The Sun. — London, England, 1867-04-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market for the week is closing with an easier appearance ; there is not the slightest chang e of interest to notice. The sum of £20,000 in gold was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. Specie to the amount of £278,381 has arrived by the mail steamer Atrato from the Vest Indies. The third annual general meeting of the share holders of the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company, Limited, is convened for Friday, the 20th April, at the London Tavern. It has been notified that the Bank of Scotland will open a London office on Monday next, the 15th April, at 11, Old Broad-street, under the charge of 11,1r 7 T. F. Sandemau. The directors of the English and Australian Copper Company (Limited) have received advices from their manager, dated Port Adelaide, 27th February last. The quantity of coal at Kooringa Was 1,348 tons, at Kapunda 1,017 tons, and at Port Adelaide 1,173 tons. AU the fires at the Port Works were in full operation, except one roaster and one refinery out for repairs. At date of writing 200 tons copper were in course of shipment. During the last week the specie movements have been of an extensive character, as regards the im ports, consequent upon the arrival of large remit tances, announced this morning, from the West Indies and Pacific. The imports have amounted to about £580,852, including £2,120 from New York, by the Africa, and £3,000 by the City of Washing ton. The Royal Standard, from Australia, has brought £38,000, the Pride of the Ocean £32,000, the Echanga £106,000, the Bruce £25,156, and the Lincolnshire £22,500. The Delta, from Alexandria, has arrived with £5OO ; the Atrato, from the West Indies and Pacific, with £278,381 ; and about £73,195 in silver has been received from the Conti nent. The exports have comprised £9,100, to the Brazils, by the Shannon ; £35,000 to Bombay, by the Ceylon ; and there have been remittances to the Continent, through private sources, estimated at £ 25 7 8 75, the total amounting to £69,975. Two o'C LOCK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 67.00. Firm. The triumph of the Government has caused g r eat satisfaction i n mone t ar y and commercial circles. Consols, after being 90k, returned to the quotation of the previous afternoon, riz., 90a 4 for money and the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities were 881 89 a ; India 5 per Cents., 1091 4 ; ditto En faced 5 per Cents., 1031 103 ; and ditto Bonds, 48 s. prem. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY EVENING. Less animation has prevailed in the Mining Ex change to-day. Annexed are the latest prices:— Chiverton Moor 5l 51 Marko Talley 4l 4 Chontales Gold Clifford Amalgamate 5 1 51 North Treskerby East B asse t l7 19 Prince of Wales s4s 56s East Cam Brea East Caradon 5l 6 1 South Condurrow ... East Lo ve ll 8 81 West Seton East Russell : 331 West Chiverton 7l 73 EastWhealGrenville 21 21 Wheal Basset Great Laxey 174 18 Wheal Chiverton ... 661 Great Retallick Great Wheal Vor... 18 19 Wheal Seton 100 105 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Der Zenc. Consols Do. Account, May 9 9O 8 per Cent. Reduced B9 t NOW 3 per Cent B9} 8i New 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 and 4 per Ct pin Do £5OO pin Do. £lOO as £2OO put Bank of England Stock, GI per Ceut _ _ ... . INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent Do., 5 per Ce n t., J an . 1872 uo• 5 4 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent D o. 4 1 per Cont., 1852-58-60 1863 D o. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account —l Do. £lOO Bonds Ben os Ayres 6 per Cent Do 2 o.,illan G per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) per Cent Do. 41 per Cent Ido. 6 per Cent A ,D,o. ,' B li.„0. ~ 1867 - uo• , Scrip, £2O paid 4l 34 die Colombian, ' 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 D 3.5 per Cent., 1264 ... . Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent Lluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent Do. Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds — vo. Do. 1864 7Bl Do. £lOO Bonds Bl Do Government Railway Debentures 7Bl Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. 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Account Do £ lO O Bonds — „ 0 6 per Cent. 1862 " 0 Account --"' Do £lOO Bonds D o G per Cent. 1863 — ,Do 5 per Cent. , 1865 lio. Account ' Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 - v Do. 4 pe r Cent. Guaranteed —, Do. 3 per Cent. — Do. 6 per Ceut, 1862 D. 1864 2B Ditto 11 per Cent. — Divilends on the above payable in London. ustrisn, 0 pe r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ... B elgian. 41 p er cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i- per C en t. Es. 12 Guil — Do. /per Cent. Certificates .... r rench Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italia/4 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 4Bl 1 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 1 Do. Account 9O I THE INIURDER ON TILE HIGH SEAS.—The jury luto last evening returned a verdict of Guilty against Charles Anderson the Swedish sailor who murdered one of his shipmates ; a report of whose trial appeared in The AS'un yesterday. Sentence of death was passed upon him by Mr. Baron Channel!. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 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The English people are ever found, and doubtless ever will be, firmly devoted to the pursuit of boating, so pre-eminently characteristic of the nation, and so congenial to the habits of their sea-girt isle. It is the predominant passion the day, ample evidence of which is to be found in its vast increase and the interest it everywhere evokes. Thirty-eight years have waxed and waned since the Collegians of Oxford and Cambridge first en gaged in aquatic rivalry. Since that time the his tory of the race is replete with lively interest. Since that time there has been vast alteration in the style of rowing and improvement in the construction of boats, and in the long course of training, to say nothing of the amount of perseverance and self denial individually exercised to produce the condi tion of body so essential to such an undertaking. Those who have followed the course of aquatic events must now feel that the University race has been steadily rising in public estimation until it has become the all-absorbing topic of the day, its high popularity being marked and unequivocal. The first race was rowed at Henley-on-Thames in 1829, and won by Oxford. Spread over the years which have since elapsed there have been 22 other contests. They were irregular until 1856, since which time it has become an annual affair. Up to 1860 there was a majority of three races in favour of Cambridge, but since that date the Oxonians have won every race, and have deservedly enjoyed a world-wide reputation. Owing to the number of successive defeats sustained by Cam bridge there were great doubts in many quarters entertained last Christmas whether there would be a meeting this year at Putney. The public anxiety was soon after set at rest by the announcement that the race would, as usual, usher in Easter. The heads of the boating clubs at both Univer sities had, in anticipation of the event, looked amongst their oarsmen for fitting representatives. The Cantabs sore defeats only stimulated them to increased exertion, and induced them to work with a determination to retrieve, if possible, their lost laurels. Setting about this in right good earnest, Mr. Griffiths, the president at Cambridge, had two eights going at the same time, out of which to select his crew, and after much circumspection the gentlemen whose names are given below were chosen. The Oxonians did not have a double crew, but Mr. Willan, the president, was not without his troubles, for he had not only the onerous task before him of selecting a crew, but in the eleventh hour found to his mortification that Mr. Brown, who had for two years accepted the important position of stroke, could not from certain reasons head the crew in the present contest. After some days' trial Mr. Marsden was put to No. 8, but the direction of the crew devolved entirely upon Mr. Villan. Few undertakings require attention to a greater variety of circumstances, or involve more complicated labour than training a crew, and it is but fair to both presidents to say that they exerted themselves ►cost zealously. For a time, however, both were left unaided in their difficult task, but subsequently " coaches," as those who superintend the racing " teems" are called, wero found willing to devote much time and attention to the task of teaching raw hands to row and get their frames into suitable condition. For some weeks past the various newpapers have teemed with accounts of their progress and condi- tion. It is always pleasant to contemplate the varying incidents in anticipation of a spirit-stirring sport like this, and the various changes so fraught with interest, which strangely manifested itself in all quarters and amongst all grades, and, at length, after two months' unwearying exertion through hail, rain, wintry blasts and cheering sunshine, the following crews made their appearance a fortnight ago to finish their training at Putney. OXFORD. St. lb. 10 11 12 0 11 9 12 5 13 5 11 11 12 3 11 11 8 8 I.W. P. Bowman .., 2. J. H. Fish 3. E. S. Carter 4. W. W. Wood 5. J. C. Tinn6 6. F. Crowder ... 7. F. Willan Stroke—R. G. Marsden Cox—C. B. Tottenham CAMBR IDGE. 1. W. H. Anderson ... ... 2. J. M. Collard ... ... ... 3. J. W. Bourke ... ... ... 4. Hon. J. Gordon... ... ... 5. F. E. Cunningham ... ... 6. J. Still ... ... ... ... 7. H. Watnoy ... ... S troke —W. H. Griffiths ... Cox—A. Forbes ... ... 0.6 11 0 ... 11 3 ... 12 9 ... 12 4 ... 12 12 ... 11 12 ... 11 0 ~. 12 0 ~. 8 2 The weights above given are of the last receipt. M The change of fixture this year from the 24th of arch, the date of the last race, to the 13th of an advantage, both to the competitors a April, consequent upon the lateness of nd to the Lent,was public, as it gave the former more time for prepara tion, and the latter, who visited them at Putney, much milder weather than they could have expected at an earlier period. It has never fallen to our lot to record a more auspicious time for training, and the crews both availed themselves of it to the very utmost, and if hard, unceasing labour, self-denial, and strict diet can qualify men for great physical exertion both crews must have been in first-rate condition. There was no marked super excellence of style in either of the crews, but they both propelled their boats very fast, and although the times up were timed, and the times down were timed, with copious notes of the number of strokes, and state of the tides, hundreds who wended their way to Putney to learn how to lay out their money left it no wiser than when they went. The Oxonians' brilliant vic tories had given them the prestige, and 6 and 7 to 4 had been laid upoa them before they came to Lon don ; and although there was a temporary fluctua tion of the odds, as the Cantabs were ever and anon thought to have done something particularly good, the Oxonians were generally the favourites at the price above quoted, and at which they were backed at the conclusion of their hard practice on Thurs day, when for the second time only during the whole of their stay at Putney they had somewhat unfavourable weather for rowing practice. Yester day, as usual, they merely took such slight excercise as was necessary to prepare them for the race which in a few hours was to be contested. The morning was gloomy, and as people hustled in cabs and other conveyances to the various steamboat piers the rain began to patter down. Everything denoted extreme excitement, and steamer after steamer, to the number of twenty, pulled up to Putney-bridge. The rain now fell heavily, with a stiff breeze from the but it did not seem to deter those who had assembled from retain ing the positions they had taken up, but the numbers were not so great as last year. There was very little ne cess it y to have put visitors t o the inconvenience of bei ng afloat so early, as the start really did not take place until after nine o'clock, and the spectators were all this time exposed to the pitiless pelting of the storm. At len g th b ath crews showed, and wore greeted with deafening cheers. Oxford, as usual, won the choic e of station, and took th e Middlesex ' side, the officers being very close abeam. Mr. E. S earle soon aqpeared in the head of the umpire's boat as the starter. The sterns of the wager boats were hold from skiffs moored off Hammond's, and let go on the appointed signal. " Are you ready ?" was scarcely responded to, in the affirmative, than both boats went away at a fair pace. It was a good start, and at the first instant was taken by Oxford, but in the next their opponents were alongside with them, the pace settling into 39 strokes per minute of Cambridge and 38 of Oxford. All cleared their oars well, and they continued level until above Guy's Cricket- ground, where Cambridge led by a couple of yards, but a slightly increased action on the part of the Oxford crew brought them for a moment again level, in which position they reached the Point, both at about 33 strokes per minute. Nearing the Crabtree Oxford again put it on, and led by about a yard, and in crossing the water increased it to another, but the Cambridge stroke putting on about 40 strokes a minute again wont in front, vociferously sheered, and arrived at Hammersmith-bridge just heading their opponents, and in 7 min. 50 Fec. after the start. Cambridge now increased their lead to nearly half a length to Chiswick church, where, by a fine spirited effort of the Oxonians, who were only rowing 37 to the other's 38 strokes, they began to lead sightly, and the Cambridge to fall off ; but at a little before Barnes-bridge Cambridge made a most gallant rush for the first place, and came up within about two yards and then fell off again. It was afine race up t o Barnes-bridge, which was reached in 17 min. 33 sec. ; most surprising work on such a tido, with an adverse wind. Again the Cantabs made a desperate effort to get in front, but the pace of Oxford was too fino ; but they had no time to lose throughout, and superior power won them the race. Oxford won by half a length. Time by Benson's mark ing chronograph-22 min. 39 sec. .The Oxford and Cambridge Four Match at B.lliarcls. The above match was played last evening at the St. James's-hall. The room, which, fitted up to hold about 400 spectators, was crowded to excess, and much interest in the result was exhibited by those present. The table, made by Messrs. ()ox and )(onion, was a very excellent one, and highly ornamented, reflecting great credit on the firm. Oxford Jonathan presided at the marking board with his usual care and ability. The gentlemen selected to sus tain the honour of their colleges were Mr. H. E. Stens field, of Trinity, and Mr. S. P. Wickham, of Jesus, for Cambridge ; Mr. W. W. Rodgers, of Exeter, and Mr. E. W. Watts-Russell, of Christ Church, for Oxford. The balls were broke at eleven minutes past 8 o'clock. A t the opening Messrs. Stansfieldand Wickham played very steadily, but the superior hazards of Mr. Rodgers told heavily against them. At the end of the first quarter of an hour the game stood—Oxford, 50; Cambridge, 34. These relative proportions were kept up to a quarter to nine o'clock, the score then being—Oxford, 101; Cam bridge, 68. At nine o'clock Oxford was 150, Cambridge 90 ; and various bets of 4 to 1 on Oxford were freely offered, but no takers. At 9.20 Oxford was 201 to Cam bridge 146. From this time Messrs. Wickham and Stansfield settled to their work, and, by dint of good, steady playing, brought their score up to 201 against Oxford 212. Some very excellent play was now exhi bited on both sides, and the score at 9.50 was—Oxford, 251 to 240. Mr. Wickham played two excellent breaks of 20 and 17, and Mr. Watts-Russell ono of 29. Mr. Rodgers got a break of 16 through a fluke, and Mr. Stans field, made one of 18, landing the score at ten precisely, amidst much cheering, at 282 all. Discretion now seemed to be the better part of valour, and the over-careful spar ring on both sides became almost tedious; but on the first opening that offered Mr. Watts-Russell made a break of 25, followed by Mr. Wickham with one for 18, who then discreetly gave a miss in baulk. The game then stood, Oxford 372 to 351. Mr. Watts-Russell made another rim for 15, and careful sparring became again the order of the day. Mr. Wickham broke the spell with a capital 4 stroke, followed by a 6, but, unfortunately, broke the tip of his cue. The game then stood, Oxford 400 to 365. Mr. Watts-Russell then went in and made the greatest break of the match, 45 points, at the conclusion of which he was greatly cheered, and well deserved it. Lie immediately followed it up with another break of 21, making the score 498 to 396, leaving his partner, Mr. Rodgers, the honour of playing the game stroke, which he succeeded in doing despite the strenuous endeavours of Mr. Wickham to prevent him. Thus Ox forl won by 104 points—time, 2h. 40in. Only once during, the match had Cambridge the slightest chance. From the first it was apparent they were overmatched, and great credit is due to all for the steady style of play exhibited. There were no violent blows or attempts at showy clap trap strokes, but each went in to do his best, and the almost total absence of fluking proves that every stroko was well considered before it was played, and to that cir cumstance, and that alone, is attributable the time occu pied in playing the match. There were, as might be ex pected, sundry errors of judgmeut, and had Messrs. Wick ham and Stansfield, with the power of cue they already possess, availed themselves previously of the services of one of the many professional players, the result might have been different. The single-handed match will be played this evening at eight o'clock, between Mr. lodgers (Oxford) and Wickham (Cambridge). Murderous Assault. At the Westminster Police -court to-day, Charles Ward, of No. 1, Richmond-gardens, New-street, Brompton, aged 15, and James Brennan, aged 16, two rough-looking lads, were charged with having that morning committed a violent assault upon Mr. Robert Green in Little Chapel-street, Westminster, Robert Green said that he resided at No. 2, Little Hill-street, adjoining Emanuel Hospital, and whilst proceeding along the prisoner Brennan laid hold of him, and threw him on the ground, when the other defendant deliberately threw himself upon him, and by so doing injured his face and nose in the manner his worship could see. Mr. Selfe—Did they attempt to take anything from you ? Plaintiff—They had no time. Mr. Selfe—Were you quite sober ? Witness --As sober as I am at the present time. The prisoner Ward, in answer to the magistrate, said that the prosecutor came along and knocked his companion down, and then tried to kick him be tween the thighs, and all he did was to go to the assistance of his mate. Police-constable Joyce, No. 261 B, said that about one o'clock this morning he heard the pro secutor crying for help. lie ran forward and found the whole three persons on the ground, one of the prisoners tried to assume drunkenness, but he was quite sober. In answer to questions from the magistrate, both prisoners declared that they had bun to the Regent Music-hall, and were returning home. The magis trate said that the road they were taking was in a contrary direction, and the last evidence having been confirmed by the watchmen, Ward was sen tenced to 1) days, and Bremner to 14 days' im prisonment. Alleged Embezzlement by a Newsagent Manager. James Greig, aged 28, manager to Mr. Glennie, newsagent, of 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, was brought up in custody of Cooper] 367; A, charged with embezzlement. Mr. Richard Glennie said the prisoner has been in my employ as manager for abou t three weeks. I am compelled to have a manager, as I am obli g ed to be away in the country a go od deal. Part of his duty is to go round to collect accounts, and the money ought to be brought home and ac counted for to me or to my housekeeper. Last night he came home drunk in a cab. I have to order the number of papers I require the day pre vious and send down the money. On my return home last evening I found him drunk , several sums of money missing, and no papers ordered. This latter had caused me no end of in convenience, as my customers have been disappointed. I carry on an extensive business, and this has been a source of great annoyance to me. Mr. Charles Phillip Fanshawe, ba rman at the Olive Branch, 58, Crawford-stree t, Mar y lebone, said, yesterday I paid prisoner half - a - crown on ac count of his master for papers supplied. Prisoner—l should like to know whether you saw me enter the amount in the book. Witness—l did not. I paid you half-a-crown and you gave me a receipt. Mr. Charles Grenling, landlord of the Laurie Arms, Shouldham-street, proved paying the pri soner half-a-crown for his master. Mr. Glennie said—l have not received these sums. My connections are so great that I cannot tell to what extent I have been robbed. At great inconvenience I have come from my business now. I wish for a remand. Remanded for a week. The escaped Fenian Kirwan is still at large, and the police have not yet succeeded in finding any clue to his place of concealment. The will of Sir Arthur Charles Magenis, G.C.8., formerly her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Sweden, afterwards her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon, and lately residing at Dover-street, Pic cadilly, was proved in London, on March 23, by the executors, Lowry Vesey Balfour, Esq., of the Chief Secretary's office, Dublin ; and Edward Wil mot Williams, Esq., testator's nephew, eldest son of deceased's sister, Elizabeth Williams. The person alty in England was sworn under £40,000. MANUFACTURE OF TURPENTINE.—In April last year a process of preparing turpentine and acetic acid from pine wood was patented. The now process, distillation, is applied to the wood of the pine trees, and is destructive of the wood, and the results are spirits of turpentine, pitch, and acetic acid. One cord of pine wood, it is estimated, will yield 50 gallons of spirits of turpentine (the volatile oil), two bar rels of pitch, and twelve pounds of acetic acid. This dis covery is destined to produce important changes in this extensive branch of industry; and in this it will affect mainly the parties now engaged in it, but ultimately it must so bring down the prices of these articles as to make it an important item to the commercial world, and to those blanches of manufacture that depend upon these articles for material or that produce them from other sources. A CRITIC TURNED POET.--" Night : a Poem", in nine books, by George Gilfillan, M.A., is shortly to be pub lished by Messrs. Jackson, Walford, and lloddor. POLICE INTF,LLIGEbTCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. CHARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS AGAINST A TRADESMAN.—John Morris, a carman in the service of Messrs. Seward and Co., carriers, Cannon-street, City, and Edward Platte, a carman out of employ, were charged with stealing, and Mr. Cornelius Belcham, a grocer carry ing on business in Drury-lane, was charged with receiving about 5 cwt. of sugar, worth sd. per lb. Police-sergeant A.ckrell, of the F division, said last night he saw the prisoner Belcham, who kept a grocer's shop in Drury-lane, apparently looking out for the arrival of some thing. In a short time after a van drew up in front of the shop. Morris and Platt were in it, the former driving the horse. They each got down, and having moved some straw which was lying in the cart, they each took a bag out of the vehicle and took it to Belcham's shop, he (Belcham) show ing the place were they placed the sugar. Morris then returned to the cart, and drove off, and he (witness) con tinued to watch the shop until Sergeant Mathers came up, when they both entered the shop, the sergeant being in uniform and the witness in plai❑ clothes. When he got into the shop he asked who the prisoner Platt was, and what he had brought. Belcham said "nothing." He told him he was a police-constable, and had been watch ing his premises for some time. When Belcham told him the men had brought nothing witness told him that they had, that they had brought two sacks of sugar, to which Belcham replied, " Oh, well, I don't think there was anything wrong in that." He (witness) told him if there was nothing wrong ho could produce the invoice. Belcham told him he had not got one, and in answer to the question of where the sugar came from, he said a man came to him that morning and asked if he could " do" with a little lot of sugar that night. He then took Belcham and Platt into custody. After taking Platt and Belcham to the station, he went after Morris and overtook him in Wych• street, walking by the side of his van. He took him into custody, and on looking into the cart he found a large iron hook, to which a quantity of sugar adhered, and which had evidently been used to extract the sugar from the original packages. Mr. Seward said the prisoner had been employed that morning to convey several hogsheads and barrels of sugar from the West India Docks to the retail dealers, which ho should be able to prove on another occasion were delivered short in weight. William Hudson, foreman to Messrs. Seward, said he saw the sugar placed in the cart, and a sheet was given to whom to deliver the goods. The prisoners ware remanded for a week. THAMES. A DANGEROUS BOY THROWING STONES INTO A RAIL WAY TRAIN.— Joseph Buckley, aged 15, of No. 26, James place, Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with unlawfully and maliciously throwing stones on a train of carriages on the Blackwall railway. The prisoner is an errand boy in the service of a woman carrying on the business of a green grocer, who occupies an arch of the railway in Devonport-street, Ratcliff. Yesterday afternoon, as a train of carriages was passing over the line which crosses Devonport,street, Inspector Read, of the Thames Police, who was on the way to this court, saw the prisoner hurl a stone at the train, which it struck. The prisoner took up another large stone, and was about to throw that at the train, when the Inspector laid hold of him and took the stone from him. The boy's mistress told the Inspector that her errand-boy was con tinually throwing stones at the railway trains. The stone taken from the prisoner by Inspector Read was produced. It was in shape very much like a small sugar loaf, in weight about eight ounces, and if it had struck any ono would have caused considerable injury. Great mischief had been done by the dangerous practice of throwing stones at the trains on the railway. Inspector Barry, of the Great Eastern Railway Com pany's own police, said a large pane of plate glass was broken in a carriage on the line, and the people in it nar rowly escaped injury. The company had done all in their power to put a stop to the evil. Mr. Paget said the prisoner had committed a very serious ofence, and remanded him until Wednesday next. MARKETS.--This day. COVENT GARDEN. FRUIT—Pine apples, 6s to 8s; grapes, 15s Od to 20s Od per lb ; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od per bushel; oranges, 2s 6(1 to 7s ; lemons, 5s to 10s per 100; cobnuts, 75s to 80s per 1001bs; strawberries, 2s 6d to 5s per oz.; pears, 3s to 6s per doz.; melons, 3s to 4s. VEGETABLES—Cabbages 2s to 3s Od; cauliflowers, 2s to 5s per dozen heads ; beet, VEGETABLES—Cabbages , Od to 2s ; celery, is Od to 2s Od per dozen heads ; horseradish, 4s to Gs per bundle ; turnips, bd to 8d ; carrots, 6d to 8d per bunch ; cucum bers, 2s tO 4s each ; small salad, 2d to 3d; mushrooms, 2s Od to 2s 6d per punnet; onions, 4s to 58 Od per bushel; potatoes, 90s to 170 s per ton. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Gd to 8s Od ; turkey poults, Os to Os; goslings, 7s to 8s Gd ; ducks, 2s 9d to 3s Gd ; duckling; 4s Gd to 6s Od ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 94; wild do, is Od to is 2d ; pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; wood pigeons, 9d to is ; Surrey fowls, 8s to 11s ; do. chickens, Us to Os Od ; barn door fowls, 5s Gd to 8s Od per couple; Guinea fowl, Gs to Bs. English eggs, Gs 6d per 100.; French do., 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; fresh butter, is Od to is 4d. Hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; teal, 9d to is ; wild ducks, 2s to 2s Gd each ; widgeon; is ; plover, 9d to is sack. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9id. ; of household ditto, 7d. to Bd. per 4lbs loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 2d to 3d ; 64 to 721bs, 3d to 3p ; 72 to 801bs, 3fd to 30 ; 80 to 881bs., 34d to 4d ; 88 to 9tilbs., 4d to 4P. Horsehides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 7s Od; polled sheep, lOs Od to 12s; half-breds, 9s Od to lOs Od ; downs, 7s Od to 8s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; shsarlings, is 6d to Os Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, f 3 Os to £4 lOs; clover £4 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, .£1 18s to £2 5s per load. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, .£1 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade has been inactive in consequence of the weather. THE JAMAICA PROSECUTIONS.---We are informed that the Jamaica Committee have resolved to prosecute Mr. Eyre for misdemeanour, under the provisions of the Colonial Governors Act. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.— Tuesday —Engineers, at 8: "The Suez Canal," Colonel Denison. Statistical, at 8: "Mortality in London Hospitals, &c.," Dr. Guy. Wednesday—Geologi cal, at 8 : " Physical Structure of North Devon, &c.," Mr. Etheridge. " Subaerial Denudation, &c.,” Mr. Whitaker. Meteorological at 8. Thursday—Zoological, at 4. Numis matic, at 7. Linnean, at 8 : " Entoza in the Dog, &c.," Dr. Cobbold. —Athenceum. DEATH OF MR. ROBERT BELL.—We have to announce the death of Mr. Robert Bell, a gentleman well known as an author and journalist. He was born in Cork at the beginning of the present century, and his first lite rary employment was the production of two comedies for the Dublin Theatre, which were well received. Ho after wards settled in London, and became a frequent contribu tor to the Monthly Magazine, the Atlas newspaper, and other publications of the day. He was the author of a "History of Russia" and the "Lives of the English Poets," which appeared in " Lardner's Encyclops3dia," as well as of several other works, and he wrote " Mothers and Daughters," "The Marriage," and some other plays, which found favour on the metropolitan stage. THE ABBE LISZT is engaged upon the composition of a new Austro-Hungarian Coronation Mass. HERR JOACIIIM has already left London for the season. THE PREMIER'S RECOVERY FROM THE GOUT.- We are in a position to state that Lori Derby is now con-. valescent from his recent attack of gout, and indeed able to be about the house. As the public are somewhat anxious on the subject they will learn with satisfaction that during the last year his lordship has been more than usually free from illness, and indeed has escaped confinement to bed from the periodic attacks to which he was subject.—The Lancet. The following account of the Queen's book is from the London correspondent of th© Springfield Republ in America, :—" The fact is not generally k nown, either here or America, that her Majesty Queen Victoria has written a work, entitled "Leaves from a Jou rnal in the Highlands," which consists of about forty papers descriptive of her life at Balmoral and the neighbourhood. The work is illus trated by photographs and woodcuts from her Majesty's sketches. It contains, among other interesting matter, three long accounts of incognito journeys de by the Prince Consort and herself to different parts o made by the Prince Consort and horelf to different parts of Scotland, and the adventures which they met with. In one of the papers she gives an account of the preaching of Dr. Nor man M'Lood of Glasgow, rind after,stating how astonished she was that any one could preach 'so eloquently and touchingly without notes ;' she adds, ' and then he prayed so kindly for me and the Prince in the after prayer that I was deeply touched ; but when he invoked God's bleasiug on the children, I felt a great lump come in my throat." She had not expected to bo prayed for so kindly by a Presbyterian, and lost of all did she expect him to re member the children. I think there is something touching in this simple note of the queen-wife and mother, which shows how true a woman she is. Only forty copies of the work have been printed for special friends and favourites, but sooner or later it will of course be reprinted, and will be a most interesting addition to contemporary literature. What would the world not give for such a work by Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth? The copy from which I have quoted bore on the title-page the following inscription : " To dear Jeannie U—. In remembrance of many, many happy hours—gone never to return again, from—V. R.' Her Majesty has also written the preface to a life of the Prince Consort, which General Grey is preparing for pri vate distribution. Mr. Weed's assumption of the New York Com mercial Advertiser changes it from a free trade to a protec tion journal, at which the Iron Age greatly rejoices. I)emorest's Young America is represented to have a circulation of 15,000 copies. 561 101 11 1071 1 SOLEMN TRIFLING. The important question of the clothes of our foreign ministers, or, as they are called in the lofty language of the Congressional reports, "diplomatic apparel," came up in the Senate on Wednesday of last week in the shape of a joint resolution, reported by Mr. Sumner from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, prohibiting American re- presentatives abroad from wearing " court, cos tume" on certain occasions. This important problem of what dress the American ambassa dors ought to wear when they go to see a king or emperor has been discussed several times within the last fifteen years, and the whole attention of some great minds has been directed to it, —but, we believe, without reaching any satisfactory solution. One reason why the nation has ever been vexed by it is this : that diplomacy not being a regular profession with us, and appointments in the diplomatic service being made with reference solelyto the candidate's political services at home, a great many persons from time to time make their way into foreign missions who, not having any taste or social judgment, cannot be trusted to dress themselves as representatives of the United States. There being no rule on the subject, some equip themselves for court cere monials in costumes of their own invention, which would suit a harlequin better than the ambas sador of a republic ; and others go into court circles in attire which might pass at a South-western bar becue, but which in the Old World simply procures for the wearers the reputation of being barbarians, and for the people who employ them the reputation of being fools. Now, courts in Europe, as we not long ago had occasion to remark, are considered private houses. The king's palace is not, as the White House is, "an executive mansion," the property of the nation, in which a certain officer is allowed to reside temporarily, and in which he is expected to re ceive all comers. Emperors and kings have as absolute and as well recognised a right to decide whom they shall invite to their palaces, or receive in'them, as any man in America to decide whom he shall receive in his own house. Ambassadors do not go to court in their official capacity. They go as distinguished strangers, to whom the sovereign, as the first gentleman or lady in the country, feels bounds to show attention. Usage—and in matters of dress there is no higher authority than usage—has in all European countries pre scribed a certain costume for persons going to court, just as it has prescribed a certain cos tume for persons going to a private dinner party. The dress in,which a man goes to the Tuileries or to St. James's is, perhaps, somewhat more ridicu lous than the dress in which a man goes to -spend the evening with the Earl of Derby or M. Rouher ; but there is no more moral or political significance in the one than in the other. Why do men wear black clothes and white cravats at dinner parties nowadays? lo this there is h 0 answer except that it gives pleasure to their hostess and her other guests to see them in that costume, and their wearing it is taken to be an indication o f the res p ect in which they hold the entertainment. The very same thing may be said of court dress. Persons wear it at a particular house on festive occasions be cause other people do, because it looks nice ; but no defence can be found for it either in principles of political philosophy or in political economy. If any great statesman or logician chooses to assail it he is sure of an easy victory. But, then, if we had to justify, book in hand, all the little ob servances by which we seek either to gratify our own vanity , or that of other people, or to adorn or beautify or smooth over iateicou:so with cur fellows, we should soon find that the only thoroughly logical and " simple" costume was a bag with three holes in it, and the only permissible entertainment, the distribution of broken victuals to paupers. It seems to us that Democracy has - no " mes sage," to use the cant phrase, to deliver with regard to dress. What Democracy has been sent into the world to preach is liberty—liberty in clothes as well as in opinions, free play for individual taste as well as for individual faculties. When Congress, therefore, undertakes to prescribe what a minister shall not wear at a ball, it is guilty of just the same weakness as the monarch who prescribes what dress he shall wear. In both cases the idea which forms the base of the order is that a man's clothes are of great consequence and have a sym bolic character—that knee-breeches and a bag-wig represent one principle and a plain suit of black another. But the truth is that if it be ridiculousto assert monarchical principles by wearing a court suit, it is also ridiculous to assert republican prin ciples by wearing a frock coat and black satin vest. With all this folly our Government ought to have nothing to do. Our business is to prove the insig nificance, and not the significance, of clothes. If we have no better way of exemplifying our polity than displaying our minister in black broadcloth at court festivals, when everybody else wears gold lace, it is time we gave up exemplifying it altogether. What the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and both Houses of -Congress ought to do is to dismiss the subject of ministers' clothes from their thoughts at once and for ever; and devote them selves to the task of providing good ministers. If we only send abroad able, educated, and accom plished men of high character and honourable ante cedents, and trained for their work, we may safely let them wear what kind of suit they please, and feel sure that neither our fame nar our interests will suffer in their hands. " A man's a man" whatever covers his back, and as long as our whole civil service is in its present condition resolutions directed against particular kinds of breeches look very like a grand washing of the outside of the cup while within all is unclean ness. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times unconsciously touched upon the root of all the trouble the other day when, in approving of the resolution of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the usual stereotyped way, he said that when some of our ministers now got their court suits on, " the American citizen was entirely lost sight of." Anybody in whom the American citizen disappears under a court suit we may be sure never had much of it about him. The same correspondent lays down the rule that all our foreign ministers ought on all occa sions to wear the dress of a "plain American gentle man." Why not have pictures of " the plain American gentleman" taken and sent to all our foreign legations, and despatch democratic tailors once a year on a tour of inspection to see if any diplomatic officer was departing from this great model ?—The Nation. Here and there in the South a politician or a newspaper of influence puts faith in the Supreme Court, and stands out against Reconstruction under the Military Bill. Mr. Parsons, for instance, can see no reason why the people of Alabama " should make the monstrous act of Congressional usurpa tion their act," and wants them to wait. The Montgomery Mail explains to its readers that Mr. Seward said so and so in 1862, and Mr. Lincoln said this and that in his first inaugural, and that therefore true Americans oppose military recon struction bills. The Charleston Mercury says that within a month a case can be made up for the Supreme Court, and the trial of it begun. Mean time, till the constitutionality of the law is passed upon, the Mercury counsels obedience to the mili tary authority. But the tone of the press generally shows that action under the law will not long be delayed. The New Orleans Crescent thinks the do-nothing policy of the South in the past was a wise one, but that the moment has ar rived when a change is desirable and neces sary. This will not be hard to do, the Norfolk Virginian thinks, for " Buckskin and Cuffey are naturally allied, but Cuffey and Nutmeg are born antipodes." "We should find in him," the Virginian says, " our natural friend and ally"— the reason given being that the negro knows the true gentleman at a glance. The Index, of Peters burg, Virginia, urges the education of the freedmen, and Mr. Wade Hampton and other gentlemen of South Carolina give plain indications of an inten tion to utilise their coloured brother in the politi cal field. The results of the change in Southern tactics will certainly be of advantage to the coloured men. Whether or not the newly en franchised freedmen will be of advantage to the Republican, or to the other party, is a question which cannot be answered beforehand with any cer tainty. We expect the coloured vote to go very often with the Southern candidate in local and Congressional elections, and we do not doubt that it can, with very little difficulty, be had for the Republican Presidential candidate. It can in the next election, at any rate, and the reason why is too plain to need stating.—The Nation. THE RECORD-OFFICE, FETTER-LANE. The central tower of the Record-office, which is now n early completed, is to have on each of its four sides a statue, under a canopy that stands above the parapet—th and e Em press Matilda, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Auno, Queen Victoria. The execution of these statues has been en trusted by Mr. Pennethorne to Mr. Joseph Durham, A.R.A. The statue of Queen Victoria was the first pl ace d in its nook, and that of the Etnpress Matilda has just been erected. Queen Anne will be there before the 20th of April, and Queen Elizabeth by the 18th of May; and thus the tower will be completed, and all scaffolding removed by June. The statues, which aro admirably executed, are above the size of li:e, a fact that would scarcely be guessed from below.—liiaider. ililltD SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocx. SPORTING INTEL !.IG ENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BET'TING.--(This Dar.) The principal feature of the doings to-day was the increased disposition to back Julius for the Two Thousand Guineas, who left off decidedly first favourite. Plaudit, however, was firm at his quoted price. The French colt Trocadero was in good demand, while Knight of the Garter retired to 25 to 1. There was little doing on either the Derby or Chester Cup. TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 30 agst Julius (taken) 9 to 2 agst Plaudit (taken) 7to 1 agst Vauban (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Marksman (offered) Bto 1 agst Hermit (offered) 100 to 8 agst Trocadero (taken) 25 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst The Rake (taken) 10 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 11 to 1 agst Vauban (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Julius (offered) 1000 to 80 agst Plaudit (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lecturer (taken) 100 to 7 agst Archimedes (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Leases (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Miss Havelock (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. April 5, at 0.30 p.m., Fitzroy, 8 yrs, and Gardenia, out of all engagements. April 5, at 4.30 p.m., all Sir J. Hawley's horses, out of engagements at Newmarket Craven Meeting. April 6, at 4.50 p.m., cby Thormanby, out of Roger thorpe's dam, out of Ninth Biennial Stakes, Newmarket. April 6, at 4.50 p.m., The Parson, out of the Beacon Stakes, Newm arket. April 6, at 4.50p.m., Summertime, out of Column Stakes, Newmarket. April 6, at 4.50 p.m., Killiecrankie. Lady Violet, Student, and colt by Lord of the Isles, out of Lily of the Valley, out of Eighth Biennial Stakes, Newmarket. April 6, at 4.50 p.m. c. by Thormanby, out of Cerdelis, out of Sweepstakes of 100 soy on Friday, Newmarket Craven M. April 6, after 6p.m., Scipio, out of all handicaps, and.thet ninth Newmarket Biennial. April 6, after 6 p.m., Stradbroke out of ninth New market Biennial. April 8,: at 9 a.m., Oracle, Albrighton, and Miner, out of all engagements. April 8, at 11.5 a.m. Chepstow, out of Newmarket Han dicap. April 8, at 5.40 p.m., The Rake, out of the Ninth Bien nial and 50 soy. Sweepstakes, on Tuesday, at Newmarket Craven Meeting. April 8, at 5.40 p.m.‘ Othello, out of tha Newmarket Handicap. April 9, after 6 p.m., Brigand, out of Knighton engage ments. April 10, at 9 a.m., /Erolite and Sydmonton, out of all o ngagements. April 10, at 10.50 a.m., Mazeppa, out of all engagements. NO3IENCLATURE. The following names have been given :—Lord Ports mouth's b in (foaled in 1857) by Alarm, out of Maplo—The Hoax; ch in (late Mrs. O'Rourke) foaled 1856, by Daniel O'Rourke—Jemimaran —Biddy O'Rourke ; br f by \Va guer, out of Agnes Wickfield, 4 yrs—Merry Lass. FORFEIT Lim—The forfeits of the following horses have been paid : —Blairgowrie, Bob Chambers, Deerhound Edinburgh, Louisa, Love Letter, Mazurka (to qualify) Timekeeper, Vagrant (to qualify), Woolwich (to qualify). STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LlST.—Gayhurst's forfeits have been paid. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. • --- The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared at noon on Apt it 16, with 100 added ; winners of any handicap of the value of 50 sovs after April 10 (at nine a.m.) 61b, of two or one of 200 101 b ex tra. St. Leger Course. 3' Ago st lb Regalia ... 5 9 0 Harry Brailsford 5 8 2 Caithness ... 4 7 13 Moldavia 5 7 12 Archimedes ... 5 7 10 Buckfoot 6 7 9 Lion ... 5 7 7 War ... 4 7 7 Retrousse 4 7 7 Treasure Trove ... 4 7 7 Belmont 4 7 6 subs. Ago st lb Forester ... 5 6 10 Black Prince 4 6 10 Aldcroft ... 4 6 10 tionestish ... 3 6 10 liawkswell ... 4 6 8 Lord of the Dales 3 6 2 Miss Calthorpe 3 6 0 Clarice ...3 5 13 The Rock ... ... 3 5 13 Po — icy -_ ... ... 35 12 Leap Year ... 3 5 11 Mendicant ... 3 5 10 Vernon ... ... 3 610 Rap ... ... 3 5 7 Deceit ... ... 3 5 7 Selim ... Tacitus ... Terror ... Dulcimer ... Chepstow ... ... 4 7 4 ... 4 7 2 ... 4 6 13 ...5 613 ... 4 6 12 NOTICE.—CUINGE OF ADDRESS. —JOILI STIR; late Of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks for the patronage he has received during the past year, and begs to inform his friends that ho has removed to 25, Wel lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LEE, of tho Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoreditch; at Three Sing-court, Lombard-street ; and at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgate-street. —W. HOPKINS and JOILN AMBROSE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout the year. Address-33, „OKENDEN SMEET, HAYMARKET. Commissions. JOHN PERCIVAL, Oxford Cigar Stores, 3, Panton-street, Haymarket. Mr. GEORGE WERE hEtS lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches ; also in George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meuz's Brewery. THE HavELocx Turf Agency's Representative can ho seen daily in Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street, from Eleven till Three. N.B.—lf you want a good foreign cigar call at the Havelock Cigar Stores, 10, Walworth road, three doors from the Elephant and Castle. The New York Nation makes the following re marks on " New America :"—" It is not surprising that many charges of misrepresentation come from various quarters against Mr. Hepworth Dixon and his last book. There are numerous reasons for believing that the author of " New America" had made his theories of American life before making his first observations of it. The Oneida community has honoured the author who, alone of authors, has honoured it, by devoting its evenings to the reading of his book, and Mr. J. H. Noyes, who is the head and front of that "Bible family," republishes in The Circular the chapters that relate to him and his society, correcting, in foot-notes or long articles, the more im portant errors, but occasionally abandoning the attempt when Mr. Dixon blunders too hopelessly. Tho commu nity appears, however, to be in the best of humours. But quite other is the mood of a respected corre spondent of ours, who holds a high judicial office in Colorado, and writes us from Denver as follows :- 1 "In his effort to make a readable book, Mr. Dixon has armed with bowie-knives and pistols the people who re side in the State of Kansas and the Territory of Colorado ; has clothed them in grotesque, outlandish costume, and given them semi-barbarous manners ; of all which I com plain. I trust that no one will be deterred from visiting Atchison, Kansas, through fear of meeting at the break fast table 'a jolly set of dogs, each dog with a bowie-knife in his pocket, a six-shooter in his belt,' as narrated on p. 14. lam persuaded that those dogs' visit the breakfast table only when men of Mr. Dixon's imaginative faculties aro present ; for 1 have been at Atchison several times myself, and I have not seen them at the breakfast table or elsewhere." Our correspondent agrees with Mr. Bowles—we presume it is Mr. Bowles who, in the Springfield Republican, showed up some of Mr. Dixon's mistakes—in casting much doubt on Mr. Dixon's narrative of the perils he encountered on tLe plains, and speaks still more tare of of the tale of terror (p. 55) about a ce rtain Jack Dunkier, whom r. Dixon depicts riding into Denver with the leg of an Indian warrior slung to his saddle —a leg which he had cut from the trunk; stripped off the scalps of five Sioux braves—and having previously, by the way on which he had been feeding for five days :—" During a residence in Denver of more than six years," says our correspo n d e nt, "I have not hoard of M r. Dixon's valiant cannibal, and I venture the assertion that no cre dible citizen of Denver will affirm that any one ever ap- Ipnedariacnd warriorthe a s i t u re n e g ts th o h f ia th: t t li t t o e s . vn T w he ith pee th pl e e l o e f g pe o n f v a e u r would be quite as much astonished at such a spectacle as they are to learn from Mr. Dixon's book that they have returnded the of barbarism.th eSand CreekOftvh o o lu s h atmeeerwith y kindess a is heart on the en d o f a pole—so shame was lessly false very surp r ising that M r . Di xon cou ld l a fwtsah c e l loee o smn p es adopt it." t 'ds pf . a " tao ipt T thl a h e u e citizens of Denver and Colorado generally are traduced, this writer says, w when they are spoken of as gamblers, drunkards, bloodthirsty h scoundrels. A New York paper says Dr. J. G. Holland has been busily engaged during the past winter upon a long poem —one of the lon ges t an d mos t elaborate nAmerican poems ever written. It is well advanced, and will be published in the autumn fall by Scribner and Co. Five of the newspapers in lowa are edited by women.