal Vor (heist llerod's Foot tlingsten Downs ‘Uny Lelant ilarke Valley AWyndy Iron Ore, lim e•b' Seton North Itoskear N. Wh'l Bassett I Began North Itiheal Crotty Prosper United Pr ence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park ' Pin Croft Vigra and Clogan, Jim ' West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West C hi rerton . - West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan %Wheal Buller (ftedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Setou .......... %Them Irehawney (Lia. rur , e.raticll tus: Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, b 3 Great Eastern, E. Anglian, A stock 5 per cen North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, StoCktun and Darlington B, 6 per cent., 3 YUItI:J(IN RAIL WA Antyerp and Rotterdam, 81 Banta and Situ l'rancisco, gua, 7 per Cent., 141 lireat Luxembourg, Si 9 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15 West Flanders, 8 BANA.b. ',.. 86 Alliance. 141 • Bank of Egypt, 31 Chartered ki.er. of India. London, and China, 31 30) Colonial, 36 51 ' • ••` onsolldaten dank. lim., 4 imperial Ottoman, lim., 71 I London and County, 57 (1 London and ‘1 cstminster,E ; 93l Midland Bank, lim., 18) New South Wales, 45} Provincial Bankiug Corporation, lim., Union of Australia, 47 62- ALISCELLAN/COUB. Anglo-American Telegraph, 17 Atlantic l'elegrapn, Dit o, 8 per cvnt., 80 771 Cit Offices, lim., 51 Credit toucher ut . 2e Gen. Credit and Discount, Ow.. 4) Hudson', Bay, 16 London tieneralOmnibus Company, lice, 3 Lon oa and Provincial Marine, Nr.ttoual viscount ...ompany, 111 Rio de Janeiro City lthprovcments. 20 Royal .11.,i1 Steam 91 3 Te.e.irapti Consauc. and Mainten., lima, Ditto, 121 At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.968 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29.63 in. on Sunday to 30.30 in. on April 1, The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 48 . 6 deg., - which is 3.7 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Gl.tisher). The highest day temperature was 62.1 deg. on April 3 The lowest night temperature was 30.5 deg. on Mon day. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 31.6 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 48.1 deg.; that of the lowest was 44.6. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 7.0 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 77, complete saturation be ing represented by 100. Rain fell to the mea sured amount of 0.03 in. The general direction of the wind was W.S.W. and N.W. According to a return furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into the river Thames at the southern outfall works, Crossness, was 42,679,908 gallons, or 193,914 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many tons by'weight. . Cential Criminal Court—(This Day). OLD COURT. THE JAMAICA REBELLION. This morning the Lord Chief-Justice of England attended at the Central Criminal Court to charge the grand jury with respect to the indictment pre ferred against General Nelson and Lieut. Brand, charging them with the wilful murder of Mr. Gor don. The court was crowded in every part, and when the learned judge took his seat on the bench he was accompanied by Mr. Baron Channell. There were also on the bench—the Lord Mayor, Earl Granville, Aldermen Copeland, Finnis, Moon, Rose, Lawrence, Gibbons, and Bosley, and Sheriff Water low and Sheriff Lycott. The jury having entered the box, Ilis lordship sail,—ln consequence of the learned Recorder having taken part in certain inquiries that had been made into matters in connection with which an indictment for wilful murder was pre ferre2 against General ~Nelsoo and Lieut. Brand, he had taken upon himself the duty of charging the Grand Jury with respect to the indictment. It was a matter of the gravest importance, and one which would call for their most serious and attentive con sideration. In the year 1865 disturbances broke out in the island of Jamaica which resulted in the execution, with others, of Mr. Gordon, whose sen tence, it was contended, was against the law, and consequently Colonel Nelson and Lieut. Brand, who were officers in her Majesty's service, were to be held criminally responSible for the consequences. His Lordship then proceeded to narrate the cir cumstances connected with the outbreak in Jamaica, in which he said 18 persons were killed and more than 50 wounded. At the time of the disturbance in the island the white population were a very small minority, and it was thought desirable that the Go vernor, with the advice of his Council, should place the whole of the county of Surrey under martial law, with the exception of Kingston. A force of military was sent, and as soon as the soldiers made their appearance their presence was sufficient to quell the outbreak. Martial law was proclaimed on the 13th of October, after which Mr. Gordon, who resided a short distance from Kingston, and was seen there some time previous, was arrested. It was not necessary to enter into the merits of the charges brought against Mr. Gordon—that might occur by and bye—but it appeared to be the general opinion amongst all the w hit e p opu l a ti on that he was the instigator of the rebellion, and an active accomplice in all that had taken place ; and, therefore, it was thought necessary and right to make him responsible for the consequences. v He was, accordingly, arrested and put upon his trial at Moran t Bay ; Colonel Nelson being in command of the military force in that place. The court-martial before:whom Gordon was tried consisted of Lieu tenant Brand, Lieutenant Errington, and Ensign Kelly. He was found guilty of high treason, and sen tenced to suffer death. The sentence was sent to Colonel Nelson for approval, and by him it was transmitted to General O'Connor, and, finally, it was submitted to the Governor, who approved of it, and it was accordingly carried into effect. It was in respect of that execution that the present proceedings arose. The first question that pre sented itself for consideration was whether the Governor had authority to proclaim martial-law under the circumstances which he did, and that they would find to be a question of the greatest import ance. A governor, as such, had no such power until some proceedings, either imperial or local, giving him the required authority to do so. There were two classes of possessions of the British Crown called Crown colonies and settlements. Crown colonies were those dependencies acquired by conquest or cession, in which the power of the sovereign became absolute, the inhabitants being governed by their own laws. Very different was a Crown settlement—that was land taken possession of in the name of the Crown of England. Here all had the rights of Englishmen, and every subject of the Crown proceeding there took with him that which no Englishman could forfeit, viz.—his allegiance to the Crown. He took with him all the rights and liberties, and became entitled to all the privileges such a position gave him. It would, therefore be necessary to ascertain in what position Jamaica stood; either it was a Crown colony or a Crown settlement. The matter was referred to in Cumtning's "Digest," and also in Clarke's able work on Colonial Law. Jamaica was acquired by con quest by the English from Spain. An attempt was made to regain the island by the Spanish, but it was unsuccessful. After which the whole of the Spanish subjects who remained after the conquest, and who fled to the mountains, quitted the place, and Charles the Second soon afterwards issued a proclama tion confirming all the rights of Englishmen, or those persons proceeding thither, and from all the authorities he had been able to consult, he had arrived at the opinion that Jamaica was entitled to the privileges of a settled colony, because, when the English family went there, they found neither Spanish subjects, laws, nor authority. After this the Assembly of Jamaica and the British Govern ment for years disagreed with respect to the right of the one to tax the other, until, in the reign of George 11., the laws of England were formally de clared to be in force. With respect to mar tial law, it was right to clearly understand what it was, and how it was to be declared in form. It appeared clear that it could only be declared in existence by the authority of the Crown and Parliament, and that no person, on his own responsibility, has the power to proclaim it. The greatest uncertainty also existed as to the powers defined as martial law—law it could scarcely be called at all, because it over-rode all law, and it was but right and high time that it was brought to the test of judicial settlement; and if it was found to be such as it at present existed, then it was time that Parliament should interpose to put a stop to a power so arbitrary and despotic, and clearly lay down for the future what was to be the law. • There was the greatest difficulty in the case ; but before such doctrines as those with which they were acquainted were accepted, they ought to examine the matter most minutely. They ought never to forget that a rebel—one guilty of high treason—before he was convicted, had a right that his life should be held sacred until after his convic tion. This safeguard was e sential, as it was the essence of justice, and it prevented men being treated arbitrarily in times of trial and passion. What he wished to arrive at was, whether there was such a thing as martial law, in the sense they understood it, known to the law of England. He had lOoked through everything, that bore upon the subject, and the first instance he found recorded was in the reign of Edward II.; but there it was not such as we understand the term. Then, again, a case was found in the reign of Richard II.; during that time many of those taking part in the proceed ings of Wat Tyler were put to death without any form of trial. Then, again, in the wars that occurred between the houses of York and Lancaster, those taken on the field of battle were put to death by some sort of tribunal similar to that we now'call a court martial. An instance was to be found in the reign of Henry VII., but it was not such as they were familiar with, because it was not an instance where a prisoner was brought to trial after the rebellion was suppressed. Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth both issued proclama tions declaring martial law, but it appeared to be clear that in many cases they were issued in terroreni, and had they been carried into effect in the manner indicated it would have been in violation of all powers of the Crown. Then, again, martial law was threatened during the apprentice riots in the City of London, but had it been carried into effect? Queen Elizabeth must have gone beyond the power which the constitution gave her. He had searched, he believed, every case in which instances of martial law were recorded, but he could find none in which it had been carried into force in putting down rebellion in this country. With respect to military tribunals known as courts-martial for the trial of military offences, they were all conducted with even justice and high honour. An officer in command had a right by law instantly to repress mutiny by force, but whether that system could be applied to the trial of civilians was a matter that required the most careful and calm consideration. He 190 100 100 140 100 100 1.1 111.11 , 4 15,6. 7 8 7 9 370 390 1 22 21 5 6 3 36 2 3 e 9 10 31 3/ 1 5 lo 17 2C 22 1} 3: 31 2 Si 7 31 'a 2} 14.1 35 15 i 11 13 51 6 2j 21 26 28 310 330 I It 3i 4; 12 14 1 4 11 68 70 130 140 6, 20 23 25 11 13 115 115 10 12 an 0.14.6 1071 j 18 171 .rn 104! I 51 4; WINDSOR CASTLE, MARcu 26. The' Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Charles Henry Pennell, Esq. WHITEHALL, Avt.n. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent.to be passed under the Great Seal Granting the dignity of a B:tronet of the United Kingdom of Greet Britain and Ire land to the undermeni Coned Gentlemen, and the respective heirs male of their bod.es lawfully begotten, The Right Honourable Joseph Napier, of Meri•iou-squaro in tli;;c1:7 of Dublin. - - William Baggo, of Stradsett Hall, in the county of Nor- folk, Esq. — Beri.unin Lee Guinness, of Ashford, in the county of Galway, and of Saint Stephen's Green, in the city of D blia, Esq. William • Lawren ce, of Ealing Park and of Whitehall-place, in the county of Mindles2x, Esq., one of her Majesty's S.rgeant bargeone. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, Arun, 8. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wals.s has been pleased to appoint Colonel R. Nigel F. Kingscote, C. 8., an Extra Equerry to his Royal Highness. FOREIGN OFFICE, Arnin 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Enrique Chapman as Consul at Montreal for the Argen tine Republic. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of DoCtor Domingo Moutbrum as Consul-General over the British Antilles, to reside at Trinidad, for the United States of Venezuela. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Stuart Day as Consul at Cowes for his Majesty the sing of the Belgians. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Freie. rick E. Chapman, RE., K.C.8., to be Governor and Com mander-in-Chief of the Bermudas or Somers' Islands. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, APRIL 9. Commissariat Department. Commissary-General William Henry Drake, 0.8., from half-pay, to be COM. missary-General. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 5. Commander Charles Gray Rigge has been allowed to assume the rank of Retired Captain, and Lieutenant Samuel Weller George Posting May that of Retired Gonmander, respectively, from the Ist instant, under Ler Majesty's Order in Council of 9th July, 1864. Lieutenants Frederfck Morris and Arthur Brathrraite Warre have boon - promoted to b 3 Estireid Commanders, under her Majesty's Orders in Council of let August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 21th March, 1866. APRIL 6. Mr: Arthur Malkin Williams to be Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from the 19th March last. ApRiL 8. Mr. George O'Brien has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 3d April, 1867. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Last Evening, Amsterdam Short. 11 16} 11 17i Ditto 3 Months. 11 18¢ 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 40 25 45 Brussels — 25 40 25 45 Hamburg — 13 8} 13 9 Paris .... Short 25 15 25 25 Ditto 3 Months. 25 32/ 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 1201 Vienna Trieste - 13 35 13 55 - 13 30 13 50 Petersburgn 6 304 6 Berlin — 6 251 6 26 .... ~.. Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 27 60 27 80 Naples — 27 60 27 90 Palermo Messina Lisbon I, I Oporto - 52 Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Reoetpts. Railways. 1867. 1866. 1867 18C6 --....- .£ 4 Belfast and N. Counties 9/1 991 2,200 2.426 Belfast and Comity Down 4O 49 84 719 Blyth and Tyne . 36 28 2,073 2,337 Brecon and Merthyr .. ...... 68 64 t7l 1,253 Bristol and Exeter l3 it 1211 8,7,11 8,055 Caledonian, Scottish Central 57 33 562. i 31,403 3 ,V 3.5 Cambrian l3O 180 2,245 2,06' Cockermouth K & Peurlth .. 31i 314 358 379 Cork and Bandon 2O 40 4.7 402 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 161 141 Cork and Limerick Dlrea Cornwall Deeside l7 17 243 211 Do Extension Dublin & VetiastJ unction.... 63 83 1,2» 1.:8 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,013 1.508 Dublin and Meath Dab. & Wicklow and Wex,d lO6 106 2,540 2,1'73 Forth and (I) de Junction Furness, &c . 85 85 4,631 4 iti 4lasgow ..1r Soutl.-Western .. 21. C.4J 9, it. 4 1t..7 3 Gt. Eastern,Nrtk.,&E.Union . 7001 727 i 3Li57 30, 70 .ireat Northern 422 101 , 9 7 kin 3 ' , V.) ~ . ~. . . Great North of Scotland 212 21 2,s 7 1:,4 5 .It. A ortA. si Weatn.(lrel.) Bll 711 717 4.7 lt.Soutttn.,tr.ll - estimlrltul.) 41:41 4r91 9,782 8,2,9 Great ‘Vc•stern 13 1 ,2 12302 71.012 72. - 1 1 _ . - .._ 21,3 . 3,03 t 2,71 Hojr 3 3 / 4 'Atsi7 - 115 115 1,520 1,82 .rinli ,North , . estern Isle of Wi,ht Lancashire & Yorkshire 4..3 403 43,083 46,670 Limerick and Ennis..... 241 24j 141 .39 Limerick and Eoynes 261 261 181 136 Llanelly 461 461 84 , 666 Llynvi Valley London dr. North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 315 2931 17,362 2 , 673 London, Chatham, & Dover ;1454 la 9,372 10.82 1 I.y all Metropolitan .xtension In 12 J 2,.81 2.787 Do. Kent .. oast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 364 361 317 201 ilan.,Bhetileld,& Linoolnsh Manch. S.J un. & Altrinch am 9l. 91 1,A.1 i. 843.3 Ilaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.- Western) 697 6/71 50,0 0 53,271 Midland Ci t. Westn. of Lund 2601 2601 4,56: 4.289 Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 3,015 3.191 North British, Edin., Pertn and Dundee . 7321 717. 14,896 24,782 N-Eastern and Stock. & Dar'. 12201 12 7 6 .312 7 ,a5B North London ll 1L 4,980 4,696 North Staffordshire 268 267 8.079 8.123 Pembroke and Tenby 274 114 18) 135 Ithymney 224 22f 1,181 1,1 , d Scottish North-Eastern li3 188 Somerset and Dorset South Devon 6d 1,0 8 1,074 98 4.1(5 4,24 t South-Eastern 330 3L9 2,994 26 . 64 raft' Vale 63 63 6,2,6 (3. 92 Ulster Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 5 . 31 915 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1.401 1,281 West Cork - li7}— 86 _ - v rexham ) told, &.; ...... .. 11 14 W'llavea,Cleator,&Egttnnt.. 10 10 771 70 3 YouEwa AND COLONIAL. Austrian Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern,/ unction.— 264 264 314 318 Bombay, Baroda, &k, cu. India 306 306 8 , 7 = 3 8 . 0 - 4 180 189 6, , 7) 3 , 599 Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish lost 14.81 . 5,11 6,161 Eastern of France - 1/H3 1166 68,683 72,4i5 Eastern Bengal ll3 1 1 12 10 9 57 2 :4 3 38 01 43 2 :65 57 4 7 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 24,185 25,5 6 Great Central of Belgium 285 235 9,251 9,751 Great Indian Peninsula 823 624 k 40,708 39.2 : 3 Great Luxembourg l7l 142 4,873 6,124 Great Southern of India unreal Western of Canada 344 3,5 17,831 17,711 Madras Madrid,Saragossa&Alicant B3B 7;8 17,513 16,005 Northern of Canada ' • 91 91 ,959 1,912 Northern of France , 788 :61 60,684 58,703 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. Paris, Lyons, & Meditera..ean 217 u 24(6 143,183 141,109 Paris and Orleaiis Recife and San Fratfisco. &C... 771 ;74 2, 71 2,0:4 Sc.nd. - 1,857 Southern of France OW 893 3 419 i 29,864 Victoria Welland Weal to A- 11'a. of France t 35 6 11 - 54 50,73/ 47.960 The Price of Gold. quotation of gold at 1'1,1.1s is about at par, and the short exchange on London Is 25.15 per .C 1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 4 1 . /s. told. per ounce for standard gold, it appeas that gold is /Want I.loth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. the course of exchange at New York on London ior bills a 60 days' sight is about 1031 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importatioa of gold from the United btates A BENEVOLENT COLLECTION.—A donation of .£lOO has lately been sent to the National Lifeboat Insti tution by Master Herbert Marston, a son of the Rev. C. D. Marston, rector of Kersal, Manchester. This young gen tleman, who is afflicted with blindness, was so interested in the work of the lifeboat crews by hearing Mr Bal lantyne's story, "The Lifeboat, a Tale of our Coast Heroes," that he began in the spring of last year a collec tion for the National Lifeboat Institution, which has re sulted in this peculiar and gratifying donation to the in stitution. SUDDEN DEATH OF A SINGULAR CHARACTER.- Yesterday morning : Dr. Laukester held an inquest in the board-room of Marylebone Workhouse on the body of James Smith, 52 years of age, who died suddenly in his room at 13, Brindley-street, Marylebone, on Saturday afternoon last. Dr. Kirby_ pronounced the death as of a very sudden cha racter. lie had been a hard-drinking man, and internally he was a muss of disease. The immediate cause of death was effusion of serum on the brain. The deceased's pro fession was one almost unknown. For the last seventeen years he had been a catcher of frogs for the serpents at the Zoological Gardens, and also for the use of anatomical schools. That profession, it was stated, enabled him to earn a good amount of money. Verdict, "Death from serum on the brain, accelerated by' drinking habits." ADTERTISEMENT.]-110110wav's Ointment and Pills have over and over again proved the best friend to persons afflicted with ulcerations, bad legs, sores, abscesses, fistulas, and other painful and complicated complaints. Printed and very plain directions for the application of this oint ment are wrapped round each pot. Ilolloway's.alterative Fills should b 9 taken throughout the progress of th.e cure, to maintain the blood in a state of perfect purity, and' to . prevent the health of the wholo body being j Jopardised by the local ailment. Bad legs (old age's great grievance) are thus readily cured witl• out confining the patient to bed, or withdrawing hint from the nutritious diet and generous support so imperatively demanded when Weaken ing diseases attack advanced years, or constitutions prealature decripitudo. ILYTYARIAL PARLIAMENT _ - - HOUSE OF COAIMONS—THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 10 minutes to 12. THIRD READINGS. The following. bills were read a third time and passed : Manchester Corporation Water, &c. ; Norwich and Spald ing Railway; Tendring Hundred Railway. AGRICULTURE OF AUSTRIA AND DENMARK.' Mr. HATLAND asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when Professor Wilson's reports on the agriculture of Austria and Deutnark Would be laid on the table. Lord STANLEY asked the hon. niembJr to renew the question to-morrow. MERCANTILE MARINE BILL. In reply to Dr. BRADY, Mr. S. CAVE said in consoqu•►nco Of tl►e state of bus!_ uess it would be better to introducJ this bill in the Upper House after the Easter recess. MINES, cke., ASSESSMENT BILL. Mr. PEIIOY WYNDHA3I, in moving the second rend_ lug of this bill, explained the way i►n which eoal zu..nc a were at present rated in different rifts of the country, Lord G. CAVENDISH moved that the bill be referred to a select committee, and in doing so assured the mover of the second reading that ho was acting in no hostility to the principle of the measure, but the details were so com plicated that they could not be dealt with by a committee of the whole house, f LEFT SITTING. I SPORTING INTEL LIGENOE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—.THIS DAT. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. £lOO PLATE. A Plate of 100 sovs, for two year olds which have neve r won 100 sovs; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; last half mile of B.C. Lictor Bouquetiero Fourteen ran. MATCH. Eau de Vie beat Roll Call. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND, 9 to 2 agst Plaudit (taken) oto 1 agst Vauban (offered, take 51) 9to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 15 to 1 agst Trocadero (taken) DERBY. 7to 1 agst The Rake (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Plaudit (taken) 100 to 8 agst Vauban (taken) 1 2 VICTORIA CLUB BE rrING.--(Turs DAY.) Though but a mere handful of members were prr,.. sent, and little was doing, the business vrb' m h transpired was far from devoid of interest. 'Ti n , Sunflower filly was introduced for the Chester C up , and the Oaks' victress, Tormentor, was supported in a well-informed quarter for £5O at her price below. For the " Guineas" there was a most de cided move in favour of Hermit; who, after being supported at 8 to 1 for a " century," found faireaur at 6 to 1, which was kindly taken. CHESTER CUP. 10 to lon the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst The Sunflower filly (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tormentor (taken) 50 to 1 agst Land Tax (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Julius (taken) sto 1 agst Plaudit (taken) 6to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 6to 1 agst Vauban (taken) THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Julius (taken) NOTICE.—CHANGE OF ADDRESS.—foIic STIR{, 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, Bishopsgate-street. W. HoPxixs and JOHN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, OXENDEN STREET, HAY MARKET. Commissions. JOHN PERCIVAL, Oxford Cigar Stores, 3, Penton-street, Haymarket. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches; also in George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. Tuz HAVELOCK Turf Agency's Representative can be seen daily in Talbot-court, Graeechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf' you want a good foreign cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walworth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. APRIL. Lichfield Spring 8 I Newmarket Ist Spring , . Newmarket Craven 8 Durham . Abergavenny Thirsk MAY. Ascot Spring York Spring 7 Epsom Doncaster Spring ...... 9 Croydon Salisbury 9 Newton Bath JUNE. Ascot Summer 4 I Beverley Windsor Summer Manchester Summer ... 12 Chelmsford Summer I Hampton l3 Newcastle 1 Odiham l7 I IPsvrlca ..................... Bibury Club lB • Worcestcr Summer JULY ilarlisle 2 Down Royal Coiporatn. Newmarket July 2 Stamford Pontefract Reading I Huntingdon Liverpool July Meeting 10 Winchester Hungerford Nottingham l6 I.G aoci wood - --- -- AUGUST. Ripon Brighton Brighton Ohio 8 Lewes Egham ... Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Hastings York August \Vest Drayton Plymouth ... . Canterbury Derby Lichfield Yarmouth Weymouth Tunbridge Baden Baden • SEPTEMBER. Margate I Warwick Spring 3 Hendon Abingdon 5 Monmouth l Leicester Doncaster Brecon OCTOBER. Northampton Autumn. 1 I Newinarket 2d October. Edinburgh I Bedford 3 Newmarket Houghton . NOVEMBER. Liverpool Autumn 5 Leamington Hunt I Shrewsbury Autumn... 11 COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. SEPTEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick • •26 ;ca OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, • Lincolnshire Mr. Spofford AQUATICS. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. PUTNEY, April 10. The towing-path was thronged with expectant visitors who wanted to see both crews at work, but the Cambridge gentlemen did not go out, as ar rangements had been made for them to have a " spin" with the London Rowing Club twelve at five o'clock this evening, when a very largo assem blage of visitors is expected. There was, however, something to see on the part of Oxford, who went up at a nice pace against the tide to Mortlake. They went away at 32 p ulls p er minute, whic h were i ncre ased to 31 well pull ed. On their turn down they had a "spin" with an ei g ht, mainl y Composed of th They were, ho wever, fine stne g n s , to and C I‘ l Club men. head headed by Mr. W. B. W doo - ga te, who took the stroke. The " spi n " was i n theocar ii course of the duration very smart. T he Oxonians came down with a good flood under h t em, and were moderated at 38 to 40 strokesstrongfine,healthy, condition, and THE CHARTER- HOUSE.—Yesterday evening, be tween 9 and 19 o'clock, a fire broke out just behind St. J•ohn-street, and in close proximity to the Charter-house, at an' ivory turner's, destroying the roof and threatening destruction to the back premises of the Charter-house. The officials of this latter place very promptly brought their engine to bear upon the flames. They with some of the gentlemen in the establishment were mainly the cause of chocking the morkortonsive ravages of the are. 22 22 30 17 '2l 29 29 20 at at 100 100 10v 2 all all 100 100 10 100 2.1.0 2%11 2.14. t 31 3..,.0 11.2.6 58i 5.t7.0 101} 1 024 90 ti i 87j 6j