The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

kARKET AND CORMEROIaL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ' The inquiry for discounts yesterday was very limited, but there has been an increase of business to-day, at, however, the same rates as before. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. TLe Suffolk has arrived from Melbourne with £ 7 3,000 in coin and gold dust. The Crown agents for the colonies have invited tenders for X 56,500 Natal Government 6 per Cent. Debentures, being the final instalment of a loan of £105,500, authorised by an Act of 1860, for the improvement of Port Natal, upon a plan designed by Captain Veitch, and on which £lOO,OOO have already been expended. The applications will be received until one p.m. of the 22d instant. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben tures continue in good demand, and have further advanced 1 per cent., to 52 54, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds remain steady at 401404. The movements of the precious metals during the past week have been on a very moderate scale. The imports have only amounted to about £364,143, inc luding £24,800 from New York by the Arago, £77 ,931 by the Cuba, and £39,000 by the Deutch land. The Wave of Life, from Australia, has brought £64,000, and the Suffolk £73,000. The Ceylon, from Alexandria, has arrived with £1,412, and about £BO,OOO in silver has been received from the Continent. The exports have been £8,700 to the Brazils by the Rhone, and there have been re mittances to the Continent through private sources estimated at £78,920, the total amounting to £87,120. It is announced that the Directors of the Union Bank of Australia have decided on paying a divi dend, at the rate of 8i per cent. for the half year, being £2 2s. 6d per share. - we are requested to insert the following impor tant letter National Discount Company (Limited), 33, Cornhill, E.C. Sin I am instructed to call your attention to apara- graph i n the Economist of this date, in which "the creditors o f the National Discount Company (Limited) are required to send in details of their claims to the official liquidator by the 2d of February, as the Ist of February has been fixed for adjudication thereon." With parties well informed as to the position of the National Discount Company, this extraordinary announcement will be harmless, but as it may lead the timid and unwary to a needless sacrifice of their property, we shall be ob liged if you will cause it to be notified on the Stock Ex change that the paragraph in question is scandalously false as regards this cTmpany. I am, sir, yours faithfully, RICHARD PRICE, Secretary. Slaughter, Esq., Secretary, Stock and Share Department, Stock Exchange. The traffic on the East Indian Railway, for the Week ending Nov. 11, 1866, amounted to £42,963 18s. 2d., against£44,4l9 ss. Bd. in the correspond ing week of the previous year ; for the week ending Nov. 18 they were £42,553 10s. 9d., against £41,491 12s. 2d, in the corresponding week last Year, The traffic receipts on the Melbourne and Rob -B"'s Bay United Railway Company, for the week en ding Nov. 22,1 amounted t0:£:2,314, against £2,029 in the corresponding period of the previous year, showin g an increase of £285. The following communication has been issued for publication by the Consul for Venezuela : TO THE EDITOR. Blanco, dated from St. Nazairo on the day of his embarka tion at that port by the French mail steamer for Vene zuela, from which the following is au extract :"‘ I h ave not time to write to Air. Macdonald, but I desire that you should f ort if y h i m, as a l so t h e bond olders of 1864, with th© assurance that the Government of Alarsh a l Falcon will pay with all punctuality the diTi ends of the loan contracted by me in his name. According to my last advices, the agents had already begun to receive the part of the export duties which cor r,esPmid with the present harvest. The diminution of uueties will never exceed the surplus, which up to this time th,,eornpany had always returned. do I know the probity of Marshal Falcon, and therefore not hesitate to repeat these assurances.' " Your obedient servant, "consu late . H. HEMMING, Consul. of V enezuela, 25, .Il PßEDK oorgate-street, Jan. 11." er The directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial advices IN -f ining Company have received the following 'Av'ees from their resident director, Mr. Bland, date d i e Clunes, 24th November last :---Four Weeks' A tlit 'rls, (October ).—Quantity of quartz crushed, `*,312 tons, yielding 1,355 ozs. 10 dwts. of gold, or an av erage of 6 dwts. grs. per t on . Th e rece i pts Were 1)0£5,944 4 s. ; payments, £4,300 13s. 7d. ; ~r , nt, £1,643 10 3 . 51 Three Weeks' R e t urns ovenaber).—Qua.ntit of tons, y i eldi quartz crushed, 3,206 n g 999 y oz 3. 9 d w t s . o f go ld , or an ave c,age o 8d f 6 d w t s . 5 grs. per ton ; remittance, £955 os. . Accordi ng Two O'CLOC K . Reuters telegram from P ar i s thi s drl to Reut Y, the Fre.'ell Routes were G9f. G7e. A slight degree of heaviness is again perceptible In the market for the British Funds, Consols leav ing off at 908 91 for money, and 94 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 901 ;1, Annuities, 1885, 13 ; India 5 per Cents, 107 I ; do. Effaced 4 pr Cents., 85; ; do. 5 per Cents., 102 ; do. 51 per Cents., 106; ; and do. Bonds 275. to 30s.prcm. In the Foreign Market there has been little change of importance. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced to 321 ; and Mexican Stock 1, to 181 ; while Spanish Certificates have declined to 141 and the Russian Loan Scrip 1, to 114 prem. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been limited, the preparations for the settle 111°11t, occupying the attention of the dealers and speculators. Prices, however, with a few excep tions, are w e ll supporte d . G reat Northern and North Western have each advanced 4; Midland, ; and Brighton, 1 ; while Great Western and Metropolitan have each declined I. Miscellaneous and finance shares continue in fair demand, at steady prices. Atlantic Telegraph 8 Per Cents. have improved to 70 721 ; Credit Fon eier of Engl an d to 91 1 ; Fore-street Warehouse I°l3 ; Nati ona l Di scount Company are marked 1, and International Financial 21. I n Dock. Shares there have been bargains in East and West India at 133 ; and in London and St. Katharine, at 691. American Securities show some improvement. Erie shares have advanced 1 to 43 44 ; Illinois 4, to Bf) i ; but United States 5-20 Bonds have declined 4, to 72 4 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue in fair demand at steady:rates. A moderate amount of business has been transacted in Joint-Stock Banks, and some of the quotations have advanced, while others have declined. Alliance, Chartered of India, Land Mortgage, London and County, and Union of London have receded ; Anglo-Italian, and Im perial Ottoman remain steady. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. Annexed are the latest quotations : Chivertou Moor, G ; Chon:alos Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 9 91 ; East Basset, 22 23 ; East Caradon, G 6 1 ,-; Etst Lovell, 10 10}; East Wheal Grenville, 2i I ; Great Thtallack, 34s 36s ; Groat Wh ea l Vor, 17 171 ; Marko Valley, 4 3 . ; North Crofty, 41 5 ; North Treskerby, 3 ; Prince of Wales, 30s Od 32s 6d; Prosper United, 4 1}; Providence Mines, 29 30; South Condurrow, 15s 17 s Gd ; South Grenville, lOs Od Os Od; Tincroft, 13 131 ; West Caradon, 12} 131; West Chivertou, 55 57i ; West Prances, —; West Setou, ; Wheal ; Buller, --• ; Wheal Chiverton, 8} 9 ; Wheal Cr3bor, --a —s; Wheal Grenville, 27s 01 295; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal Seton, 135 140 ; Wheal Trelawney, 101 12 ; Wheal Uny, 2 2} ; earn Camborne, --; Central Minera, ——; Cooks' Ritehen, 10 10}; East Cam Brea, 3 ; Great Laxey, Great South Tolgus, 18s Oct 20s Od; South Frances, ss —; St. Ives Consols, 89; South Caradon, ——; Stray Park, ; Drakewells, 15s Od 17s 6d ; South Darren, S ; North It o sk ear , —; C ara B rea , —; Great North Downs, 31 : 4 Wheal Basset, 7075. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS -O'3Z Cent. COngolq Do. Acc ount, Feb. 7 91+ 1 3 ,Per C un t . R e d uced "eW 3 Per Cent aut. New 2} por Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — iinnuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 130 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs l3 'Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do £5OO ,, Do £lOO & £2OO 71 Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ladian Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874... Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent B5 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5 per Cent., May 1879 lO6l Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO 3O pm Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Irgentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... k. ustr i a u Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 3razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. Account .. Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 - pm - pm Do Account — Do. £lOO Bonds — Do. Account Baeuos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do £lOO Bonds — Di 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) .)LLuitua 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do. „ B — Colombian, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 . Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., Pi ovisional Land Warrant Do Deferred E ryptian 7 per Cent Do. Account Do., Second issue Do £lOO Bonds B3 Do. Account .. Do. 1864 82.1- Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. Account Do. Government Railway Debentures BOl lio. Account Ureek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons •)o. Coupons Do. Account I — Guatemala 5 per Cent. It than 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Alaremmana Railway Do. Account 181 18 llexicar.. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account 1864 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ilontevidean 6 per Cent. • ..... •••• --". Nloorish Imperial 5 per Cent N'ew Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) P-p-uvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Portliguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. . - DJ Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822,..£ St B7i Do V,- per Cent. 1850 Do 43 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B6l 7 61 Do. do. £lO paid ll pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account 31 Do New Deferred Do. Account Do Passive 22 Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cont. Do. 4} per Cent. 1864 dis Do. Scrip, £6O paid Vurkish 6 per Cent. 1 8 5 4 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds - Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cont., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. 5 per Cent. Account — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 29 4 Do. Account .. — . Ditto 14 per Cent. —. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 Fn . Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull. — Do. 4 per Cent.. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. -. Italian 3 per Cent. 1891, Ex. 251. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Do. Account Railway Tiaffie Returns for the Week, rotes opened. Receipts. Railways- „,---A...--..v........-..A... - ..., 1860. 1865. 1566 1865 £ 6 Belfast and N. Counties 9)l 991 1,923 1.825 Belfast and County Down 49 49 640 576 Blyth and Tyne • 36 36 1,258 1,356 Brecon and Merthyr ........ 68 61 1,142 1,125 Bristol and Exeter l3ll 1211 5,699 6,549 Caledonian, Scottish Central 53 210 5 1 5 3 2 0 3:,5 - 7 ,747 3 19 2 : 8 5 7 1 8 Carnb. - ian l3O Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 311 376 299 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 377 386 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Bl 61 122 141 Cork and Limerick Direct Cornwall 651 651 1,200 1. 414 Deeside l7 17 233 291 Do Extension Dublin & Belt astJtmction 63 63 1,422 1. 3 79 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,310 1.419 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 106 2,2.•3 2,9 41 k u 'o la r s th go a: v id & C s l o y u d t e h J - unction Furness, &c B5 • 85 4,405 4,2551 Gt. Eastern,Nrik. ,& l E V! u st ni ern on 2 2 0 43 i 1' i 4 2 9 71 2 1 6 2 :4 6 4 4 ) 7 2 1 7 3 :6 , / 0 7 9 7 Great Northern 422 195 32,401 33,103 Great North of Scotland 242 21 t 2,1433 3, 0 2-1 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) Bll 71 1 456 359 lt.Soutim. & Westn.(lrind.) 4191 3871 5,334 6,709 Great We.•,tern l3lll 12605 57.103 62.531 Iliglila.nd .. 246 216 3 , 231 2 , 979 1 11 1 s r ° l l s e Y h i : t N k rt Wightli- Wle . B . t . e . r n . . - 1 , 762 9 '' 05 -- - Lancashir'e& Yorkshire B 151 121 403 403 14,030 40,709 Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes • 241 241 15 . , 57 Llanelly . .. 261 261 10: 84 : IN lV, e s ster rn n 1 5 3 0 0 341 12 49 91 461 101 58! 147 Llynvi Valley ************** - _. L Lo o n n d do o n n && N So ck u r th il 1? 9 7 , .. 7 2 8 2 0 1 1 2 0642 1 5 7 Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover ; 4 134 1 6,866 7,729 all Metropolitan Extension 1 112 * 12 12 j 1,7 2 2.300 Do. Kent toast Lou., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 361 361 272 22i Slan.,Sheffteld,& Lincolnsh Ranch. S.Jun.& Altrincham oa 4 01 1,420 1.620 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 697 6775 38,064 41,155 Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2601 2601 3,037 3.632 Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal IA 44 2.10 2,385 North British, Edin., Penn and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 12201 12 71 58.700 80,931 North London ll 21 4,571 4,459 North Staffordshire 258 258 0,c50 7.656 Pembroke and Tenby 271 11/ 229 96 Rhymney 221 191 1,056 1,003 Scottish North-Eastern . . 113 118 - Somerset and Dorset 66 68 852 1,003 South Devon South-Eastern 330 315 18,360 19.614 Taff Vale 63 63 5,602 5,519 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 2 , 4 280 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,149 1,239 West Cork.... l7l - - - Wrexham, Mold, &c l4 14 - - W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 10 189 531 FOREIGN AND COLONLA.L. Austrian Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 265 265 320 348 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 306 5,715 10,351 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 4,428 4,812 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 4,992 4, , 66 Eastern of France. Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 16,263 28,448 Great Central of Belgium 285 265 5 913 6,571 Great Indian Peninsula 7Bl 590 18,271 3 .sul Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,559 5,522 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 34J 315 11,487 13,263 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alic,ant BBB 778 22,310 19,841 Northern of uanaaa Northern of France 764 724 69,442 68,211 Norwegian Trunk - -- ineu . Paris, Lyons, & Alediterrn 2 1 85 11 20 48 6 5 151, 9 1 0 4 8 6 145,3 7 V; Paris and Orleans lB2l 18 8 8 ,228 7.034 Recife and San Francisco, &c 775 77 Sc.nde 1 1,677 1,0 3 Do. Punjab, &c 1 1 9 105 2,042 1,451 South Austrian, ( &c 253 233 1,595 1,391 ~., 1798 1691 2 9 6 5 6 1 4 0 9 2 8 6 5 2 1 4 3 9 1 33 1:4 7 2- 4 711 5 1 3 0 4 :6 3 1- 6 1 5 2 Do, Piedmont lines Southern of France Victoria Welland 25 25 1 (6 ,25 West & N-Wn. of France SCIENTIFIC CHRISTMAS 80x..--The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company have presented the Juveniles with a very delightful Christmas -box. It consists of a tiny steam engine made of glass, which volutes with immense rapidity, diffusing in its magical whirl a cloud of perfume. So simple is the contrivance that the performance can take plc.ce on the drawing-room table ; while so tiny in dimensions and graceful in form is the dainty glass apparatus filled with brightly-coloured liquid and distilling delightful odours, that it appears a fairy masterpiece designed by Puck for the amusement of Titania. • THE SUN, LONI,ON, SATUROAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1867. SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS• Share/ Railways. I paid I 'I Price. Closing i 241411185 Bristol an Ezieter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall Dublin & Belfast June.' Dun„Vertli, & Ab. June. 14. London, zerip Certi. 87 48 122 121 4U 45 20 st st 100 4 6 e 5 68 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Westernl Great Eastern, Ord. 811.1 1 6 .18 31 32 4 6 Do. E. Aural. st. No ' , rcat N orth of Scotland] Great Northern • I D A stock Do. B stock 119 121 130 131 Do. New, Is. at 25 pn , ; t S, and W. of Irelandl Gt. Western -Origin:o Du. 6. Vs!. Rail gua. Do. South Wales ... Do. W. slid.—Oxford VO 02 651 tAI 34 37 32 3, Do. Newport lio. Lancashire w Yorkall tral LJndon and Illackwali Lon., ISrI h., Ft S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lun. ds North Western ILon. South Western Man., Snot., & Lincoln, Metropolitan..... Do. New 130 132 9) 92 17 18 1..) 10 122 )24 85 b 7 55 67 :25 128, 2 22; lot 11 Do. Extension Aetropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's W'd itidiand Do. £9 Share 125 1251 11 fl 94 96 Do, Birrnin.. Dub' ‘lid Kent ... . North British _ _ Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun.l Nth. Eastern—Ber %Vie!: I Do. (INN • E p urch use , Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok I'aff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny' Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 28 40 4 18 108 11U 67 68 103 105 35 56 10 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 114 118 148 152 47 49 70 72 9 10 150 153 3 4; too st 1 too 1 ISSM 100 (00 100 all 100 100 33 I 2; 51 a 6j 123} 4i 851 i Wit 6 130 29& 10; lli 1251 6 1081 el 1031 41 73 1 21 1011 1071 1 2 6 1(55$ LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before - Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and Justices Mellor, Blackburn and Lush.) THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS. Sir W. Bovill took the usual oath of allegiance on his appointment to the Chief Justiceship of the Court of Com mon Pleas. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Dr. Spink.s and Mr. H. C. Cole, the lately appointed Queen's Counsel, were called within the bar this morning. MONRO Y. TIIE TOWN COUNCIL OF TEWKESBURY. Mr. Dowdeswell, Q.C., moved for a mandamus, calling on the defendants to show cause why they refused to ad mit the plaintiff to Lis seat at the board of the Town Council of Tewkesbury. It appeared that Mr. Blizzard, Ike mayor of Tewkesbury, was elected to ono of the vacancies that occurred in the Town Council some time back. It appears also that this gentleman was ineligible for the office, and Mr. Moore, who was his opponent, claimed to be the proper party elected. He gave publicity by placards and other means to the ineligibility of Mr. Blizzard. Mr. Moore had obtained a qua warranto, and at the first meeting of the Town Council gave notice that he would attend and take part in the proceed ings, and that notice was duly delivered to the town clerk of the borough. A resolution was then passed by the council to the effect that they would not recognise Mr. Moore as a member of the board, or permit him to vote, until he had obtained a rule in his favour from the Court of Queen's Bench. The Court granted the mandamus. WOOD V. BOOSEY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the music publisher, of Regent-street, against the defendants, also music publishers, carrying on business in Holles-street, Cavendish-square, for an infringement of the Copyright Act, by their publication of a pianoforte arrangement of the opera of the " Merry Wives of Windsor," an opera composed by Otto Nicholai. The case was originally ried before the Lord Chief Justice, at Guildhall, when the plaintiff was nonsuited, but leave was given to move the Court to have the verdict entered for him. After the composition of the opera, it was Messrs. Bock, of Berlin, and a person named Bressler was employed to make a pianoforte arrangement, and eventually the copy right of the opera, with the pianoforte arrange ment, was assigned to Mr. • Wood, who was then the proprietor of the firm known as Cramer and Co. Messrs. Boosey after this published a pianoforte arrangement of the opera. It was contended the musical arrangement could not be considered an infringement of the copyright, but in the arguments this morning Mr. Sergeant Parry contended that such could not be the case because the arranger could have done nothing without the original score, as it contained the whole of the melodies of the opera, and of these the pianoforte arrangement was made up. The Lord Chief Justice said he did not think that the melodies of a certain opera could be considered the wiled() of the work, because the instrumentation formed a very important portion of it. Mr. sergeant Parry said the arranger of a pianoforte score could not be looked upon in the same light as a composer, because ho was but in fact a skilful me chanic, and dealt with the ideas and creations of other parties, and ho could not think that because a person made a pianoforte arrangement of a certain piece of music, in which the whole of the melodies of the original work were embodied that he became pos sessed of any copyright of the work, although he might have been engaged to make it by the persons in whom was vested the right of possession of the original work. Colley Gibber and Sir W. Davenant had re-arranged certain of the plays of Shakspere ; yet no one would contend that because such was done an] copyright existed in such re arrangement. The case on its original hearing occupied a considerable time, and the argumentsin the present instance seem likely to last beyond the time of the sitting of the Court to-day. in batches of five and six each, and they took anything they could lay their hands on. He had seen many of those boys, who were in the receipt of 9s. and 10s. per week when there was plenty of work, starving and half naked about the streets. Mr. Paget—And those boys who worn in the receipt of such good wages saved nothing ? Inspector Beare—LNothing at all, sir. The destitution of the people at the east end of London is fearful. Mr. Paget—And. what did the boys' fathers earn when the iron shipbuilding yards were in full operation ? Inspector Beare—From 18s. to £3 per week. Tyson said he had been out of work five months. Inspector Beare—Yes, that is so. The ship yards are closed. There is no employment for those boys. Mr. Paget—ll:ow were the boys employed ? Inspector Bare: In carrying nails, bellows blowing, and picking up nails. Mr. Paget—And now they are in this condition. It is very painful—very sad. The statement of Inspector Beare, who is an officer of great experience, is not over charged. The people in the East are starving, and some very comprehensive plan should be adopted to save them- The number of paupers chargeable to the Poplar Union is very great, and the rates have vastly increased. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWBRIDGE STE] JANTJ The Open Steeplechase Ham added; abou Age et lb Carlow ... 5 11 5 Cameo ... 11 2 Switch ... a 10 13 Portfire .. 6 10 13 Schoolmaster ... a 10 7 Barley Hill ... 5 10 4 Wisdom ... 6 10 3 Bay gelding ... 6 10 0 X. L. ... ... 5 9 12 Scrub ... a 9 12 ]PLECHASES, 1867. RY 22. leap of 3 sovs each, with 40 three miles. `Age et lb ... a 9 10 Castanet 6 9 10 Revenge (late Double _ _ _ ..., Stout) , ... 5 9 9 Friars' Balsam ... a 9 7 Lousdale ... a 9 5 Wild Duck (late Josephine) ... 4 9 3 Jungle Queen ... 4 9 3 THE CARMARTHENS HIRE HUNT AND STEEPLE CHASE MEETING, Fen. 4, 1867. Nominations for the Open Steeplechase Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared on or be fore Tuesday, Jan. 15, with 100 added; about 4 miles. Age st lb Ironsides Flyfisher Lightheart ' 11 12 Daisy a 11 12 Globule a 11 11 Benazet a 11 10 Ibex (h-b) a 11 9 Cabin Boy a 11 7 Merrimac Sly Fox a 11 4 Meerschaum a 11 0 The Nun (h-b) a 10 12 Brahma . 5 10 12 Arlescott Trapeze 5 10 9 Manchester Garus a 10 8 FEBRI Age st lb Whitehall a 10 6 Dick Turpin a 10 6 Robin Adair (late Truant, late Tom. 'Payne) Fisherman Tho Rogue Crusade a 10 5 Primrose Little Moll Mulberry Nabocklish Ballet Girl Milford Aprillus 6 10 2 Pensioner 6 10 0 UARY 5. Nominations for the County Members' Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only (to the fund) if declared on or be fore Tuesday, Jan. 15, with 100 added; about four miles; 31 subs. Age st lb Ironsides Fly fisher Lightheart Daisy a 11 11 Globule a 11 11 Bonazot a 11 9 Ibex (lib) . Cabin 80y... a 11 7 Merrimac Sly Fox a 11 3 Meerschaum a 11 0 The Nun (11 b) a 10 12 Brahma 5 10 12 Arlescott Trapeze 5 10 9 Manchester Garus a 10 8 Weights published Jan. 9, cn Jan. lb. Age st lb Whitehall alo 6 Dick Turpin a 10 6 Robin Adair (late Truant, late T Payne) Fisherman a 10 6 The Rogue Crusade a 10 5 Primrose Little Moll 6 10 4 Mulberry a 10 4 Nabocklish Ballet Girl 6 10 2 Watford 6 10 2 Pensioner Aprillus 6 10 0 8 p.m. Forfeits to be declared BIRIIINGHATti STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13. Entries for the Birmingham Grand Annual Steeplechase of . 15 sous each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; about three miles and a half. 69 subs. Ballet Girl, 6 yrs King Arthur, 5 Robin Adair (late Merrimac, a Snarleyow, a Truant, late Tom Harold, 5 Agnes, a Payne), a Balder, a Garus, a Dick Turpin, a Benazet, a Comberton, a Tiger, a Wlaeldrake, 6 Stiff, 6 Whitehall, a Brahma, 5 Globule, a Bedale, a D Grace arling, 5 Banker, a Crusade, a earn broe, 5 Arlescott, a Glasgow, 6 Little Frank, a Cabin Boy (h-b), a Light Heart, a Marble Hill, a Cortolvin ' a Miltown, 6 Sylph, 5 Greenland, 6 Ibex, a Despatch (h b), a Hall Court, a Sea King, a Itossington, a Survey, 5 Fisherman, a Charm. Woman, a Roadster, a Plover, a Little Peter, a Albrighton, 5 Doctor, 6 Havelock (late Sinking Fund(lato Phantom, a Claxton), 6 Harry), a Knave Trumps, a Meerschaum, a Ace of Trumps, a Sir William, a Sly Fox, a Patience, a Sprite, a Bird of Passage, 6 Pearl Diver, a Lady Newark, a Shakspere, (3 Meanwood, a The Rogue, a King of Hearts, a Daisy, a 13Iackrock, a Dermot .A.sthore, 6 Manchester, a Alcibiade, a Jack's Alive, a BRITISH I' .ktlantio &St. Lawrence Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo ct Lake Huron Do. Preference Butf., Bran t, 3t Godcrich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Calcutta St S. E., lim e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Eit . (; . nsion. i rand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d I'rcf. Bonds. Do. do. deterred .... Do. 3d Pref.stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. Pret. stook .. Do. do. deterred Ot. India Pen. gua. sp.c G ua. 5 per cent Do. 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Atlantic Telegraph, —, Ditto, 8 per cunt., 726 Australian Agricultural, 17 Berlin Water Works, lira., 12 Ditto, new, 51 City of Moscow Gas, Urn., 18} Coaimercial Union, Insuranue, 5) Credit Fonder of Englano, Jim, 2/ / Crystal Palace, Ditto, Pref., It 0 Ebbw Vale, St Egyptian Corn, and Trading, lira., 56 Fore-street Warehouse, Um., 13 Gen. Credit a n d Discoun t, lira.. 5 1 Hudson's Bay, 264 International Financial Society. Um., 2 National Discount Company, 141 if Royal Mail Steam, 105 Universal Marine, Insurance, ROAD REFORM IN SCOTLAND.—A deputation of the Chamber of Agriculture waited upon the Lord Advo cate of Scotland on Wednesday to present the resolution lately adopted by that body on the subject of road reform. Mr. Maclagan, M.P., Mr. Pagaw, of Cupar-Fife, who was the originator of the road reform movement in Scotland about 20 years ago, and Mr. APLaren, severally addressed his lordship in support of the petition of the Chamber for the introduction of a general measure similar in principle to that adopted by several of the counties, and following out the recommendations of the Road Commis sioners. The Lord Advocate, in reply, expressed his satisfaction in receiving the deputation, and stated that ho would bring the views of the deputation before Govern ment. lie added that the deputation might be assured that any legislation on the subject which he would recom mend would be in conformity with the principles recom mended in the Commissioners' report. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Bovill, and Justices Willes, Keating, and Smith.) KNIGHT V. WHEELER. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., moved on behalf of the defen dant for a rule nisi, calling on the plaintiff to show why a verdict for £2O 155., which he had obtained, should not be set aside as being against evidence. The case was heard before Mr. Justice Keating at the sitting after last term at Middlesex. The plaintiff was a stonemason, carrying on business at Devon Wharf, Mile-end, and the defendant was a bankerand brewer at High Wycombe. The plaintiff entered into a contract with the Board of Works at High Wycombe for the paving of the town on April 7, 1865. Some extra paving was required, and at the request of private indivi duals it was executed. A portion of this work formed the plaintiff's claim. It appeared that the defendant was ono of the local board of works, and it was alleged that he gave the order on his own responsibility. The defendant de nied this, and the case turned on the credibility of the evi dence pro and con. The court considered that thero was a sufficient case made out for a rule, which was accordingly granted. SIIOREDITCH COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Dasont.) SUTTON V. PARKER. This was an action to recover the value of a ring, under somewhat singular circumstances. Mrs. Sutton said before her marriage she lived with her sister, and defendant was a lodger in the house. On the 18th Juno last a party, including herself and defendant, went for a walk through the Victoria Park. As they were going along they began to "lark," and defendant caught sight of the ring on her finger. He took it off and put it in his pocket, saying that she should not have it any more. She begged defendant to give it back to her, as it was a present from Robert, to whpm she was then engaged, and is now married. Defendant then declared that he had lost it, but agreed to make it good. His Honour—Was it an engagement ring ? Mrs. Sutton—lt Was. Defendant admitted having taken the ring off Mrs. Sut ton's finger for a lark, but he had no intention of keeping it. After he put the ring in his pocket he jumped over some hurdles, and he supposed the ring must have got out of his pocket. He told Mrs. Sutton ho would got her ano ther, but he had not done so. His Honour —You see, defendant, it is a very dangerour thing to lark with young ladies' engagement rings. It is quite clear that you are liable for the money now sued for, and you must pay it. Verdict for the plaintiff, with costs. A SOI-DISANT HEIR OF KING JAMES TILE SECOND. A middle-aged man, who stated that his name was Wil liam Derbyshire, and that ho was son of James Derby shire, handed in a paper, and said be had been authorised by order of a judge to come before the court and prove that ho was the heir •f King James the Second. (A laugh.) T paperour.t was formally rece i ve d by ono of the registrars of the he Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. This Day. M.A.RLBOROUGLI-STREET. THE LOWEST DEPTH OF MlSERY.—Churchill Long, 11, Stephen David Long, 10, and Thomas Fields, 8, were charged before Mr. Knox with begging. Sergeant Btmce, 50 (3, said that about eight o'clock yes terday evening, he saw the boys standingiby the door of Mr. Cook's, the :confectioner, in Coventry-street, two on one side of the door and one on tho other. They seemed to bo nearly dropping for want, and begged of different ladies for pence. lie took the boys to .the station and sent for food for them, they stating that they were very hungry. lie afterwards went and made inquiries re specting the boys, and found that Fields had no father, and that his mother, who got her living by washing, lived in Crown-street, So ho. Tho father of the Longs, who Drury - lane, was a sho ema ker, bad state of h ea lth th a t h o pptehaered to be respectable mother was hourly livedexpectedwb uats i unablein n P • so i u n c c dth e o ' s e c wa o u o r r Tk t b, They a ad people overpowered by asked . her to lot hi m go ou t w i t h some s and p over t y. Field ' s mother (crying bitterly) sa id that her bo y , seeing the distressed getwainiew halfpence. She h a d ot h er children. t o work when she could go t it , an d b efore the death of her hus band never had t o do so. fussessSt h a She went she e t nt tout o Mr. Knox asked the poor woman whether she would like her boy to go to school, and she said she would. The father of the Longs came forward, and he appeared to be in a sad state of health. He said that he had only been a week out of bed, and that he was scarcely able to attend the court that morning, his wife being so ill that he left her senseless when he came away. Mr. Knox ordered the boy Field to be sent to Feltham, and gave tho boys Long back to their father, stating that if ho would like them to go to school, and could attend again, he would see what could be done. Some temporary assistance from the poor box was kindly ordered by Mr. Knox to be given to the poor man, who seemed very grateful for it. THAMES. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. - FOUr boys, the eldest 14 years of age, were brought before Mr. Paget this morning charged with felony. Jeremiah IVl‘Carthy and Daniel Hunt, charged with stealing bread, were discharged, there being no pro secutor ; Alfred Hockaday, accused of stealing a large German sausage, value 4s. 6d., was remanded ; John Tyson, for stealing 40 pins and two boxes of hair pins from the shop of Mr. William Clarke, in Bromley, was also remanded. Tho prosecutor said that many boys were always round his shop, and he had much difficulty in preserving his property. Inspector Beare, of the K division, said there were a great number of boys, who formerly worked in the iron ship building yards, and whose earnings were from ss. to lls. per week, prowling about the streets of Poplar and Bromley every evening. They had no bread to eat and were in a lamentable state of distress. Re had son them THURSDAY. Entries for the Grand Annual Steeplechase (Handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100 added ; over about 4 miles of a fair hunting country, under the Grand National Steeplechase conditions. 82 subs. Balder, aged Despatch (h b), a Sprite, a Chimney S weep, 5 Fun, 5 Banker, a Tennyson (h b), 5 Farnboro', a Portland, a Harold, 5 Charming Woman, Jack's Alive, a Grace Darling, 5 aged Pearl Diver, a Benazet, a Ross, a Sea King, a Genievre, a Marengo,by Great- Ibex, a Charlemagne, a heart, a Abderhaman, 6 Whitehall, a Shakspere, 6 Silver Star, a The Nun, by Fly- Dermot Asthore, 6 Manchester, a by-Night(hb), a King of Hearts, a Pensioner, 6 Cortolvin, a Columbia, a Hall Court (late The Elk (late King Alfred, a Deodora), a General Elec- Garus, a Chataway (late tion) Little Frank, a Babbler), 5 Acolyte, 6 Havelock (late Cheerful Boy, a Slyfox, a Claxton), 6 m by Fazzoletto— Gamecock, a Knave of Trumps, Bodkin, a Lincoln, by Jack aged Anti-Macassar, 5 Robinson, 6 SinkingFund(lato Plover, a Surney, 5 Harry), a Badalo (h b), a Thomastown, a Cock -a - Doodle Robin Adair, a Rhodomontade, 6 (h b ,) , a Nabocklish, 6 King Arthur, 5 The avern, by Tally-ho, a Snarleyow, a Turnus—Emma, Ilungerford (lib), a Goldylocks, 6 aged Philosopher, a Light Heart, a Globule, a Charley, a Glasgow, 6 Moanwood, a The Tiger, a Shangarry (h b), 6 Phantom, a Astrolabe, a Clansman, 5 Watchman, 6 2d.atamore, by Fitz- Sensation, by The Doctor, 6 Gladiator, 5 Lundyfoot, dam Hornet, a L. S. D., 6 by Hopeful (h b) Accident, a Roadster (late 6 Cabin Boy (h b), a Shropshire), a TURF NEWS RFOAI FRANCE. M. Grandhomme, the secretary of the French Jockey Club, accompanied by M. Boulet, professor at the veterinary college of Alfort, inspected Count de Lagrange's two year olds on the 2d January, so as to give them the necessary certificates for England. J. Francis has terminated his engagement as private trainer to M. Verry. J. Spinks has arrived at Chantilly in charge of several horses belonging to Count d'Evry. The brood mare Predostinee (dam of Pretendant and Mathilde) is dead. LATEST BETTING. FRENCH DEMI. 6to 1 agst Montgoubort 25 to 1 agst Dragon 50 to 1 agst Etendart 100 to 1 agst Cote d'Or 100 to 1 agst Montluc 150 to 1 agst Mon Soleil 200 to 1 agst Enchanteur 7 to 4 agst Count de Lagrango's stable 7to 1 agst M. Delamarro's stable GRAND PRIX. Bto 1 agst D'Estournel • STUD NEWS. On the Gth inst., at Middle Park, Eltham Beauty, a bay filly by Marsyas ; on the 7th, Q. E. D., a bay filly by High Treason; on the 10th, Mrs. Fowler, a bay colt by King John. On the Ist inst., at Bushbury Paddock, Argosy, a filly by Lifeboat, and will be put to him again. Golden Drop has arrived in foal to Lifeboat, and Tourterelle has arrived to Gunboat. -------- EXPORTATION OF BLOOD STOCK TO AMBRICA. - Our readers will learn with regret that the valuable cargo of blood stock shipped by Mr. Cameron on board the Helvetia for New York on the 10th ult., a list of which was given in our columns, encountered some very severe weather iu the passage, front the effects of which the whole of the 39 died with the exception of Birague and four foals. This will be a very heavy loss to Mr. Caineron, as, in addition to some fair performers on the Turf, including Peeress, he had selected several brood mares who, from their breeding, were bound to produce race horses. Mr. Lowther has given notice that at the general meeting of the Jockey Club in the Craven Meeting he will move— " That no horse or mare bred out of the United Kingdom shall be allowed to start for any race under tho jurisdic tion of the Jockey Club, unless the owner has lodged the certificate of its birth with the Keeper of the Match Book, and also a certificate of its age from a veterinary surgeon appointed by the stewards of the Jockey Club." Abergavenny flat races and steeplechases, in connection with the Monmouthshire Hunt Club, are fixed for the 11th and 12th of April, over the same natural course as last year; and with the assistance of one of the leading patrons to the steeplechase world the promoters are inhopes of having as good a meeting as last year. Beelzebub, 4 yrs, purchased by Capt. Coote out of a draft of Mr. Merry's stud offered for auction at Tattersall's in December, has boon renamed The Saint ; and Mr. Wood's Claxton, 6 yrs, has been renamed Havelock. THE MANCHESTER MEETING. —lt has been finally decided that the postponed Manchester Meeting shall be held on the 25th and 26th inst. The programme will be recon structed, and several stakes reopened, of which due notice will be given in our columns. We are requested to state, on the authority of Mr. Frail, the clerk of the course, that Beeswing was scratched for the Shrewsbury Cup at l o'clock on the day bolero the race. The Lecturer dinner" recently given by John Day to his friends at Stockbridge went off with the greatest eclat, and tho harmony and conviviality was sustained until a late hour. The picture of "Tattersall's," painted by the late Mr. Joy, is in course of engraving, and hopes are entertained of its being ready for publication More the end of the season in June. Four of Mr. Campbell-Wynatun's horses by Glen masson have arrived at Percy's stables, Pimperne, from Isaac Wooleoes. King Christian and Golden Bloom will soon follow. Mr. J. Cassidy requests us to state that his two mares New Light and Midwife were struck outof the Manchester Steeple Chase upon the appearance of the weights. Mr. Owen has sold The Count, by Stockwell out of Countess of Albemarle, 6 yrs, to Mr. Foster, of Selby, Yorkshire, where he will bo located for stud purposes. Rugby Steeple Chases will be held on Monday, March 18 —the day before the Warwick Spring Meeting—over the well-known Grand Military Course, overlooking the Pytchley Vale. A Spring Meeting, composed of flat racing and steeple chasing, will be held at Margate this year on Monday, March 18. Mr. Rod has named his four year old steeple chase mare by Artillery out of Katinka, by Red Kart, Italia. Gorsehawk's forfeits have been paid. The colours of Mr. Pelham are blue and yellow hoops. NOII{ENCL AT URE. Mr. W. Sadler's. Filly by Master Bagot, dam by Nabob of Bourra Tomacha, 2 yrs Mr. 11. Marsh's. Filly by Y. Melbourne—The Wryneck, 2 yrs Adelaide. Colt by Fugleman out of Lovebird, 2 yrs Spurgeon. Mr. Watt's. Bay filly by Neveminster out of Souvenir, 2 yrs Mysotis. Bay yearling colt by National Guard out of The Pet, by Daniel O'Rourke Snider. Mr. Saxon's. Brown filly (sis. to Bceswing), 2 yrs Honey. Brown filly by Tho Dupo out of Calot, 2 yrs Jewess. Filly by Lord Albemarle—Giantess, 2 yrs Sultana. Bay colt by Wild Dayroll —lmposition, 2 yrs The Hunter. _ _ _ Mr. Copeland's. Filly foal (foaled Jan. 1, 1867) by Lifeboat out of The Argosy Surprise. Mr. W. Phillips's. Chesnut colt by Cape Flyaway out of Harriett, by Cotberstone, 2 yrs Cape Clear. Bay filly by Do Clare out of Lady Bibina, 2 yrs Lady Clare. Mr. T. Stevens's Yearlings. Bay colt by Prime Minister out of Salute, by Gladiator Bay filly by Caractacus out of Idy Cara. Bay filly by Caractacus out of Shepherdess Careful. Brown filly by Big Ben out of Constance, by Collingwood Bay filly by Prime Minister out of Buco lic, by Barnton Mr. Harcourt Johnstone. (From Baily's Magazine.) To the list of Yorkshire Masters of Hounds, which have appeared in our pages, we now append the gentleman who for some time has hunted the Pickering country with a success that has brought it into note, and given him a posi tion which he is well able to support. Mr. Johnstone is the eldest son of Sir John Johnstone, and was born in 1829, at the Palace of Bishopthorpo,wher• his grandfather, the Archbishop of York, resided. The son of a man, who, bordering on 70 years of age, manages to be with hounds four days a week, and the great-grand son of the celebrated Lord Vernon, the owner of Wood pecker, a famous horse of the last century, cannot but have been born a foxhunter, and a sucking M.P.H. Mr. John stone was educated at Eton, and on leaving it entered the 2d Life Guards in 1816, when they were commanded by Colonel ll'Douall, who used to let the cornets off the riding school if they pledged themselves to go hunting, and it is needless to add the obligation was invariably respected, until they one day got into trouble by the Inspector- General of Cavalry complaining of their stirrups being too short ; in this experience has proved him to be wrong in practice. Mr. Johnstone remained in the regiment until 1850, when, ou his marriage with the second daughter of Mr. Charles Mills of Millington Court, ho quitted it; and, Cin cinnatus like, turned his sword into a ploughshare, and sett:ed in Yorkshire. The Pickering country, in which Mr. Johnstone has commenced his career as M.F.H., extends from the village of that name to Robin Hood's Bay, and from thence to Scarborough, and was formerly hunted by Mr. Richard Hill, who, with his son, Mr. John Hill, presided over it for half a century. Their hounds, which boasted of a very staunch strain of blood, and fOr very many years before they were broken up showed wonderful sport, passed into the hands of the present Duke of Grafton, and added much to the strength of the Wakefield hounds. Consequently, Mr. Johnstone had to get together a fresh pack, which he formed by buying the old and young drafts from the Bramham, Lord Middleton, Mr. Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Foljambe. These, by the aid of a very clever huntsman, Dick Christian, who was worthy of his name, and the recommendation ho had from the Duke of Beau fort, managed, during the throe years he was with them, to show the country excellent sport; and those hunting men who wintered at Scarborough were perfectly content with the gallops they enjoyed with them. Dick Christian also took honours as a breeder of hounds, and showed that Sebright's early lessons had not been lost on him, as ho bred Caroline, by the Duko of Beaufort's Hotspur out of Mr. Lane Fox's Constant, that took the second prize at the Doncaster Hound Show. The subscriptions falling short of expenditure, as, alas! is too often the case, Mr. John stone took to hunting the hounds himself, and in spite of his weight, in a most hilly and rough country, with large woodlands and deep valleys, he contrived to kill plenty of foxes, and gave satisfaction to the owaers of covers as well as the subscribers to the hunt, who appreciate his gentle manlike conduct in the field, as well as his keenness for sport. And although the Pickering is neither a large nor a fashionable country, more unanimity and good-fellow ship exists in it than in those with greater pretensions, for the gentlemen and farmers know every hound that is out, and take a personal interest in all that concerns the well-being of the hunt. In all the duties of a country gentleman Mr. Johnstone takes an active part, and although a Liberal in politics, and a candidate for St. Stephen's, ho is as great a hater of the Beales school as of vulpecides and poachers. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market nearly closed in consequence of snow balling on Change. Sales probably 5,000 baled. MR. GARTH, Q.C., AND MR. BRIGHT.--Mr. Bright has now taken up the cudgels on his own behalf, and called Mr. Garth to strict account for his unfortunate speech at Guildford, challenging him to the production or his authority and declaring all the charges to be without foundation. Mr. Garth hAs answered, admitting that he had no better source of information than rumour, and the uncontradicted statements of speeches by Mr. Pops Hen nessey and Mr. Ferrand. A speech on an Irish hustings must be acknowledged to be a very insufficient foundation on which to base such grave charges as were preferred against Mr. Bright in his character as a manufac turer and master. The heat and licence of an election will excuse a great deal, and this escapade would have been readily forbidden on that account if only the com plaint had been received and answered in a befitting spirit. As it is, Mr. Garth has subjected himself to the severest rebuke that even Mr. Bright has ever uttered, and a lead ing article in the Times has seized the opportunity to point the moral and to indorse the protest we ventured to put in last week against the growing practice in political war fare of attacking persons instead of principles. No public man has more offended in this manner than Mr. Bright; but that does not excuse Mr. Garth, who should have avoided, and not followed, the example. This little Christ mas story will, however, not be without value if it should direct attention to the subject, and induce for the future a more careful abstinence from personalities. Mr. Garth is a gentleman highly respected in his profession, and wholly incapable of the deliberate misrepresentation imputed to him by Mr. Bright.—Laze Tinteg. VORACITY OF TilE STARLING.—During the snow storm of last week, Sergeant-Major Collins, of the Dorset Militia, observed a common starling (sturnus vulgaris) perched upon the top rail of a fence in the neighbourhood of the barracks. Suddenly it pounced upon something in the snow, and evidently swallowed it. The sergeant major resolved to see what this was, and immediately shot the starling, when, on wringing off the head after the most approved style of doing execution on these peculiar birds, what was his surprise to find projecting from the thorax of the bird thus decapitated the sharp head and eyes with the two fore-claws of a nimble lizard (lacorta agilis) throe or four inches in length, which the starling had swallowed entire. The sorgeant-major exhibited the lizard alive in Dorchester market on Saturday ; for, strange to say, after remaining dormant for 21 hours, it revived. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocz. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This I)ay. CITY BETTING—Tms DAY. Owing to the inclemency of the weather very few mer t i_ hers showed at the clubs to-day. Very few bets w ere made, and the following quotations may be consi , ' Aere d merely nominal. TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 2 agst Plaudit (taken) 11 to 2 agst 'Hermit (offered) 14 to 1 agst Master Butterfly (offered) 33 to 1 agst Trocadero (off,•red) DERBY. 7 to 1 agst The Rake (taken) 10 to 1 agst D'Estournel (offered) 11 to 1 ngst Plaudit (taken) 28 to 1 agst Grand Cross (taken freely) 100 to 3 agst Master Butterfly (taken) 50 to 1 agst Star of India (offered) CHESTER CUP. 50 to lon the field (offered) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow. 2l MA. Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Nottingham Derby CII. Epsom Spring 26 Lewes Spring 2B Croxton Park . 29 AP. Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh M, Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath JU Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB T hirsk Durham Newmarket Ist Spring `42 Catteriek Chester 3O .Y. Harpenden .... 17 Epsom Summer ........... 21 Newton 29 Croydon Stockbridge l% Chelmsford Newcastle .. 25 Curragh Worcester Summer 27 Ipswich 27 Y. Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Huntingdon ' 23 Winchester Southampton , 25 G3odwood Carlisle 2 New►narket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham July Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton • • 6 Brighton Chit) 8 Lewes Egham ... . l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford Hastings SEPTE: Warwick Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Doncaster OCTO Northampton Autumn. 1 Edinburgh Autumn 2 Newmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 NOVE. Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury l 5l I UST. York August Dover . 21 22 West Drayton 22 Plymouth . 23 Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge IMBER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 21 25 IBER. Ourragh Newmarket Houghton Worcester Autumn AMER. I Leamington Hunt STEEPLECHASE FLXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor MAR OH. Liverp00l Spring Grand Military Chertsey Mahon At Christmas there were to be seen in the open air, at Bonchurch, at the back of the Isle of Wight, broad beans in full bloom, and green peas in flower and pod ; ]so a great many strawberries in flower and fruiting, large new potatoes, and heliotrope in bloom. ROBBERY IN THE LEEDS CORN MARKET.—O n Tuesday forenoon, during the market hours in the Leeds Corn Exchange, a serious robbery was committed. Mr. C. Kelsay, a highly respectable corn merchant from Hull, who has a stand and desk in the Exchange, lost the large sum of .£1,130, which was in notes and gold. The money was in a canvas bag, and was placed on the stand, from which, when Mr. Kolsay for a moment or two turned his face to speak to some gentleman in the market., the bag and its valuable contents were boldly and adroitly ab stracted. As soon as the robbery was discovered the doors of the exchange were closed, and a search was made for the thief, but without effect. We learn from the Wilts County Mirror that Mrs Vyse, who murdered two of her children some years ago, and was acquitted on the ground of insanity, has just re ceived her Majesty's free pardon, and has returned to her family in a state of perfect health. She has been at the Fishton-nouse Lunatic Asylum, near Salisbury, since her RICHLY PUNISHED.--Joseph Slater, a colliery deputy, was charged before a bench of magistrates at Bishop Auckland, in the county of Durham, on Monday last, with having endangered the safety of Spenny Moor Colliery, by exhibiting a naked light in the pit. The charge was proved, and it was stated that there were upwards of 100 men and boys in the pit at the time the light was exhibited. The bench fined the defendant £2 or ono month's imprisonment. Several of the workmen had refused to go into the pit if the defendant was allowed to act in the same capacity as he had done. THE CARLTON MURDER.—John Watson and his wife, charged with the murder of Mr. Raynor, at Carlton, near Nottingham, on the 17th of November, were again brought before the county magistrates at the Shire hall yesterday. The proceedings were strictly private, and a further remand was ordered. The affair is still in volved in mystery, and it is said that the inquiry now awaits Dr. Taylor's analysis of some blood spots on clothes found at Watson's . house ; but all conjectures are prema ture and unsupported by public evidence. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE HON. F. SO3fERVILLE. On Tuesday night the Hon. Frederick Noel Somerville, second son of the late Lord Somerville, and heir pre sumptive to the title, died suddenly at the family seat of Aston Somerville, Gloucestershire. He was 27 years of age, and was a lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade, with which he served in Canada. Recently he was subject to fits, and on Tuesday night was seized with one that terminated fatally. SOMETHING LIKE A RAINY DAY.—On the 20th of December 7.76 inches of rain fell at San Francisco, rain falling 20 hours. The quantity is stated to be double that recorded for any day before. In the valleys of the State cattle, sheep, horses, and swine were drowned by thou sands. lIAMPSTEAD-HEATII AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Marylebdne Vestry, the conduct of Sir John Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, relative to the negotiations for the purchase of Hampstead-heath by the public, formed the subject of strong animadversion. In answer to a question, Mr. Ni chalay, one of the representatives of the vestry at the Me• tropolitan Board of Works, read the following extract from a letter he had received from Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson: —" Charlton.—Dear Sir, —I have a letter from Thwaites saying that he wishes to see me on the subject, and that I may call on him any morning next week between ten and eleven, a privilege I am not likely to avail myself of." Mr. George Bird expressed his extreme astonishment that, although the Metropolitan Board of Works had passed a resolution directing Sir John Thwaites to seek an interview with Sir Thomas Wilson, relative to the Hamp stead-heath question, the former gentleman had the ceol ness to write and give the latter p erm i ss i on t o ca ll upon him. To his (Mr. Bird's) certain knowledge Sir Thomas Wilson had stopped at home an entire week, waiting for and expecting a visit from Sir John Thwaites, who had received more than one intimation to that effect. Mr. Taverner said he thought the board ought to make a repre sentation to Sir John Thwaites that they considered he had wantonly allowed the time to go by for securing the heath to the public. He hoped such an extraordinary ne glect of duty would be publicly noticed. Other speakers complained that Sir John Thwaites had shown agreat want of courtesy in the matter, and the following resolution, moved by Mr. Taverner, was carried unanimously, viz. : That the board has heard with regret that the chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works has not carried out the resolution of that board in seeking an interview with Sir Thomas Wilson, who was willing to:receive him, rela tive to the preservation of Hampstead-heath." Au arrangement has been made with the General Post Departm eat of France for the exchange of mails by means of the new French line of mail packets established between llavaunah and New Or leans, running in connection with the French line conveying mails between St. Nazaire and Vera Cruz. Under this arrangement the New Orleans Post-Office will make up mails for and receive mails from the agents of the mails embarked on these French packets, to comprise not only correspond- KING'S COLLEGE.—We are requested to state that tho Civil Service Class will reassemble on the evening of Monday next, the 14th inst., instead of on the evening of the 21st inst. 1 '