The Sun. — London, England, 1867-03-12 00:00:00

N I] Y. 2IAIIKET A ND nmMERCIA , TWSLYE O'CLOCK. There is no change whatever in the Money Mar ket, and business in the City of all descriptions is very inanimate. The Finance Committee of the Corporation of London are prepared to dispose of City Debenture Bonds to the amount of £200,000. They will be issued at par for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, and £lOO each for a period of ten years, bearing interest Payable half-yearly by means of coupons at the Bank o f England, at the rate of £4 15s. per cent. per annum. The principal and interest are secured upon the rents of the New Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market in Smithfield. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain steady at 31 33 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 231 241. No gold operations of importance took place at the Bank of England yesterday. The fourth ordinary general meeting of the City Offices Company will be held at Palmerston's buildings, Bishopsgate-street, on Thursday, the 28th blatant, at one o'clock. It has been announced that the scrip certificates of the United Danubian Principalities 8 per Cent. Loan will be ready for delivery at the offices of Messrs. Frubling and Goschen on and after the 14th Instant. At a meeting held to-day of the Atlantic Tele graph Company, Mr. Saward, in moving the adop tion of the report, stated that their bill in Parlia tient for the purpose of raising additional capital Would no doubt pass, the opposition on the part of the Anglo-American Company and the Telegraph Construction Company having been withdrawn. The directors' report was unanimously agreed to. Messrs. Neill Brothers in their Cotton Circular, received per Africa, dated New York, February 12th, /S tate as follows :—For many weeks past our report of the weekly receipts has been considerably larger than certain others which have been published. On the 22d ult. we gave details of the receipts for the two weeks ending 11th ult. We now submit details for the succeeding three weeks, and also particulars of the nett receipts at all ports from let September to the latest mail dates, all which can easily be yeti fled by reference to the various southern prices cur rent of the dates referred to. Total to Week ending Jan. 18. Jan. 25. Feb. 1. date. New Orleans 29,664 30,755 41,656 472,000 Mobile 8,803 12,097 6,563 176,000 Texas ports Florida ports Savannah 11,263 10,754 10,400 146,000 Charleston I levr York 9,835 5,039 8,463 109,000 Other ports 2,300 850 10,000 75,587 73,405 83,050 1,118,000 In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been only a limited amount of business entered into. The Operations in sugar have been on an exceedingly organ scale pending the alteration in the duties Which come into operation on the Ist May. Coffee, h owever, has been in fair request at steady rates, "bile in tea, rice, fruit, and spices, only mode rate operations have been effected at about former values. For tallow the inquiries have been fiery moderate on the part of the trade, and but little speculative ,business has been reported, quota- Lions for both present and forward delivery being Without material alteration. Two o'CLocr. ,At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to I teuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes opened at 691.95 c. It is satisfactory to be able to record a conside rable improvement in all Governmental Stocks, ethers following in their wake. This is to be attri buted to the increasing confidence felt in the pre tent Administration, and the steady purchases made by investors, among whom the Government broker has not been the least conspicuous ; his operations 'nay have given some tone to the market, but it is t . O the buying of the Fublic at large to which the ..11UProvement must be ascribed. Consols closed yes terday— at a rise of 4 ; to-day 4 per cent. has been a dded t o th a t a d vance , the l a test prices being 914 2r money, and 914 4 for the 7th proximo. The 'ev? Threes are 881 891; Reduced Annuities 895 ; E xchequer Bills for March, 13s. to 14s. prem., and 4e rJune 17s. prem. ; India Stock, 2154 ; ditto 5 per c euts., 1084 4 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 92 ; ditto En l~eu 5 per Cents., 1021 ; and ditto 54 per Cents., 8. 111 the Foreign Stock Market almost every de e'ription of security has advanced. Mexican is f 4 igher, at 18 I ; Italian 1, at 531 54* ; Greek, 1, at 151 16 • Spanish Passive, 1, at 211 221; the Certificat e: , 1, at 141 1 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. at 36 ; Russian Scrip, *, at 21 prem. ; Chilian c rip, I, at 21 1i dis. ; and Danubian Scrip, f, at 1 1 1 dia. American Securities are also buoyant; Erie shares have advanced 11, to 391 ; 401 ; Illinois 1, to 77i 78 1; and United State s 5-20 Bonds k, to 74 f. A fair amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market and a farther slight im- Provement can be reported. Great Western, North Western, and Metropolitan have each advanced ; Great Eastern ; South-Eastern a ; and Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln 1. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit little change of importance as regards prices. Bank Shares remain dull. Chartered of India, Australia4l and China have receded to 1515 k ; Lon (1011 and County to 55i London and Westmin liter are marked 931 ; and Union of London 45. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are in a few iellatances a shade firmer. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per e . 'As., being dealt in at 47i ; General Credit and T "eunt at 4 I i; and Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage - 5 / 1 at 72 ; P en i n e u l ar an d O r i en t a l St ea m are ' l4 t at 64i and Credit Foncier of England at 21 4. MINING MARKET. TUESDAY, Two o'Clock. Unly a moderate amount of business has bee n tr ansacted in the Market. The shares chiefly in quired for are Prince of Wales, Tincroft, Cooks' kitchen, North Crofty, Providence, East Bassett, 411 d Chiverton Moor. Annexed are the current ( Notations ta.,(14r8 Camborne, —s —s ; Chivortoa Moor, 7-1. 8 ; Chon e3 Gold, 24 24 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 7 74 ; Cooks' I, lt ellen, 11 12 ; D ra k ewe lls, —3 —s ; Ea s t B asse t, 22 24 ; 4 ' o at Caradon, 5 54 ; East Cam Brea, ——; East Lovell, gi Ili; East Russell, 34 4; East Wheal Grenvill e , 2 4 ; 111 Lazey, 164 171 ; Great North Downs, ; Great ta llaek, --; Great South Tolgus, —8 —8; 6(tt Wheal Vier, 194 20i ; Marks Valley, 4 4f; North p t°f tY, 54 4; North Roskear, ——; North Treskerby, pir; Prince of Wales, 24 3 ; Prosper United, —; crkoor, —a; South Condurrovr, —s —d; South 14 1 6 8, - —d ; South Herodsfoot, —; Tincroft, Vir e ; West Caradon, ; West Chiverton, 59 60 ; t at Beton, ——; West Drakewells, —s —s ; Wheal 4 6e t, 64 66; Wheal Buller, —; Wheal Ckiverten, t. r s- Wheal Grenville, --; Wheal Seton, 1024 1074; "Idenee Mines, 30 31. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Cent. Fuson. I%nat. Consols - 11 1 5 4 . 6 6 . e ccoun } t, th iptil 10 9l} 894 N..- ~ e nt. Reduced 884 9 1 1 Isi e s'w 3 per Cent _ .P 9. _ 2 t per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ A tt u . per Cent. Jan. 1873 hnuttie 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 . 1)0-0. roes, 30 yrs, expire sth April, 188 a — (lied Soa Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — V E= eh 3 V Ct., March. OL, June. D o 4 -c'equer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Ot. 13 14 I 17 pm -- I 1)0 ............... £5OO u 11 4 ,, i , ......... ... .£lOO & .£2OO ~ -' of .k. , ''gland Stock, 64 per Cent -- I ba2lo GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. eftllkr, h - c'tk, 104 Per Cent., April 1874... 2154 _ -0- Account I) t ., ( _ ) . 5 pur Cent. July, 1880 -.'s: Certificates — Do. • Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — t ic 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ,-,_• 5 i per Cent., May 1879 lOB . - s 'u o • Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 'O. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 i , • nrider .£l,000 4, trOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4„.elltine per por Cent _ rizotiji: a ti n °5 111'48'e5ent..21:1 . .5..9. --- • ‘ - t Per Ceut 1 85 0 -58-60 bo. .1 - 1863 ............ . ...... et Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 731 Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) o.alian 6 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent A — Do. „ B l O9l "4 Do. „ 1867 Do. „ Scrip, £2O paid 2l 2 Colombian, 0 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Da. 5 per Cent., 1864 — .),Inubian Principalities, 7 per Cent E luador New Consolidated, 1 per Ceni — Do., Provisional Land Warrant.., — Do Deferred r'gyptian 7 per Cent Do. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds 1)0. Do. Do. £lOO Bon-is B4 31 1- 41 3k We Government Railway Debentures BOl i 1 80 11 Or ek 5 per Cents.. 1824-5. ex Coupons Do. Account D .. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Oer t 1865 Do, Account . Do. Maremmana Railway Ai +xicaß 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — 51ontevi,lean C per Cent. .. — Yloorish Imperial 5 per Cent No .v Granada l3 Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Pe uvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 6s} 1861 83 4 741- 181 17i Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cont., 1862 Do Account Portaguese3 per Ct., 185 S, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 414 2 Kussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7l Doll per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pm Cent. 1859 Do 5 dor Cent. 1862 Do. 5 per Cent 1864 D Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid BBl Do. do. £25 paid 'ardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do. Account Passive Do Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 55 44 51 Do £lOO Bands 554 5 Do 6 per Cent, 1863 Do 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Londok Austrian, o per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ... Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch z per ('Ant. Ex. 12 Gail, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — ItaiiaL 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 54 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Do. Account 9l- 1 311 :: 531 I 41 31 . 30 } 311 1 30 THE FIRE AND LOSS OF SIX LIVES. LATEST PARTIMILARS.-(THIS DAY). Upon making inquiries this morning, it appears that the whole of the persons who escaped from the burning house in Bryanston-street, Edgware-road, by jumping out of the windows, were, with the exception of the poor woman who was removed to St. Mary's Hospital, progressing favourably. Large crowds still continue to flock round the ruins, which are in charge of the Metropolitan Fire Bri gade, the London Salvage Corps, and the police. A very searching inquiry has been made for the pur pose of tracing out the origin of the catastrophe, but at present nothing of a reliable character has been ascertained. The Salvage Corps, it is expected, will endeavour to find out, in some part of the building, how the fire commenced. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The tenth ordinary annual meeting of this company was held to-day at the London Tavern, J. S. Worley, Esq., the chairman of the company, presiding. The report, which has been published, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, claimed the indulgence of the meeting in consequence of his state of health, and congratulated the shareholders on the improved state of the company's affairs. The answers that have been transmitted during the past year by the company's agency had been considerably increased At the present time the company's works were in so effi cient a state that they could transmit ou an average from fifteen to twenty words in a minute, instead of five or six words as previously. In reference to the course adopted by the directors in reducing the amount of their tariff, he said that the company's receipts had risen from £BOO a day to £9OO, and occasionally to £2,000. (Cheers.) He alluded to the practice which had been adopted by parties in send ing messages by cypher, which defrauded the com?any, and suggested the advisability of still further reducing the tariff, Sir C. LAMBSON seconded the motion, which, after some discussion, was agreod to. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, LONDON, March 12.—Wind thin day at noon, North- Easterly ; strong breeze and cloudy weather, with sleet. PLYMOUTH, March 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Artistic, from New York, with loss of maintopsailyard, and other damage. CARDIFF, March 11.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Jacobstadt, for Havannah ; Eugenia, for Calcutta; Anna Maria, for Martinique. NEWPORT, March 11.—Wind N .E.—Arrived—Osssilda, from London for New York, with loss of sails and other damage. CROOKIIATEN, March 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Mar garet Deane, from Bahia for Liverpool, with loss of sails and other damage. (By Telegraph.) GBATXISEXD, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 1 1.—Matilda, from Berbice ; Roullura, from Antigua; Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam. Arrived, March 12.—Metropolitan, steamer, from Ham burg; John Brogden, steamer, from Bordeaux; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. Sailed, March 12.—Cologne, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, March 11.—Bonvoilich, for Singapore ; Prince Victor, for Cape of Good Hope ; May Queen, for Troon ; Kawo, for Contantinople—all from London ; Phoenix, from Havre, for Hartlepool. MEETING OF THE EARL OF DERBY'S SUPPORTERS. —We understand that an important meeting will take place on Friday next of the supporters of the Earl of Derby, at his lordship's official residence in Downing street. MEETING OF THE LIBERAL PARTY.—It is CS- pected that a meeting of the Liberal party will take place at Mr. Gladstone's residence on Carlton-house-terrace on Tuesday or Wednesday next. MORE ALARMING FIRES.—Two alarming fires happened this morning —one in the premises of Mr. Squire, corn dealer, No. 38, Old-street, St. Luke's. The discovery was made by one of the inmates finding his room filled with smoke. He at • once sounded an alarm, and the whole of the inmates managed to escape in safety. Conductors Shaw and Puzey promptly attended with the Royal Society's escapes, and were followed by steam and manual power engines. Plenty of water having been ob. tamed the firemen went to work, but they were unable-tn Ettlt the fire extinguished until the promises and nnients were nearly destroyed. The origin of tb.; Le is unknown. The sufferers were insured in . other fire to o k the Phoenix Fire-office. The 1 2 1 :aco in the premises of Mr. T. Jowls ) marine store dealer, No. 10, Lamb's Condult-pasmage, Red Lion--greet, Holborn. Conductors Woodhant and Last nrriVed with the Roy al Society's escapes, and *ere POW ceeded by several land steamers, by Shand, Marren, and Co.'s, and plenty of the Grand dunction Company's Water being procured, the firemen in the space of an hour sue' needed in getting the flames subdued, but the stock in trade was nearly destroyed. The origin of the fire is also unknown. MADAME ERNST, whose accomplishments as a reader are considerable, has been giving, at the Athenee, a " Conference," having for subject " The Women of Cor neille and Racine." A richer mine presents itself (sug gests the Athensrum; in the women of Dialler°, the dramatist, who, as a creator of types, stands next to S hakspere. We (Berks Chronicle) understand that Mr. John Walter has given up his right of presentation to the vacant incumbency of St. Paul's, Wokingham, and has placed the nomination of the new incutuhellt absolutely iu the hands of the Bishop of Oxford. rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1867. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ABUSE or KINDSESS.—Thos. Wood, an inmate of the workhouse of St. George, Hanover-square, Mount-street, charged with stealing a suit of clothes of the value of £2 Os. 3d., the property of the guardians of the parish, was again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt. Mr. F. A. Rogers attended on the part of the parish, and said that as some surprise was felt last week at the amount stated as the value of the clothes, he wished to explain that the clothes in question were clothes provided by the guardians for the inmates to wear when they went out to visit their friends, so that it should not be known that they were inmates of a workhouse. The clothes were contracted for at the rate of £2 Os. 3d. a suit, and each in mate was measured fur them. He had caused one of the inmates to be iu attendance for his worship's inspection. A man stepp,d forivard attired in a suit of the clothes, and he presented a very respectable and creditable appear ance. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner's conduct towards the parish had been most improper. The clothes were lent the prisoner so that nothing should be said about his being iu a workhouse, and then he had made away with them. What made the prisoner's conduct worse was, that it dis couraged parishes from being kind to people. Ho should commit the prisoner for a month with hard labour. SWALLOWING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—Samuel M'Shay and Jane M9Donald were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with uttering a counterfeit florin, at the Ship Tavern, Upper Marylebone-street, with intent to defraud Mr. Vickery, the landlord. G. White, a barman in Mr. Vickery's employ, said that the prisoners came into his employer's house and called for some drink and tendered a counterfeit florin in payment. He then sent for a constable and gave the prisoners into custody. Hugh Tabrer, 143 D, said that while taking the pri soners across Bedford-square, on the way to the station, he saw the male prisoner attempt to swallow something. He seized his throat and called for assistance, but the prisoner succeeded in swallowing what he had put into his mouth. James Galland, 746 A, said that on going to the last wit ness's assistance he saw the male prisoner trying to swallow something, and whilst searching hint at the station, he said, "You can have all the -- soft stuff (bad money) I have outside of me. All I had I have now got inside of me" (meaning that he had swallowed it). The prisoner also said "I can swallow the biggest super (watch) that you or any other man ever saw." He found a bad shilling upon him. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the police stated they did not think the female prisoner was connected with the male prisoner. M'Shay said that he met the woman, and merely asked her to have something to drink. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, but consented to take bail for the woman. THAMES. BASTARDY ARREARS —CAUTION.—WiIIiam Anly, an Irish labourer, was brought up on a warrant to show cause why ho should not pay 13 half-crowns to a young Irish woman, named Johanna Gibbons, who said the child she carried in her arms had been affilated on the prisoner, and he was ordered to pay 2s. 6d. per week for its maintenance. He was six months in arrbar, or £3 2s. 6d. in all, but she could only summons him for 13 weeks money. Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner why he did not pay the woman ? The prisoner said that he had been out of work some time, and could not meet the demand upon him. The complainant said she summoned the prisoner last November, and he then made the same defence. He could pay, but he would not pay. He got over her " with his brogue and blarney and bothering ways," and ho would not pay for his child, which was exactly like him. She then raised the child above her head, and exhibited it, amidst great laughter. _ _ Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he could pay any portion of the arrears due to the poor woman? The prisoner—l can't pay a farthing Mr. Partridgs said the prisoner had made no effort what ever to pay any portion of tt e arrears, and ho could not be permitted to set the law at defiance. 110 sentenced the prisoner to bo imprisoned for three months and kept to hard labour. THE UTILITY OF POLICE REPORTS. - Henry Timms, a carman in the service of Joseph Baxendale and Co., com monly known as Pickford's, Haydon-square, Minories, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing a lady's seal-skin coat, valued at .£lB. The prisoner's wife was detained by Mr. Folkard, pawn broker, and his assistants, on Friday last. She offered a seal-skin coat in pawn, and her answers as to her posses sion of it not being satisfactory, Mr. Folkard, who has done so much for the interests of public justice, detained her. A notice of the case having appeared iu the news papers, an owner for the coat now appeared. The pri soner received a deal box containing two seal-skin coats at the Haydon-scpare railway station on Friday morning, for delivery to Sutton and Co., Aldersgate-street. There was only one coat piece ix it when delivered. Another had been taken out. Mr. Uale, foreman to Baxendale and Co., said the priso ner had been in the service of his employers 15 years. Mr. Partridge —How do you know it is worth £lB ? Mr. Gale said the coat piece was worth £l7. That was what the firm, who were agents of the North Western Railway, would have had to pay if the coat had not been recovered. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner till Friday, and said the people who sent the coat piece from Birmingham must then attend, or the case would fail. MARKETS.—This day. HAY. SurrxriELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 ss; clover, £1 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load. Inquiry limited. CumszuLAND.—Mcadow hay, £2 18s to £4 8s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per load. A moderate demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 5s ; clove!, £4 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to Us per load. Trade quiet. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has remained very quiet, and without any material alteration to report in prices. About 3,393 packages of Indian will be offered for public competition to-day. SUGAR.—Business has remained very inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been of quite a retail cha racter, at about previous rates. Refined goods also are in limited request, without any change iu values. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for colonial descriptions, and owing to the smallness of stocks on hand compared with those of the corresponding period of last year fully late rates are maintained. RICE.—A moderate amount of business has baen entered into in cleaned descriptions, which have generally supported former rates. SALTPETRE.—A steady tone has been apparent in the market, but very little business has been entered into. The export duty in India of 3 per cent. has been repealed, which is equal to about 41 per cent. on the shipping price at Calcutta. TALLOW.—The market has been steady during the past week, maintained chiefly by a ddiiitthd fOf apoft, the home trade being only moderate. From St. Petersburg the latest advices bring the price 47 to 471- silver roubles and the exchange 311-d. 15-16. To-day the market is a shade firmer. 435. is paid for the month, 445. for October to December i on the spot, the price is 435.; South Ameri. can, 445.; town tallow, 425. nett cash. LIVERPOOL CO friON MARKET. (This Day.) The Market opens with a rather steady tone Sales probably 6,000 or 8,000 bales. FOOT BRIDGES OVER CROWDED THOROUGHFARES. —For years past the construction of bridges for foot pas sengers at such dangerous crossings as those at the St. Paul's end of Cheapside, and where the six ways meet op posite the Bank, Mansion House, and Royal Exchange, has been from time to time advocated, and we have frequently urged the thorough practicability of the suggestion, and the small cost at which it could be carried out. Whilst the English have been talking, the Americans have been act ing; one of the most handsome and substantial structures that could be desired having already been erected over Broadway, New York, by Messrs. Rich and Griffiths, at a cost of only £4,000. The bridge has been proved capable of sustaining 101 tons, and 100 men trampling over it at the same time produced no perceptible vibration. The bridge is situated where Fulton-street crosses Broadway, awl the four corners aro conveniently connected. There Is 17 feet 8 inches clear under the bridge, which is ap proached by four flights of 31 steps each, each flight hav ing three landings. Surely the Corporation of London, although they could not be induced to set the example, Will taut longer delay the consideration of the matter, now that they linso the Broadway bridge as a precedent.— Mtnt'stg Itotrnas aitTLE MAItKEF, MAttda 7.--. There • was a good st.ippl dI hilted stook 'kit the demand *tts 5t6.41. ati4 pF des Wde slipPofted. nest fiatilples tßottgiat from /Os. to igs. per cwt,; and middling from SU to 68s, per c*t. fBhuep sold readily at fully last Week's currencies, There was a Very large supply of pigs, Which had a good sale at fully the late currencies. Owing to our fair having just closed, there were very few horses offering, and those on show were of inferior quality. In store animals there was little passing. The lighted end of a cigar thrown on the ground in a dancing-saloon at Weseley, near Pardubitz, in Bohemia, recently set on fire the dresses of three young woman, one of whom has since died of the injuries received, and the others aro lying in a dangerous state. ROYAL FREE II9SPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.— The number of py r ieuts relieved at this hospital during the week endillg March 9 was 3,265, of which I,on were new cases. • Reform Demonstration in Traialgar•square. Last evening the Reform League held its demon- stration, adjourned from the acknowledged failure of the previous Monday, in Trafalgar-square. The placard calling the meeting announced as the attrac tion that the square should be "specially lighted," and half an hour before the advertised time, which had been fixed, by the experience of the previous failure, at 8 o'clock, as the " right time for working men," there was not only a very large gathering, mostly of roughs and boys, about the Nelson column, but every point which could command a view of the column, even so far back as the steps of St. Al artiu's Church, was crowded with spectators who did not care to venture among the rough specimens of their " own flesh and blood" in the squ ,re itself. Endea vours to rouse the Reform enthusiasm of the crowd were made by men who offered fors de books of Re form songs, published under the authority of the League," and adorned with the "portrait of the pre- sident, Edmond Beales, Esq., ➢I.A." But the trade was very limited, for those who had money dared not make any exposure of it in the face of the assembled vagabonds, who did not hesitate, even while the meeting was proceeding, to commit openly acts of violence upon persons in the crowd, and plunder them of whatever valuables they had. At the time when the meeting commenced the large space between the column and the fountains was quite full, and there must have been several thousand persons present. The majority of these were rough in their dress, and were evidently of the lowest class of labouring men, intermixed with the regular roughs and a very large number of boys and youths. The special lighting was an illumination by means of the out-door naphtha lamps used by cos termongers, which were hoisted upon long sticks, _ _ and interspersed about the platform (the base of the Nelson column) and among the crowd. The people evidently were disappointed atthedisplay, f or when the lights were brought into position there were loud cries of " Do you call them lime lights?" The appeal made to the people by " Order of the Council of the Reform League" was as follows : " Men of London ! Beware of a compromise be tween the unwilling Tory Reformers and false Libe- rals, whose only object is to defeat the full enfran chisement of the people. Our meetings and demon- strations have been sneered at, but their effect is seen in the secession of ultra-Tories from the present - _ Government, and the manifest anxiety of all parties - . to come to a ' settlement of the Reform question ;' but their idea of a settlement and ours differ very widely. The victory is ours if we do not relax our exertions. Those at the helm have undertaken no willing task, their heart is not in the work, and an attempt will still be made, if we are not firm, to cheat the unrepresented millions out of the franchise by some delusive and fragmentary measure : If, then, we really value our rights, we must all be up and doing ; firm to our duty, pressing on to the hour of triumph with earnestness of purpose and singleness of heart." • Soon after 8 o'clock Mr. Beal Ps, M.A., accom panied by Mr. C. Bradlaugh, and others of the Re form League, several of whom were present on the previous Monday, made their way through the crowd, and were hoisted or pulled on to the granite level with Landseer's Lions. Mr. BEALES, in opening the proceedings, expressed his pleasure at meeting his friends in this Trafalgar square Parliament—this people's Parliament—to consider a subject so deeply interesting to them as their right, their unquestionable and constitutional right, to be represented in that other Parliament now sitting at Westminster-hall, and which, with out representing the people, claimed the power to make laws and impose taxes obligatory upon the people:; but which laws and taxes, according to the spirit and letter of the Constitution, according to all the principles of true representative government, and civil and political liberty, that Parliament had no real right or authority to make or impose without the people's consent. (Cheers.) It was time there should be no more mistake or misunderstanding aliout what were the people's positive and clear rights, for they ought to be the creators of that Par liament now sitting at Westminster-hall. Unless created and chosen by the' people, that Parliament had no constitutional or - National existence, and was exercising on, an usurped and unconstitutional authority. (Cheers.) It was asked why these meet iugs and this agitation were continued when all they sought was so favourably placed. His answer was that the victory was not secure, and the people would not lay down their arms, nor abate one jot of their exertions until the victory was won beyond the possibility of trick or evasion. (Cheers.) It had been told them that the Reform League was to be resisted to the utmost. That was only to be expected ; but to be forewarned was to be forearmed, and he could tell their enemies that the League would not be found sleeping at their posts. He disliked all allu- sions to physical force, as calculated to alienate friends and alarm the timid ; but the league had shown that it was not slow to act when action was required, and it would be time enough to resist force in self-defence when force was used against them. (Cheers.) He proceeded to discuss the rumoured bill of the Government, and he held that it was ap parent by all that had transpired that the people's cause was not yet won, inasmuch as the Govern- went did not intend to give the people their full and legitimate rights. He concluded by saying that the people would frankly welcome from the Government a full and honest measure of Reform ; but that they would denounce and resist to the utmost any halt- ing and dishonest measure contrived to trick and cheat them, or any large portion of them, under any pretext whatever, out of their birthright. Dr. PERleirr moved the following resolution " That any measure of Parliamentary Reform, although based upon household suffrage, as now re- ported of the Government plan, will be inefficient and unsatisfactory as regarded the just and full re presentation of intellect and labour, unless such suffrage be made substantially identical . .with re sidential manhood suffrage, by the right of voting being giveh ttl ludgern equally with all the occupiers, whether as owners or tenants, of houses or parts of houses, unaccompanied by , any ratepaying or other restrictive conditions; and be also protected in its free eKereiSe by the ballot the period of residence in no case to be required to exceed 12 months." In moving this he said that even men with fair incomes could not obtain houses for themselves in London, but were obliged to become lodgers, and a lodger franchise would give the vote to members of pro fessions, as well as to the;tvorking men. Mr. MANTLE seconded the resolution, and he de clared amid loud cheers that the people were not afraid of the Government, but that the Government had shown itself afraid of them. As to the Parlia ment, he said, the people would have confidence in it when it proved it had confidence in the people ; and if the people were forced to a struggle, that struggle would end only with the existence of the Parliament. (Cheers.) The people, he continued, would sit in perpetual session until they had their rights. They had met in Hyde-park, and they had rolled the ball down to Trafalgar-square, when it would be easy, he said, amid cheers, and pointing in the direction of the houses, to send it rolling that way. He concluded, amid continued cheers, by say ing that those who had taken up this cause would make all Government in this country impossible un til justice were done to the people of the United Kingdom. Mr. BRADLAUGH, who was loudly called for, ad dressed the assemblage. He said those who were carrying on this struggle bad not entered into it Without counting the cost, and that the people of England, confident in their own strength and in their own manhood, were determined to petition for their rights, not on paper, but with the loud thun derings of their demands at the very door of the Houses of Parliament. What Lord Derby had offered them had not been offered in love, but in fear, and the people would have the full measure of their rights this time. It was told them that if in trusted with power the people would legislate wrongly, but how had the present power legislated? This legislation had brought rebellion in one part, and the people could do no worse than that. He told the people to be like a resistless wave, and if those who held the power should dare to stem the tide of democracy that they should unflinchingly wreck them... The resolution was then carried amid acclamation. Mr. LENO then moved this resolution :—" That this meeting emphatically denounces and calls upon the unenfrahchised millions resolutely to oppose all attempts which may be made in Parliament by means of plurality of :votes, cumulative votes, or other similar contrivances, to give a preponderance to property or wealth in the matter of the fran chise, and thereby infringe the principle of poli tical equality, and perpetuate the system of ;lass representation, while affording fresh encouragement to the practice of bribery and corruption, and the exercise of undue and vicious influences. This meeting, therefore earnestly invites the working classes and all true Reformers throughout the United Kingdum to support the Reform League iii con tinuing its energetic and valuable labours on behalf of the rights of the people, until the victory is ob tained by the unrepresented being placed in the full and free exercise and enjoyment of the elective franchise." Mr. LucRAFT seconded this, which was also car ried unanimously. By the time the business had reached this stage the masses of the people began to sway to and fro, and very little of what the speakers said could be heard even by those who stood close beside them. A third resolution, denouncing any employment of the Volunteers to suppress political meetings, was to have been brought before the meeting; but, as rain and sleet began to fall, this was not proposed, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Last evening, at a meeting of the Royal Geo graphical Society, held at Burlington-house, there was an unusually large attendance of Fellows, members, and visitors, attracted probably by the belief that some additional information would be afforded in reference to the reported murder of the great African traveller, Dr. Livingstone, contra dictory or otherwise, as Sir Roderick Murchison, the President, had led the public to expect. At half-past 8 o'clock Sir Henry Rawlinson took the chair. On doing so he said he had to apologise in the first place for the unusual incident of his oc cupying the place of their very popular president, Sir Roderick Murchison ; but Sir Roderick was indisposed, and had delegated the office to him, one of the Vice-presidents of the society. Sir R. Murchison particularly desired to have been present on that occasion, in order to make an explanatory statement to the society in regard to the announce ment which had already appeared in the news papers as to what they feared to have been the untimely fate of the great traveller, Dr. Livingstone. Most of those present were doubtless already acquainted with the circumstances attending the alleged death from the letters in The Sun; but, as there might be some who were not, he read that of Dr. Kirk., who, writing from Zanzibar on the 2Gth of December last, stated, in effect, that on the sth of that month nine Johanna men of the party which had accompanied Livingstone returned to Zanzibar, reporting that on the west of Lake Nyassa, some time between the end of July and September, they were suddenly attacked• by a band of Mazite, and that Dr. Livingstone, with half his party, were murdered. They all agreed that they saw the body. of Livingstone, and that it had one wound', that of an axe, at the back of the neck, although in the details and in other things the accounts of the vari ous men differed. The Chairman continued to say that Sir Roderick Murchison had written a few lines in reference to the statement of Dr. Kirk, which he would read to them. Sir Roderick said : " Regretting particularly that, owing to indis position, I am unable to attend the meeting this evening, I beg the Fellows of the Society to recol lect that in announcing the reported death of my dear and valued friend, Dr. Livingstone, I spoke of it as an event which required to be substantiated by better evidence than that of the nine men of Johanna in the Comore Islands who brought the sad intelli gence. I am informed by travellers who know these people well that they are Mahomedans, who, if they became disgusted with or intimidated by the fero cious Pagan natives on the borders of the Lake Nyassa, may have abandoned their chief, and hav ing agreel upon the story they were to tell, would hold firmly in maintaining its truth. There are also several parts of their narrative which seem to me to be difficult to understand—their being hidden in a wood, and yet their observation on the attack of Livingstone being so accurately described. Again, if, as the Johanna men state, they buried their leader, is it likely that they would in such a case not have brought away with them some relic to vouch for the truth of their story ? Presuming that if hostile natives had killed Livingstone, they would have cared little for his note-books ; one of these alone, or even a lock of his hair would have been good auxiliary evidence. Further, when I recol lect that many an African traveller who has re turned safely to England has been reported to have been killed (usually by runaway natives, who had deserted him), I shall not abandon all hope until Dr. Kirk, the former devoted companion of Living stone, and who has gone towards the scene of the alleged disaster, shall have satisfied himself that the calamity really occurred, and that the philan thropists and geographers have lost the great tra veller who had already won for himself imperishable renown. (Cheers.) I have only to add that the more detailed account which Dr. Kirk had sent to me be fore the letter which appeared in the newspapers was written will, I apprehend, throw a littic new light upon the alleged murder, as it can be nothing more than a detailed account of the story as related by the Johanna men. Tho search into the truthful ness or otherwise of the account received must occupy some time.—RODERICK I. MURCHISON. March 11." CHERTSEY RACES.—Tins DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. sotto Six R tn. CIIERTSEY HANDICAP. Six ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Four ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. Aggravator Mary Ann Five ran. OPEN HUNTERS' STAKES. He (the Chairman) could have wished that Sir Ro derick himself bad been present, because he had studied the subject; but he agreed with him in thinking that it was a very lame story as it stood at present, and, he thought, ought not to be accepted without further verification. Again, it was eight or nine months since the disaster was reported to have occurred—namely, in July last; and if it bad not taken place he could not help thinking thtt they would have had some telegram from Egypt contradicting the story. That was the dark side of the account. In the mean time they must have patience as to the result. If it should turn out, however, that poor Livingstone was no more, science would have sustained au irre parable injury,* and every one of the Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society would have lost a per sonal friend. (Hear, hear.) The meeting then proceeded with the business on the paper, which, though of considerable interest in itself, had not the immediate interest attaching to the painful rumour as to the fate of the great African explorer. EDI:1'10A . SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WV °BURN PLATE. The Woburn Park Plate (Handicap) of 30 sovs ; winners of 100 soya after March 2 (at ten a.m.) 10Ib, any other winner 71b extra; abort two milts and a quarter. Cutler 1 The Qherts2y Open Handicap of 10 suvs each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners of any steeplechase value 100 sows after March 2 (at ten 21.m.)101b extra; the second in the Liverpool Steeplechase 71b, any other winner 71b extra ; the second to tvii his stake; about three miles and a half; 12 subs. The highest weight accepting hying list 10Ib, it has been raised to 12st 71b, and tho others in proportion. Sportsman 1 Harold 2 Selling Steeplechase Stake of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund). with 30 added; four-yr-olds list 21b), five 12st 21b, six and upwards 12st 71b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 soya allowed 71b, 50 121 b ; maidens that have run twice allowed 41b ; two miles. 9 subs. Kinglake Serious Case Royal Geographical Society. Confusion The Hunters' Stakes of 3 soya, with 20 added, for horses that have been hunted with any established pack of, hounds during the season of 1866-67 ; 12st each ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered for 50 sovs allowed 71b, 40 141 b; qualified gentlemen riders that have never won a race value 50 sovs allowed 71b ; a winner of 30 sovs 51b extra : about three miles. The Open Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 20 added; five-yr-olds list, six and aged list 71b ; any previous winner of a race value 40 sovs 71b, twice or one of 80 sovs 101 b extra ; if in a training stable this year 71b extra ; qualified gentlemen riders ; professionals 71b extra ; about three miles. 8 subs. Hun gerf ord 1 Pa tch cock Maurepas Naval and Military Intelligence. The following officers at Chatham garrison have been placed under orders for embarkation for foreign service :—Capt. E. D. Malcolm and Lieut. W. J. Galwey, Royal Engineers, to proceed to Halifax ; Capt. F. thine, Royal Engineers, to embark for Malta on the 20th inst. ; Capt.„ H. C. Wilkinson, 82d Regiment, to embark for B en g al to join the service companies of that regime nt ; Lieut. T. Eng lish, Royal Engineers, to proceed to Halifax ; En sign W. B. M. Causland, 2d Battalion First Royals, to embark fur Bombay ; and Ensign J. Moxon and Ensign F. J. Lane, 24 West India Regiment, to embark for the Bahamas. An official telegram was yesterday sent to the authorities of Woolwich garrison and arsenal from the Secretary of State for War, announcing the in tention of his Excellency Shachim Pasha, comman der-in-chief of the military forces of Egypt, to visit Woolwich during the day. At three o'clock p.m. the Pasha and suite arrived from London in three carriages. They entered the Royal Artillery mess room, and having had some slight refreshment, they were escorted by Captain Williams, the General's Aide-de-Camp, to the Royal Arsenal. On account of the advanced period of the day, some of the de partments only could be visited, as his Excellency was desirous of doing, and the completion of the irf3l3(Ntion was postponed to a future day, Five ran. CHELMSFORD RACES.—Tuis DAY. TRIAL STAKES. The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added ; two year olds Gst 71b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 121 b, five and up wards 1 Ost ; maiden three year olds allowed 51b, four and upwards 101 b, mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if entered for 100 sovs allowed 51b, 50 101 b ; three quarters of a mile, straight. Musa Trifle Armadilla Seven ran. SELLIN G STAKES. Tho Belhus Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added two year olds 7st 31b, three 9st 31b, four lOst 31b ; five, six, and aged 10st 81b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; three year olds never having won allowed 31b, foul and upwards 71b ; the winner to be sold for 150 soya, if entered for 100 soya allowed 71b, 50 141 b, 30 211 b: half a mile straight. Pocket Hercules Oppressor Mdlle. de Vondome 3 TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE. The Two Year Old Plate of 50 sous, colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b ; winners of any race (matches excepted) 61b ex tra ; half a mile. Derry Capsicum Churchill Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SON'S. A Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for two year olds; colts Bst 121 b fillies Bst 71b; the winner ;o be sold with his engagements for 100 soya; half a mile ; 9 subs Chantilly 1 Demonstration Constance Eight ran. CHELNIER HANDICAP. The Chelmer Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 80 added; winners of any race after Jan. 23 (at six p.m.), amounting in value to GOO soya 101 b, 400 71b, 200 olb extra (penalties not accumulative); the second to receive 30 sovs out of the stakes; about one mile straight. 21 subs. Musician Redan Vandervelde 3 Eleven ran. STAND PLATE. The Stand Plate (Handicap) of 40 sovs, for all ages ; half a mile. Tragedy Jack of Clubs Volunteer Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 2 ft if declared, for two yr olds ; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies, Bst 71b ; a winner of any stake to carry filb extra; half a mile. 11 subs, .4 of whom pay 2 soya each. Demonstration Haymarket 2 Lady Glencora VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—Turs DAY. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Dalby (taken) 20 to 1 agst Newland (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 12 to 1 agst Vauban (taken) 25 to 1 agst VanAmburgh (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Palmer (offered —take 40 to 1) DERBY. 1000 to 30 ngst Palmer (taken) 4000 to 30 agst Foresight (taken) TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. Notwithstanding there were a large number of members present, the business transacted was by no means extensive neither was it invested with any degree of importance. The speculation that took place was wholly confined to the Two Thousand and the Derby. For the first-mentioned race, Plaudit maintained his position of first favourite, and he was backed for a small amount at 7 to 2, but if 4 to 1 could have been laid some hundreds would have been invested at that price. As it was, one gentleman accepted 100 to 40 about him, "with a run." Julius was slightly less firm, for at one time 100 to 15 was laid against him, but ho after wards found support at 6 to 1, which odds were, however, freely offered to the close. Hermit was in considerable force; 1,100 to 100 was taken in ono bet, and several smaller outlays were made at the same rate. Vauban ex hibited signs of retrogression, as much as 12 to 1 being laid and offered. Mr. Merry's candidate, Marksman, came in for a fair share of support at 15 to 1 and 14 to 1, and 1,000 to 100 was also accepted with a start. Knight of the Garter was made the medium of a £l9O investment at 20 to 1, but his price did not shorten in consequence, and there appeared to be more layers than backers in his case. One of the representatives of the French stable, Trocadero, was supported at 30 to 1, and the betting on this race wound up with a double event bet of 10 name about Plaudit and Julius. For the Derby, tho Rake's was not men tioned, and D'Estournel was offered against at 9 to 1, with out finding takers. Hermit, for this, as for the other race, was much inquired after, and 10 to 1 was accepted 14 kindly a bout him. Plaud it was supported f trifle at to 1, and 1,000 to 30 was taken three times about the Palmer. In the course of the afternoon tho following notice in reference to the bets in the Soiled Dove case was posted in the room : " Soiled Dove, three years old, having been disqualified by Rule 17, all bets which were won on the three sweep stakes and match must be refunded, as well as the money for which she was backed. The second horses in each case of the races alluded to being the bona fide winners of the stakes and bets. " li. J. 'tons, " G. PAYNE, FItEDK. FITZGERALD. " Tattersall's, Monday 11, 1867." SALES BY MESSRS TATTERSALL AT ALBERT GATE. The sale list at Albert Gate on Monday contained a few miscellaneous lot of blood horses, including the notorious Soiled Dove, whom so few cared to have anything to do with that she realised only 45gs, Mr. Sewall being her pur chaser; Charade, by Stockwell out of the dam of Feu de Joie,winncrof the Oaks, whom, it may be remembered was backed for some money for the Goodwood Nurseries, was sold with her engagements in the Oaks and St. Leger for the small sum of 60gs; and Mr. T. V. Morgan got the high-bred Mrs. Caudle, the making of a clever brood mare, very cheap for 40gs. The following wore sold Finale, by Vedette out of Plunkett, by Ingo Mr. Douglas 33 The Beau, by Birdeateher ; a good hunter and timber jumper Ur. Rhodes 22 Welchman, by Sportsman t 5,,,, ~,,, „„ ~,,,, Mr. Calvert 31 ~„~ s B in (foaled 1856), by Freedom out of Syren Queen, by Palinurus; in foal to Dollar Mr. Calvert 26 Mrs. Caudle, b m, 6 yrs, by Windischgratz—Polka, by Emilius Mr. T. V. Morga , / Soiled Dove, bf, 4. yrs Mr. Sewell /05 Bob, by the Young Phenomenon Mr. Blenkiron 6, 5 Charade, 3 yrs, by Stockwell—Jou d'Esprit ; with her engagements in the Oaks and Doncaster St. Legqx Mr. Mar eh 60 NOTICE.—CHANGE OF ADDRESS.—.TORN STIRR, fate Of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the patronage ho has roceired during the past year, and begs to inform his friends that ho has removed to . 25, Wel lington-street, Strand, London, where conunisions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. I'. and G. LE; of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shurditeh; at Thre King-court, Lombard-street; and at One Swan-yard, Bishopsg-ate-street. W. norm x s und Joitx A mnaosz (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions ou all races throughout the year. Address-33, OXIODEN STREET, HATMAIMET. IMPERIAL PARLIAHENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PETITION. The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented a petition against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath daSey, veral other petitions, relative to the same question, were also presented. RAILWAY TRAFFIC CONNECTION BILL. Lord REDESDALE said that it would be remembered that he had introduced a bill, entitled "The Railwr.y Traffic Connection Bill." It had for its object the pro tection of the traffic on a railway in case any single creditor should, by enforcing his claim, stop it, thus incurring a great deal of annoyance to the public at large. He thought, this a bill of tho highest importance, and should have PA first reading. The bill was read a first time. SMALL DEBTS (SCOTLAND (BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that under the Small Debts Act iu Scotland the Sheriff had absolute jurisdiction over debts to the amount of £l2. Now it was asked that this decision of the Sheriff should be restricted to £5. (Hear.) If the debt was between £l2 and £25, there was a right of appeal, and it was proposed that there should be au appeal in all debts from £25 to to £5O. The process would be a comparatively inexpen sive one, and there would be a certain reservation of power still in the hands of the sheriff. Ho should now move the second reading. Ths bill was read a second time. The house than adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER.. Col. DUNCOMBE took the oath and his seat for the North Riding of Yorkshire. COMPENSATION FOR SLAUGHTERED CATTLE. Mr. READ asked the Secretary to the Treasury to whom the owners of cattle slaughtered by inspectors from August to November, 1865, were to apply for compensa tion, and through what channel such compensation would be paid ? Mr. HUNT said owners of the cattle slaughtered be tween the periods he had mentioned must, in the first in stance, send in their claim to the local authorities. Their clerk would forward them to the office of the Privy Coun cil, and, after verification, they would be transmitted to the Treasury, and an order for payment sent to the local authorities. Mr. REBOW said Mr. Corry bad stated just the reverse. He said the parties must in the first instance go to the clerk of the peace. Mr. HUNT remarked that generally speaking the clerk of the peace was the clerk to the local authorities. ' THE REFORM BILL. Mr. LOWE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would lay upon the table a return for every borough in England and Wales, showing name of borough, number of male occupiers below £lO rental, number of male occupiers at £3O rental and upwards, and number of male occupiers at £7 rental and upwards? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said all the information required by the right hon. gentleman was to be found in Mr. Baines's return, No. 81 and Mr. Horsman's, No. 494. If, however, the right hon. gentleman wanted to have them in a tabular form, he would endeavour, al though the clerks of the Poor-law Board were very much overworked, to secure the return for him. THE STALEYBRIDGE STATION. Mr. CHEETHAM asked the Vice-President of [the Board of Trade, whether the attention of the Board had been directed to the very inconvenient and dangerous condition of the Stalybridge Station of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Companies ; and, if so, whether the Board had any communication with the companies upon the subject with the view to oblige them to make better arrangements for the convenience and safety of the public? Mr. CAVE said the attention of the Board of Trade had been called to the disgraceful state of the Staleybridge station, and Colonel Yollaud had reported against it. The two railway companies bad Wen communicated with, but nothing had yet been done, the Board of Trade having no power to compel either company to improve the station. Very grave responsibility would attach to both companies if any accident should arise. Both cempanies had bills before the house; but Parliament could refuse to sanction any b:ll iu connection with the station until it was safe for public use. THE ANNUITY TAX. Mr. MONCREIFF asked the Secretary of State for the Home Deportment whether it was the intention of Go vernment to fill up the present vacancy in the collegiate charge of the parish of Canongate, in Edinburgh ; and whether he intended to introduce any measure relative to the Annuity Tax in that parish. Mr. WALPOLE said that it was not the intention of the Government to fill up the vacancy, and a bill to deal with the parish was at present under consideration. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES EDUCATION BILL. Mr. EWART moved the second readinz of this bill, the object of which was to open the benefits of education in the universities of Oxford and 'Cambridge to students, without obliging them to be members of a college or hall in those universities. The great object in the foundation of the universities was to cheapen education, but such had been the change worked by time that the contrary was the result. It had been brought about by the great expense now attending university education, which in a great many cases entirely precluded young men from proceeding to either of those colleges to complete their education. The bill would to a great extent throw open the doors of the universities to a very large class, and therefore he hoped the house would agree to•the second reading of the bill. After a few observations from Mr. B. HOPE and Sir W. HEATHCOTE, _ The bill was read a second time. PROTECTION FROM FIRE. Mr. M'LAGAN inpved for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the existing legislative provisions for the protection of life and property against fires in the United Kingdom, and as to the best means to be adopted for ascertaining the causes and frequency of fires. Mr. KINN AIRD seconded the motion. The system of extinguishing fire in America and Canada was much su perior to that in England, and had it been in op eration here it was quite possible the fire at the Crystal Palace might have-been extinguished before the tropical ha depart ent was destroyed. lie was highly grati t m ti? 4 to the t the G o v e rnment did not intend to offer any opposition apfooiutineut of the commission. The motion was agreed to. DUBLIN NIVERSITY PROFESSORSHIP BILL. This bill U as amended was further co nsidered and agreed to. CONSOLIDATED POND BILL. This bill (369,118 ss. 61) was read a third time and passed. The other orders of the:day having been disposed of th e house adjourned: LON CON.GAZETTE—This Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, Alnicit 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles Lever, Esq. , now British Vice-Consul at Spezia, to be her Majesty a Consul at Trieste, with jurisdiction in all the ccnimercial po rts of Austria, with the exception of the port and disirict of Ragusa. MARCH 5. Th e Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George J. flockmeyer, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Guatemala. WHITEHALL, IsiAßcu The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James Fraser to the church and parish of Dingwall, in the pres bytery of Dingwall, and county of Ross, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Sutherland. CROWN OFFICE, Dimwit 11. The Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, has been returned to serve in the present Parliament as member for the Southern Division of the County of Salop. ADMIRALTY, MARCH F. Alexander Crosbie, Esq., M.D., has this day been pro moted to the rank of Surgeon in her Majesty's Flee; with seniority of March 5, 1867. MARCH 9. The undermentioned sub-lieutenants and acting BO lieutenants have been promoted to be lieutenants and act ing lieutenants, respectively, in her Majesty's fleet, with seniority from the 7th inst. :—Messrs.G. It. Bromley, A. F. Gardner, J. W. L. Jekyll, H. C. Aitchison, R. F. Meade (Acting), G. A. G. Grey, J. G. Musters, K. Gar 'tier, It. T. B. Bruce, E. W. J. Hennab, G. Usborne, W. H. G. Nowell (Acting), S. A. Johnson, A. W. Braha zon (Acting), F. W. B. B. Praed (Acting), H. P. Smith, G. C. Youtig, 11. B. Needh,on, J. A. Clifton (Acting), J. S. Luckraft (Acting), J. N. Mercer (Acting), A. H. Fronde, and the Hun. E. M. D. Browne. COURSE OF SXWia.l , 4 '1: via Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 17 i 3 blouthe. 11 18f 11 19 t Ditto ll ibi 11 11J ... 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