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

X N y AItK B T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market is quiet, notwithstanding an apprehension of a few failures being announced before the close of the day, the 4th of the month. The biddings for bills on India took place to-day at the Bank of England. The amounts allotted were--to Calcutta £155,000, to Madras £50,000, and to Bombay, £120,000. The minimum price was fixed at ls. 11id. on Calcutta and Madras, and at 2s. on Bombay. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at ls. Hid. will receive about 61 per cent., and on Bombay at 2s. about 31 per cent. Those above these prices will receive in full. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1867. 1866. Great Western ... ... 71,102 72,402 North Western ... -.114,303 116,225 South Western ... 25,095 25,589 Brighton ... ... 17,369 24,673 Midland . ... 50,010 53,270 South Eastern ... 21,994 26,163 Great Northern ... ... 37,901 36,298 Lancashire and Yorkshire)... ... 43,086 46,670 Bristol and Exeter... ... 6,708 6,555 North Eastern ... 69,312 71,358 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 19,420 21,234 Great Eastern ... ... 31,157 36,176 London, Chatham, and Dover ... 9,372 10,820 Glasgow and South-Western ... 9,484 10,798 Metropolitan • • •.• ••• ••• 4,171 3,930 North London . 4,980 4,695 Great Southern and Western of Ireland... 9,781 8,288 Midland and Great Western 4,561 4,289 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show a consider able falling off in most instances. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £1,390 ; on the South-Western of £494 ; on the North-Western, of £1,922 ; on the Brighton, of £7,301 ; on the Midland, of £3,260 ; on the South-Eastern, of £4,169 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £3,584 ; on the North-Eastern, of £2,046 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £1,814 ; on the Great Eastern, of £5,019 ; on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,443; while the Great Northern shows an increase of £1,603 ; and the Bristol and Exeter, of £153. Two '. There has ag a i n b een a little variat O ion CL O in CK the market for the English Funds, which, to a frac tional extent, are controlled by speculative opera tions. Bat the comparatively limited supply of stock and frequent bond fide investments keeps the average at a correct level, foreign politics and the abundance of money being taken into considera tion. Consols were flatter in the morning, but have since returned to their former position, viz., to 90j 91 for money, and 91 1 for May. The New Threes are 881- 89, and Reduced Annuities, 881 89} ; Annuities (Red Sea Telegraph), 191 Exchequ er Bill s for March, 20s. p rem. •; ; India 5 per Cents., 1091 1 ; and ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1031. In the Foreign Market considerable depression has prevailed. Italian have declined ,to 54 Greek 1, to 141 1 ; M exican /, to 16 ; 1 1 S Passive 1, to 211 22 ; the Certificatesi t 13/ and Russi an S crip 1, to 11 21 prem.; , but C 141; Scrip has advanced 1 hilian Scri , to 3 21 dis. ; an d Danubian p 1, to 3 21 preen ; while Turkish 5 per Cents. remain at 28; 29. Increased depression has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, and the downward movement in prices has made further progress. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshi re South E , North W estern, and astern have each receded 1 ; Brighton and Midland each 1; and Great Eastern, Great Northern A. Stock, and Metropolitan each 11. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no change of importance. Great Luxembourg are marked 9/ ; South Austrian and Lo mbsrdo-Venetian, 15/ ; East Indian, 1081 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1081 ; and Great Western of Canada, 131. Bank Shares are very quiet. Australia have declined to Union B an k of 461 ; City Bank are at 121 1 ; London Joint Stock at 411; and London and County at 57. For Miscellaneous and Finance Shares there continues to be a very limited inquiry. Egyptian Trading Company are marked 3i ; Huds on ' s Bay Company 161 ; Atlantic Tele grap h 8 per Cents. 711 ; and Rio de Janeiro Improvements, 191 4. In American Securities Erie Shares have declined 1, to 371 381 ; while Illinois have advanced 78i 79 ; and United States continue unchanged at 741 75. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have declined 1, tc 31 32 and the C onso li dated Mortgag e B onds 1, to 22/ 23. MINING DIARKET. THU RSDAY EVENING. In the Mining Market there has b een a fair de ville, E ast wand for Prince of Wales, West Chi verton, Gren- Caradon, East Lovell, M arks Valley, and West Seton. Annexed are the latest prices:— Chiverton M00r.,,,,, 5- 51 Marks Talley 4l 41 Chontales Gold ...... North Crofty 5l 53 Clifford Amalgamate 6 6i North Treskerby ii 2 Cooks' Kitchen ...... 11 12 Prince of Wales 555 57s East Basset.,,, 18 20 Providence Mines East Caradon ......... 5f 5f South Condurrow 17s 6d 20s East Lovell ............ I() 11 West Chiverton 7O 75 Mast Russell ...... East Wheal Grenville 2 3 Wheal Chive ... 61 61 Great Laxey l7 183 Wheal Grenville ... ..1 11 Great North Laxey Wheal Setou 1023 105 Great Wheal Vor ...193 201 Wheal Agar 27s 6d 30s BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT I , UND 8. Der (mut. Consols ......... 8 , April 90i 1 Do. Account 10 9O 1 per Cent. Reduced lB9 8 i NNew 3 per Cent ............... owo 21 per C en t. Jan. 1894 D. 5 p Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuiti es , er 30 yrs, expi re sth. Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.- Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908_ 191 3it Ct., March. 4 Ct., June. Exchequer 8i115,.£1,000, 4 per Ut. 18 pm —pm Do ............. X 500..... .... „ pm Do ........... £lOO & £2OO „ 20 pm pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent 249 5 xd for opening INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Inman Stock, 10 per Cent., AprillB74.- 217 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. Certificates Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 p er C ent, May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bo n d s, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. und er £ l,OOO ▪ 52 p m FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1869 Brazilian 5 per Cent ........ • Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-5840 DDo. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account o. £lOO B on d s Buenos Ayres 6 p er C ent O,Dj 2 per Cent. (D e f erre d 3 per Cent ) an 6 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent Do. 6 per Cent A Do. B Do. „ 1867 Do. Col mbian ,'6 Scrip, £2O p a id 2l 1 dis i , per Cent. Ddubs 6 per Cent. .... anish 3 per Cent., 1825 D 3. 5 per Cent., 1861 ................ D maubian Principalities, 7 per Cent •62* mador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant „„gDo Dofened i _au7per 81 g. "s ll3suet • 81 Do. £lOO Bonds . : Do. Do. 1864 Do. £lOO 80nd5.... .. •.. . Do Government Rail vv .• .. 811 1 Greek 5 per Cents., 1 824-5, ex Couponf, DDo. Account Do. Coupons o. Account IJlian 5 per Cent 1865 ................. Do, Account ..... DO. Maremmana Railway ixicax 3 per Cent Ditto for Account 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French....... Montevideau 6 per Cent. .• Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferred Do Laud ,iarranl s (Hectares) Pemvian 5 per Cent 1363 i 1 Do Account 671 Do 4 per Cent., 1865 Do 4-1 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do ti per Cent., 1862 Do Account .... •• • 73 4 Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1851 1 , '6,'7, '9,'60,'2,'3 41} Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do q per Cont. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 par Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 BBk 71 8 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 BB4 Da. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, a ll pa id B6s} Do. do. £45 paid 2l pm Rardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deteized Do. Account Passive Do Do Account 2l{ Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 44 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 541 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cont. Guaranteed 984 Venezuela, 3 per Cent. ),,, 6 per Cent, 1864 314 Ditto 14 per Cent. Divileuas on the above payable in London. Austrian, o par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins BAgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Itquah 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. ..... Do. Acc0unt .........., 524 11 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Do.Consols, Money Account ......................... LORD ULSWATER. "It was one of Lord Ulswatsr's peculiarities to ride out alone. Even in London he rarely permitted the attend ance of a groom. In the country, never. Servants,' he had once said at his club, the Eleusis, in one of those talkative moods to which even reticent men are now and then liable—' servants are spies. Old Q. said so, and Old Q. knew the world —or, at least, the worst part of it., Laxington had laughed, and had moved an exception in favour of yacht-stewards, as a necessary evil ; and Chirper had declared himself spy-proof, as having no secrets, or power to keep them to himself if he had. But Lord Ulswater had been serious. He liked to ride alone ; he did so now. "He rode a fine horse, bay with black points, a mettled creature fit for the park, and accustomed to the park, but very hot - tempered and troublesome for country hack work, and that chafed a good deal at being held back, as it had been since its master left the sea-wall. But that master rode on indifferent to his steed's fretful humour though the froth that clung to the bridle, and flecked the, horse's glossy neck, and the way in which the brute tossed its head and champed at the bit, proved its restless impatience. Presently, annoyed by the flint-stones of the rough-road, or snatching at some pretext for alarm such as the rustling and chuckling scream of a black-bird in the holly hedge above, the bright bay broke out into rebellion. Not quite suddenly. The first signs of in subordination were a swerve and a plunge, and then, after a short interval, the snorting brute flung up his heels, tore at the curb, plunged again and again, more and more furiously, reared arrow-straight, and in his gathering rage fought, and foamed, and flung, reckless as the wild horse that seeks to dislodge his captor from the saddle. " It was a pretty sight, though afearful one, too, to sensi tive persons, had such been there to watch that hot bay thorough-bred twist and writhe his supple muscular body like a fish, rearing, lashing out savagely, back-jumping, and throwing himself into attitudes seldom to be seen but in the rough-rider's department of a riding-shool, and some of which Rosa Bonheur would have been glad to transfer to canvas. But there were no such sympathetic spectators there, no one at all save Bendigo Bill, stealing along beneath the hedgerow ; and even he, with all the glow of his hatred firing his blood, could not help utter ing a surly snarl of unwilling admiration. What a chap that is ! The devil throttle him ! I wish he'd break his neck—but he won't. I've seen fellows ride out in Australia, and I thought I knew what it was ; but I never did see such a man as this in my life.' "And, indeed, no stockrider, used to chase and be chased by half-wild bulls over miles of bush-leaps in the wildest part of New South Wales—none of those centaurs of the antipodes, horse-compelling as they are, could have seemed more absolutely part and parcel of his mad plunging steed than did Lord Ulswater. He was not vain of his riding, did not hunt above a dozen times in the season, and never deigned to 'show off' as some men delight to do. But the bay might as well have tried to shake off his saddle as to unseat its occupant. Lord Ulswater backed the brute as Alexander backed Bucephalus.' " Chambers's Journal. A remittance of £1,767 14s. has been received by the mail from Guayaquil, on account of the divi dends on the debt of Ecuador. _ _ METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSIIIRR scIuARE, CITY.--:The aggregate number of patients re lieved during the week ending March 30 was—Medical, 887 ; surgical, 668 ; total, 1,555 ; of whisk 705 were new cases. THE TI CHBORNE SUCCESSION.—So many erroneous paragraphs are appearing from day to day in the public papers relating to the Tichborne baronetcy and estates, and to the individual who represents himself as the rightful heir to them, that we think it well to lay before our readers the following facts, which are indisputable :—ln 1854 Mr. Roger Tichborne, a young man 23 years of age, who had been travelling in South America, sailed from Rio do Janeiro in a small Liverpool vessel called the Bella, bound for Jamaica. The Bella was never heard of again. In due time the underwriters paid the insurances on her; and Mr. Tichborne's will was proved in the usual manner at Doctor's-commons. His father, Sir James Tichborne, died, and was succeeded by his second son, Sir Alfred,who married a sister of Lord Arundel of Wardour, and died about two years ago, leaving his wife pregnant of a son, the present baronet. But Mr. Roger Tichborne's mother, the Dowager Lady Tichborne, refused to believe thather eldest son was dead, there being no positive proof of his decease, and ex pressed from the first her conviction that he would some day turn up again. On the death of her second son Lady Tichborne offered a reward of £l,OOO to anybody who would find Sir Roger for her, and the present claimant of the title is the result of that advertisement. Mr. Roger Tichborne left England on excellent terms with his family, by whom he was much beloved ; the soi-disane " Sir Roger' has carefully kept aloof from all his relations except the Dowager Lady Tichborne ; and the various mem bers of the family who have succeeded in obtaining interviews with him unanimously declare that neither in height, voice, figure, manner, nor education does he in any way resemble their long lost relative, nor has the in any instance been able to recognise any one of them. It was to be expected that on the 25th of March, being rent day, "Sir Roger" would have taken legal steps to assert his rights; but as yet he has made no sign beyond visiting the Tichborne property, and protesting that he is the real heir. Before sailing for South America, Mr. Tichborne served for a few years in the 6th Dragoons, and his former colonel, General Richmond Jones, whe resides at Leamington, could easily prove whether he is the per son he represents himself to be. But to General Jones " Sir Roger" has as yet made no appeal. PAROCHIAL INDUSTRY.---Thia morning, about half-past nine, during th e rain, one of the wate r - car t s o f the parish of St. Clement's Danes was assisting the ele ments to lay the dust in Wellington -street. THE DESTITUTE FROM POPLAR. —This morning a large m ee ti ng o f t h e " destitute " of Poplar took plac n e in Trafalgar -square. The men proceeded to the place of meeting, headed by a band of music, a large banner, and an American flag, and most of them listened to the dif ferent addresses smoking their pipes. Another triple birth has taken place in the West of England. A donation of £3 from the Queen has been received by the poor mother, a Mrs. Chope, of Bideford. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. —Between one and two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Prince of Wales and their Majesties the King and Queen of Denmark, at tended by some members of their suite, visited St. Bar tholomew's Hospital. They were received by Mr. Paget, the senior surgeon of the hospital, and by Mr. Foster White, the treasurer, and spent an hour and a half in the different wards. The Royal party before leaving expressed themselves highly gratified at the means which had been adopted to secure the comfort of so large a number of the sick poor. FREE AS EYRE.—WeII done, old Shropshire ! Well done, Market Drayton ! Quite right to ring the bells when the sensible Salopian magistrates apprised Mr. Peter Taylor that he might go back to town and inform Mr. Beales (M.A.), Mr. Shammyrumstuff, and their tail, that there was no evidence on which Governor Eyre could pro perly be committed. That "individual," as the Star —in tending to be awfully severe—called him, bas floored the Jamaica Committee as completely as he floored the Jamaica rebellion. English good sense is seldom appealed to in vain. We really cannot murder a man for saving a colony. It may be, theoretically, proper to kill him, but the fact that Jamaica no v- belongs to the Queen of Eng land, and not to the "brown-skinned, canting, disre putable agitator," Gordon, is a fact which somewhat overrides theories. It is to be lamented that excessive punishment was awarded to some of Gordon's dupes ; but, on the other hand, English ladies and children were saved from worse than Ca wnpore atrocities. So that, on the whole, Englishmen are very well satisfied that Peter Taylor, Beales (M.A.), and Shammyrumstuff, are out in the cold. A word of recognition of Mr. Giffard's masterly demolition of the case for the prosecution, and as warm a word of re cognition of Mr. Stephen's most gentlemanly discharge of his professional duty. " The matter cannot rest where it does," rematks the Star ; and we agree. Some manifesta tion of English Sympathy with a persecuted officer must be made. Meantime, why not return Mr. Eyro for Middle sex r—Puticit. THE SUN, LON [iON, THURSDAY EVENI.NO, APRIL 4 1867. 77 79 107 .09 40 46 4 6 C 5 68 70 72 105 107 27 29 5 7 113 115 I 0 122 89 01 4L 42 tO3l 8 271 7 101 40 i 0 55 k 4 27 25 30 124 126 74 76 17 1i 13 16 116 116 74 yo 47 19 il9 (2 0 - - 1; 101 10u 123} la 72 3 1 2 116 151 16 774 151 del 4 511 IR, Mt 4 77 112 f I 12 1 61 93} 3 6011 70 454 67 Of BOW-STREET. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. FORGING ORDERS FOR BREAD.—George Philip was placed at the bar on remand, charged with obtaining bread from the shop of Mr. Day, 85, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, by means of forged orders. Mr. Day aaid the prisoner came into his shop on Wednesday last, and offered him an order, pur porting to be signed by the Rev. Mr. Brock for a quantity of bread. Knowing that the order was not in the handwriting of the Rev. Mr. Brock, he asked the prisoner to write his own name on it, and having done so he at once gave him into custody. The prisoner had pre viously passed 10 forged orders on his shop. Jessie Robinson said she was shopwaman to Mr. Day. She bad given prisoner at least four quartern loaves in ex change for orders purporting to be signed by the Rev. Mr. Brock, as she found her mark on some of the orders. When prisoner came in he presented the order, and said he had get it from Mr. Brock. Believing what he said she gave him the bread in exchange for the order. • Mr. Day said his wife and daughter had also given the prisoner bread in exchange for orders. Sir T. Henry said four cases were quite as good as fifty fur the purposes of prosecution. Prisoner, in answer to the charge, said a young man named Earnest had given him the orders, and he told him that he had got them from a man named Renton. Sir T. Henry told the prisoner 'when he first went to the shop he said he had the order from the Rev. Mr. Brock. The Rev. Mr. Brock said he had been in the habit of giving orders for bread at Mr. Day's shop. To the best of his belief he had never seen the prisoner before. None of the orders were in his handwriting. Police-constable 80 F said he took the prisoner into custody for uttering forged orders for bread. The prisoner on his first examination said the order was given to him by a young map, who told him if he was asked about it to give a wrong address. The Rev. Mi. Bruck asked if the case could be disposed of summarily. Sir T. Henry said he could not do so, as it was a charge of uttering a forged document. Mr. Day said it would suit all parties best if such a course could be adopted. Sir T. Henry said the case must go for trial, and the prisoner was accordingly fully committed, and each of the witnesses bound over to appear at the sessions and give evidence against him. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. p aid. l Closing i Business Price. done. +tea Exeter .... Ualedonirui ....... Janibrlan jork and 8and0n...... iornrcail (Jab lin & Belfast June. Oun,,Yerth, & A b.Junc. el. London, scrip Certi. 'JO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2. Great North of Scotland Great Northern Du. A stook • • •• Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 poi tS, and W. of Ireland it. Western Do. 6. Val. Hall gus. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxiort Do. Newport um Hereford Lancashire& Yorkshit,, London and 131ackwal ! Lon., Brigh., & S Coast' Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. hletrop. Ex. A Lon. dt i\ or th Wester: Lon. & South Westeri. SheL, & Lincoln. ` .ietropolit an New - Do. Extension... ►lctropolttan Dintrict do. do. do. uo. and St. John'sl%ot Ili laud Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Darby raid Kent North Brittsh ........ Do. Ed., l'th., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds . Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. dot DM 5 . Do. ,to. 1866 . :'forth Staffordshire & S. W. Junction icottish Central Scot. N. E , Auer. stock )o.Scot,kici.mtJok 6hropaaire Union ioutn Devon 'oath E.atern . statues, Wok., & Wok Vail Vale Do. C Vale or death Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha ✓Feet Corn wa ll BRITISH I, Atlantic St. Lawrence Born., Baro do., .t Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo As Lake Unroll Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,A (ioderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Calcutta A B. E., lim Cape Town A Dock, gu ' Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunkof Canadl Do. Equip. Hort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred D. 241 Yrd. Bonds. I.W. do. deferred ... Do. 3d Pref. stock. Do. do. deferred . Do. 4th Pref. stook . Do. do. deterred ...: Gt. India Pen. gua. sp. c. io. Goa. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c lit. South of India gua. 5 per oeut D.. 4I per cent D 0....... .. (Ireat Wes. of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6 p. o Ms. pay. 1873 Uo. 5$ (Iv. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited, Madras, gua. 5 p.o ....' Do. If do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Hxtensiou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. !Inds. el. dz Hudson's Bay 'N.M. (;' du., 6po let pf. ba Scinde ... I Do. Delhi e Do. do. fa l Do. Punjaub • 1 / 3 ! ,11 Do.lndus St.Floz 4° 100 lOU 10 100 lOU 99 9 2 / 1 ut 991 112 115 - - 82 83 34 36 4 18 101 103 dl 62 92 94 33 35 9 10 p 112 /15 1 21 70 72 113 111 148 152 43 45 67 6.' 8 10 163 158 3 4, ISIONS. 67 50 100 102 id *p 4 16 76 by 50 55 10 t 103 101 Ic3 106 107 20 22 85 88 67 59 53 64 52 54 37 to 23 25 106 106 i 1p 4 1 v 100 102 91 93 12k 131' le. 121 F 8 e 2 81 84 - if 11J 100 102 02 04 85 90 82 85 97 99 97 98 1 I 97 98 1 13-16 10,1 f 92 COLONIAL GOVE.RNMENT SEC UltlTl66. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872.... 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.dt July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. &Aug.. 1..0 98 ) 00 1 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102; 961 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 88 90 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 b 7 89 Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 10 104 ▪ Uxx Apl.&Oct • 1890-1900 100 105 107 Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, 100 102 101 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 91 73 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. • 100 101 103 1678, do too 106 1.3 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 .. Do. 1882, nay i 5, 10.) 163 106 to. 1395, Feb. & Aug lOO 105 107 atal .4ov. 6 per cent lOO 98 1(0 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 00 1,8 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1860 100 91 93 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 85 s 7 87 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 101 102 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. O sterling, 1375 l9O 96 98 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 91 93 91 e 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 100 - - Do. 1.878 & upwards l. 0 106 108 Vio.tiov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, pig! & Oct lOO 107 109 I 1 0 51 5 BULTIbiI 1111k11:6. Cain. Consol. Gold, lim. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated SO Y 9 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 373 395 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 11 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 22 24 East Caradon 2.14.6 5 6 East Cam Brea 34 3 34 East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 East Gunnialake 8.3.t. 1 4 East Lovell 3.0.0 9 10 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.2.6 81 34 Garn.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 1 5 4 Great L 'key, limited all 16 17 Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 Great Wheal Busy 11.9.1 - - G. Wheal Vor (Heist q 4O 2C 22 Grenville 5.18.. 11 11 Derod's Foot 3.10.‘ 3; 31 Eiingston Downs 5.10,6 2 4 34 31a.rgaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 7 9 Marie Valley 1.10.0 31 44 4 wiwyndy Iron Ore, lint 34 24 1 4 1 _New Sewn North Rosirear Ilassett(lllogar, 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United...... 7.1.8 21 21 Pr..vidence Uny Lelant 10.6.; 16 28 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 310 830 South Condurrow 3.2.0 It S.Wheal Fran. allogan 18.18.9 Stray Park . 35.15.6 34 44 Tin Croft 9 12 14 Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard 1: 9 11 West Chiverton ll 68 70 West Seton .... 474 130 :40 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 65 ;0 —.. Wheal Buller (Itedruth 18 23 26 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wht•a; Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 10 12 e EYE tt.s N cit; kniAltig Kid Consolidated, 6 percent. stock, ettEr.Ett.s.NUE ;onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., At% 41 per cent. rd.. azi 3, Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Itto, 4i per cult. rd., 92 YBI4:FERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. .nd A and B £5 pf, 1021 Itto B, 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. .ondon and Blackwall,fit it/REIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i i ..ao San e'rauc►sco, llari., gua. 7 per oent., 13 Dutch Rhenish, orth Midla DI Ditto, 221 Great Luxeuibourg, 9/ youth Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15; letatigiGN Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 81 Neu ttish nuotrulittu, Von Pedro. North Del Rey. Fpm /SAN no. Agra, lim., A, a tngio Austrian, 7} Hank of Egypt, 35) ' Bank of New Zealand, 181 Quartered Bank of India. Australia. and China. 17 chartered lier. of India. London, and Chita, 31i 2 1 City, l 2) .12 ,onsolidated Bank, lim., 4 Imperial ottoman, lim. Si Lard Mortgage Bank ohndia, lint.. 2 I London .13,,uk of xtexi,o and 6. America, lini., 104 10 London and County, 67 i,onuoil Joint. Stock. 41) a Union or Australia, 46i Union of London, 431 MISCELLANICOUB. Atlantic Telegraph, 39 8 Lit o, 8 per cent., 711 41 Berlin Water Works, lint.. 121 Buleknow Vaughan, 1im.',171 City Offices, liui. , 41 5} Commercial Union, Insurance, Credit Foncier ut lira .t2l Credit Foncler of Mauritius, lim. 6f East India Irrigation and Canal, 13 1 Ebbw Vale, 91 Egyptian Com, and Trading, 11w., si Electric and International Telegraph, 135 Credit and Discouat, 11m.. 4 1 dudson's Bay, 16 i 1 International Financial Society, li rn., 21 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cacour,, idras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by In. dian Government), 29 National Discount uompanY. New Zealand Loan and her. Agency, lim., 21 Ocean ..,arine Insurance), 191 Oriental Gas, lim., 5 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, /1 9 Rio de Jaueiro City Improvements, 194 South Australian Land. 33 Submarine Telegraph, -- bitto, Scrip, 11-16 LIVERPOOL CO rION MARKET. (This Day.) Market opens with a fair inquiry at rather easier prices. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK SPORTING INTEL LIGENOE.—This Day. BEDFORD RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAND NATIONAL HUNT. The Grand National Hunt Steeplechase Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 250 added, for regular hunters; four year olds lOst 101 b, five 12st, six 12st 61b, and aged 12st 101 b: to be ridden by gentlemen, farmers, or far mers' sons, who have never ridden for hire ; the second to receive 50 sovs, third 20. About four• miles. Emperor 111 1 General Williams 2 Gilert Sixteen ran. OAKLEY STAKES. The Oakley Stakes of 2 soya each, with 80 added, for maiden horses bona fide the property of farmers ; weights as for the Grand National Hunt ; to be ridden by farmers or their sons following the same occupation : the second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes. Four miles. No race. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. A Selling Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 30 added ; weights as for the Grand National ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, 50141 b: winners of any steeplechase, hurdle race or flat race 101 b, of any such race value 100 soya 141 b extra: gentlemen riders allowed 41b. Two miles. Tartar 1 Gorsehawk Monitor KIMBOLTON CASTLE STAKES. The Kimbolton Castle Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, witq 100 added, for all ages ; llst each ; winners of any steeplechase or hurdle race 71b, of a steeplechase or hurdle race value 100 sovs 141 b, 200 21 lb extra; maiden steeplechase horses that have net won on the flat, or started for a handicap steeplechase allowed 71b ; gentle men riders allowed 41b ; the second to save his stake ; four miles; 25 subs. Tusculanum Bishopton Cortolvin 3 Eight ran. TATTERSALLS'—Tb.is Evening. Nothing doing. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.--(Tuts DAY.) Some striking movements were made to-day in connec tion with the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby. For the former event Plaudit retired to 4 to 1, there being an evident disposition to lay, but at 9 to 2 many backers would have been found. There were many inquiries after Hermit, but layers refused to advance on 9 to 1, which would not tempt his followers, though 10 to 1 would hav been accepted. Marksman, after 1,000 to 70 being ac cepted, further advanced to 12 to 1, which price was noted down to win nearly £2,000 ; also au even het about his running for the Newmarket event. An outsider, the Frenchman Ferragus, was introduced, and backed as below for the Derby. For the Chester Cup Lecturer was un questionably first favourite, and at 100 to S was in several instances supported. CHESTER CUP. 100 to 12 agst Lecturer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Quick March (taken) 20 to 1 agst Moulsey (offered) 25 to 1 agst Madame Cleopatra (taken and wanted TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 aget Plaudit (offered—take 9to 2) 9 to 1 agst Hermit (offered—take 10 to 1) 100 to 15 agst Julius (offered—take 8 to 1) 100 to 8 agst Marksman (taken and wanted) 100 to 8 agst Vauban (taken) 100 to 6 agst Knight of the Garter (offered) 20 to 1 agst Star of India (offered) 33 to 1 agst The Palmer (offered, take 40 to 1) Even on Marksman running (taken) THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst The Rake (offered, take 8 to 1) 9to 1 agst Hermit (offered, take 10,000 to 1,000) 12 to 1 agst Plaudit (taken) 13 to 1 agst Dragon (offered) 23 to 1 agst Palmer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Taraban (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Grand Cross (taken) 5000 to 50 agst Ferragus (taken) YORK SPRING MEETING. TUESDAY, MAY 7. Weights for the Great Northern Handicap of 200 sous in specie, added to a sweepstake of 20 sous each. Two miles, over the Old Course. Age et lb Regalia 5 9 1 Lecturer ... ... 4 9 0 Daiby 6 8 12 Caithness ... 4 7 12 War ... 4 7 11 Windham ... 6 8 10 John Davis ... 6 8 9 Rama ... 4 8 6 Brown Bread ... 5 8 5 Strathconan ... 4 8 5 Harry Braiisford ... 5 8 4 Tormentor... ... 4 8 2 Westwick ... 4 7 13 Empress of India ... 6 7 9 Gomera ... 5 7 9 Archimedes ... 5 7 9 Retrousse ... 4 7 8 Podargus 4 7 8 Treasure Trove ... 4 7 Buckfoot 6 7 8 Redcap ... 6 7 7 Friday ... 5 7 6 East Lancashire ... a 7 6 Plutus ... 4 7 3 Fitzroy ... 4 7 2 Boaswing ... 4 7 2' Age st lb Pintail 6 7 0 Terror ... 4 7 0 *Scarborough. 5 6 12 Violent ~. 4 611 Chepstow ... 4 (3 10 Black Prince, by Voltigeur ... 4 6 10 Sportsman... 4 6 10 Monitress ... 4 6 10 Hawks well ... 4 6 7 Oracl• ... 4 6 6 Blinkhoolie ... 3 6 3 Gilead 3 6 2 Lord of the Dales... 3 6 2 Bracken ... 3 512 Primrose ... 3 5 12 *Greenback 3 5 11 Red %Vine 3 5 11 Leap Year... 3 5 10 John Osborne ... 3 5 10 Policy ... 3 5 9 Vernon ... ... 3 5 9 Fat Bob ... ... 3 5 9 Scipio ... 3 5 7 Doralice filly ... 3 5 7 Those horses marked * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. Weights published April 3, at 9 a.m. Waterloo Gorse Stakes—Objection to Venator withdrawn, HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- AIENTS. March SO, at 2.30 pan., Alderoft, Janet, Raweliffe, and Chepstow, out of Northampton engagements. March 30, at 2-00 p.m., Mischief, out of Northampton shire Stakes. April 1, at 9 a.m., All the Duke of Newcastle's horses, out of the Grand Prix de Paris. April 1, at 9 a.m., Conundrum, out of Chester Cup. April 1, at 9 a.m., Duchess of York, out of Racing Stakes, Northampton. April 1, at 9 a.m., Usurper, out of Newmarket Handicap and St. Liz Handicap, Northampton. April 1, at 9 p.m., Sinking Fund, out of all engage ments. April 1, at Ip.m., Stokeley and Whirligig, out of North. amptoushire Stakes. April 1, at 1.25 p.m., Vandervelde, out of Northampton Cup. April 1, at 5.15 p.m., yearling cby Caractacus, out of Whitefield (dead), out of all engagements. April 2, at 2.16 p.m., Wild Briar, out of Northampton shire Stakes. April 2, at 4 pan., Ash Wednesday, out of Oakley Stakes, at Bedford. April 2, at 3.8 p.m., Aggravator, out of all engage ments. April 3, at 3.30 p.m., Lady Elizabeth, out of Lichfield engagements. April 3, at 9 a.m., Attache, King Hal, and Parasol, out of Thirsk engagement. COLOURS OF RIDERS. —Mr. W. Vaughan, blue and gold hoops, blue cap ; Captain James, cerise, white braid and seams. FORFEIT LlST.—Reparation's forfeit has been paid. NOTICE.—CIIANGE OF ADDRESS.—JOHN STIRK, late of Beaufort Buildings, Strand, returns his best thanks fur the patronage he has received during the past year, and begs to inform his friends that he has removed to 25, Wel lington-street, Strand, London, where commissions will be executed to any amount. Price Lists as usual. T. and G. LEE, of the Wheatsheaf, Worship-street, Shoreditch; at Three King-court, Lombard-street; and at One Swan-yard, Bishopsgato-street. W. Iforiuxsund Joicc AunitosE (member of Tattersall's, Victoria, and other Clubs) Execute Commissions on all races throughout th• year. Address-33, OXENDEN STREET, HAYMARKET. Commissions. JOHN PERCIVAL, Oxford Cigar Stores, 3, Panton-street, Haymarket. Mr. GEORGE WEBB has lists posted on all forthcoming events daily from ten till two at the City Arches ; also in George-yard, and through his agent, Mr. Frank Butler, near Meux's Brewery. THE HAVELOCK Turf Agency's Representative can be seen daily in Talbot-court, Graoechurch-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. NOTES FROM TRAINING QUARTERS. RICHMOND. Our horses axe now getting into longer and stronger work, for the weather has taken up :Ai be finer, and the MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTING TO GET UP A SCENE IN COURT.—Michael Murphy, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Knox on a warrant charged with assaulting his wife Mary, residing in Cooper's-court, Windmill-street. The prosecutrix having fainted just before the case was called on, she was allowed to give her evidence seated, she appearing or pretending to be very ill. On being sworn she said, in answer to questions by the magistrate—l don't wish to press the charge. It occurred at 12 o'clock yesterday, but I don't wish to press it. Don't put any more questions to me. He has been a good hus band to me. Let him go. Grant me my request. It won't happen again. He'll be be a good husband for my sake. Mr. Knox—How long have you been married? Prosecutrix—Twelve years. It's all through his parents. Mr. Knox ordered the prosecutrix to be assisted out of court, she appearing to be quite overcome. Paice (one of the warrant officers)—The prosecutrix is not in such a bad condition as she pretends to be in. Barns (the gaoler)—l have known the husband for years, and he is a quiet, well-behaved man. Mr. Knox—Did she appear in such a condition when she applied for the warrant. Paice—No, sir; not half so bad. Mr. Knox—Then it is got up by her to deceive and en tertain the court. Paice— That is so. Oa going to take the prisoner last night she was rushing about the room, and the neighbours said there was six of one and half a dozen of the other. Mr. Knox—Prisoner I am inclined to think your wife's fainting and all that is only to deceive me. 1 will take the case as one of "no prosecution," and discharge you, and if your wife wishes to attend again she can do so. WESTMINSTER. STEALING A HORSE, CART, AND HARNESS. —James Green, 52, William Edmunds, 21, and Sophia Gilder, 20, were charged with stealing a horse, cart, and harness, ♦alue £5O, the property of Frederick Coton. Mr. Alfred H. Jarrett, Superintendent of the Police, of the borough of Hertford, said from information he received he went on Saturday morning last to the White Swan publichouse, at Hertford, and saw the prisoner Green holding a horse outside the door of the house, and asked him to whom it belonged ;. he said he was hold ing it for a man inside, and directly Edmonds came to the door and offered Green a pot of beer. Edmonds said the horse and cart were his; he used them in his business. Witness was not satisfied with the account he gave, and took him and the others into custody for the unlawful possession. They were taken before the borough magistrates, and remanded till yester day, being then charged with stealing. At the public house at Hertford he received a receipt (produced) wet with ink, for £6, the prisoner Edmonds having sold the horse and cart to a man named Perkins for £6. Evidence of the bale having been given by Edmonds, his confession of the robbery and three convictions having been proved against him, They were remanded for a week. THAMES. ALLEGED DRUNKENNESS AND FURIOUS DRIVING.—Ed ward Baldwin, a rag merchant, carrying on business in Ratcliff and Shadwell, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and furiously driving a horse and cart to the danger of the public. Edward Dillon, police-sergeant, No. 19 IC, stated that last .night soon after 11 o'clock he was in Jubilee-street, Stepney, and heard a horse and cart behind him at a very rapid pace. The prisoner was driving, and he passed him at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour. The prisoner was very drunk. There were three men and a boy in the cart. He followed them across Commercial - street to Sutton street, where the prisoner pulled up at a public-house and got out. A boy was ordered to drive away as fast as he could. He stopped the horse and cart, and took the pri soner into custody. Mr. Baldwin then said, "What! you are not going to arrest me for such a trifling thing as this?" to which he replied, " Yes, I am ; you have endangered people's lives." Mr. Charles Young, solicitor on the part of the prisoner, who he said WAS a rag merchant and marine store dealer of No. 168, High-street, Shadwell, declared that the hors• stated to have galloped at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an hour was old and spavined in the hind legs, and could not travel at the rate of more thau 6 miles an hour. The pri soner was quite sober last night, and in fact was nut a drunken man. Mr. Partridge looked at the horse in the street opposite the Court, and thought it could go more than 6 miles an hour. Kr. Charles Young—A very old stager and spavined in its hind legs ? The Prisoner—And forelegs too. (A laugh.) Thomas Rayner was one of the party in the cart last night, and the horse did not travel at the rate of more than 6or 7 miles an hour. Tha prisoner was sober. Dillon—This man was drunk lust night. Mr. Partridge—He does not appear very sober now. James Holland and James Bott gave similar evidence. The latter, a German beer shop-keeper, in Lower Oxford street, Stepney, said all the parties had been in his house last night, drinking, and left his house perfectly sober. The fore and hind legs of the prisoner's horse were bad and it could not run fast. Lillon said that Inspector Hornsby, of the K division, who took the charge at the station-house, could prove the prisoner was drunk. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner, on bail, for the attendance of the inspector. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 2d of March. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 27th of Feb. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Feb. 2. M .reb. w, . . 18 6 7. I 1867 . !Increase. Decrease --- --.•_____ ____ Bank of England... ! 23,015,20 22,581,51 , 5 1 __ 693,625 Private Banks ' 2,810,646 2,685,1101 126,230 Joint-stock Banks 2,23,016 2,202,9;7 i .r 35,5'09 !--- -- Total in England. : 28,221,2d 2 27,559,958! _ 661,291 Scotland. '4, 05,81 4,356,160 _ 49, 71 Ireland I 6,186,1'61 6046,904 i 40,652 ----- United Kingdom. ! 38,816,27 d, 33,062,16. J _ - 754, , 24 And m compared with the month ending the 3rd of March, 1866, the above returns show an increase of £1,424,050 in the circulation of notes is England, and an increase of £1,478,948 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. _ _ _ On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue The English £1,347,200 oiut-stock banks are belov their 4,nglib.. 3 fixed issue 445,663 Total below fixed issue in England The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,606,889 The Irish banks are below their fixed isms 208,190 The average stock of bullion held by th e Bank o f Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 27th of Feb. was £19,225,825, being an increase of £100,408 as compared with the previous month, and au increase of £5,690,171 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of sp3cie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 2d of March : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks .., 4647,913 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,508,859 X 5456,772 • Being a dorease of £4,222 as comPtrel with the pre view; return, and an increase of .£443,2oEtwheu compared with the cortespondiog period Wit year. Share! at 20 10 ssi4:, 100 100 100 all 100 100 101* 47 ft 1011 2 108} Ic6& moor is in excellent condition. Major Elwon has been a frequent visitor of late at Plaudit's exercise, and both he, Watson, and Snowden are exceedingly pleased with the manner in which the Two Thousand and Derby crack acquits himself. This morning Strathconan, in the ab sence of Lozenge, who has gone with some others of the Belle Isle team to Newcastle-on-Tyne, took Plaudit, New land, and Rose a couple of nice mile canters, and then gal loped a couple of miles at a real good pace, Plaudit and Newland going particularly strong and well, pulling up as lively as kittens at play. Snowden, of course, rides the favourite, and the colt is beginning now to show less superfluous flesh. He will be pretty fit on the Two Thousand, but not quite as we could desire, the late inclement weather having most vexatiously thrown all our horses backward in preparation. Rose has not improved great deal. Lozenge is the fittest animal trained here; and, batween him and Strathconan, Plaudit will have plenty of good schooling. It is said here, though, that the horse will go to Ilsley shortly, for Puusany to finish his education, end Lord Lyon to test his form. Bub Cham bers is pioneering Violet and Blai►gowrie, and to-day they went a mile and three-quarters pretty fast. Imperator also took Bumblekite nearly a couple of miles; and El Cid was attending to Molin , tra and (Ethou in their mile gallops MIDDLEHAIT. Our Chester Cup horse Harrogate galloped two miles first-class this morning, and Bracken a mils and three quarters. Tyuedale and Minster Bell did a mile and a half, but the Priest and Weatherguide, who have boen in physic, were merely trotting about. Honesty, Fitzroy, the Czar, Holstein, and East Lynn continue to do good work. Wind ham walked about. MALTON. We have a lot of horses in strong preparation now. Westwick and Rondinella look like going to Newmarket next week, and Taraban also. The two former galloped a couple of miles fast this morning, and Taraban did similar work with Grand Cross and Wild Wind, who were led by Knight of the Garter. They all go beautifully, as do Cora Corrybantica, Souloque, and Verdi. Skylark aud Apple cross are still eased, but Bezique is doing a mile and a hal pretty strong. NEWMARKET. The training grounds here were never in better condi ' tion than at the present time, and it is to be hoped that the favourable weather will continue so as to admit of trainers getting their horses ripo for important engage ments. Whitby led The Rake a mile and three-quarters this morning, a portion of it on the collar, and the latter went uncommonly free, Van Amburgh following the pair for a mile, and then joining Numa Pornpilius, who led him a mile and a half, fast. The latter is pretty fit. Knight of the Garter accompanied the Hermit and the Topsail colt in a mile and three-quarters steady gallop. Nothing, however, went better at exercise than D'Estour nel, though Dragon's beautiful movement also attracted considerable attention. These two are getting very forward. Sealskin was leading Ravioli and Mole skin. Opoponax followed Julius a mile and three quarters; and Tormentor was doing real good work with Lytham ; and Boyce was sending Star of India along, the horse going splendidly. Sir Oliver since his arrival here has not done a very great deal, having been so recently amiss. Auguste has left hero. Plutus gave Trocadero a gallop of very nearly a couple of miles and Enchanteur was leading some two year olds. Egla mour went a mile and a half, strong; and another Derby outsider, the Man of Ross, was working freely. Python and Ben Nevis galloped two miles Blinkhoolie, Bertie, and Tempest had a mile and three quarters gallop. Sac charoreeter took Kingsley a mile and a half steadily. Nine Elms and Cheltenham cantered twice, and then galloped a mile as hard as they could. Friponnier led Scour de Charite in similar work. Mdlle. Cleopatre galloped nearly a couple of miles, and her action was good. Nukuheva had a Lille and a quarter spin. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT-RACE PUTNEY, March 4. The Oxonians are taking good pedestrian exer cise this morning, and there are some of them aware that they need it. The " pumping" of three or four of the men in the row down yesterday after noon showed that they were not in condition for a great race. There are one or two who are so full of flesh that half a stone could be spared. The Cam bridge men, on the contrary, have not any to lose, or, at any rate, if they lose any more, it will not be an advantage. They must have had much more training and exercise before they came to town than their opponents. They seem more practised in their style of rowing, and more in condition for a race. Instead of being hustled about the course as they now are at Putney the men absolutely want rest—too much s being taken out of them, or soon will be, and un less it is discontinued the crew will become weak ened. Judicious training, of course, may prevent this, and those who have them in hand should know how far they ought to go. There are yet a week of rowing days between this and the 13th, and what may be most beneficial exercise to the Oxo nians may be most detrimental to the Cantabs. A great change has taken place in the betting, caused by the great pace in which the Cantabs have done the distance during the last two days both up and down. Betting is nearly even now. For a great time it was 7 to 4on Oxford ; it is at present little more than even betting, Oxford for chance. IMPERIAL PARLIA KENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Northumberland Central Railway Bill and the Broxburn Railway Bill were read a second time. The BlaAfriars and Southwark Bridges Bill was read a third time and passed. BILLS. The Lyon King-at-Arms (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The Sugar Duties Bill was read a second time, com mitted, and read a third time. THE CRIMINAL LUNATICS BILL. The Earl of BELMORE, iu moving the commitment of this bill, stated that in answer to the question of the noble earl opposite why the bill did not extend to Ireland, he might say the whole of the law affecting criminal lunatics in that country was different front that in England, and would require more extensive legislation. After a few remarks from the Earl of KIMBERLEY, the bill was committed and passed a third reading. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuts EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed: -- Dewsbury, Batley, and Heckmondwike Water ; Great Eastern Railway ; Heywood Improvement ; Idle and Shipley Railway, Llanelly Railway and Dock ; Midland and Eastern, Norwich and Spalding, &c. Railways ; North British Railway (Abandonment, &c.); Peterborough Water; Selkirkshire Roads ; West Riding and Grimsby Railway; and Wilts and Gloucfstershire Railway. THE REFORM BILL. Mr. R. GURNEY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, if the boroughs of Lancester, Great Yarmouth, Reigate, and Totnes were disfranchised, it was proposed to give votes for the respective counties in which they were situated to those persons whom the commissioners, after full inquiry, had found to have been guilty of cor rupt. practices by either giving, promising, or receiving bribes? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not think such persons should have votes. Their names were an scheduled, and there would be no difficulty in prevent ing their exercising the elective franchise. Mr. MORRISON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was his intention to propose that the house slijnild proceed with the debate on the motion to go into com mittee on the Bill to amend the Representation of the People, or the amendments thereto, on Tuesday next, and to proceed thereafter with the bill tie die in diem, on the nights reserved to private members as well as on the Go vernment nights, iu the event of honourable members who had motion s on the paper consenting to waive their right to precedence on those nights ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was the desire of the Government to advance with the bill with the utmost speed, but they did not wish to interfere with the privileges of private members. Sir \V. HUTT asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, previous to Monday next, he would lay before the house in a printed form all the alterations which her Majesty's Government had determined to introduce in committee into the Bill for amending the Representation of the People. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be an impossibility to do as the right hon. gentle man desired. The Government could not know all the alterations proposed to be made. METROPOLITAN GAS BILL. Sir S. NORfiIoOTE said he proposed to withdraw the present bill, which stood for to-morrow, until that day week, in order, if It was thought desirable by parties who opposed the bill, of introducing a new bill with all the prices and quality of gas left blank, in order that the mo tion might be fully discussed. RUSSO-AMERICA. SirA. AGI. , TEW asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he could give any information as to the reported cession of Russian America to the United States ; and whether the Aleutian Islands were included iu the Russo-American territory? Lord STANLEY said he had received a telegram from St. Petersburg stating that official intelligence had been received of the purchase of territory by the United States. The presumption, therefore, was that the purchase was complete, so far as the executives of the two Governments were concerned, but the arrangement would have to be confirmed by the Senate. He could not say whether the Aleutian Islands were included in the purchase. ENGLAND AND SPAIN. Mr. OSBORNE asked whether the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs could give the house any information with respect to the relations between this country a n d Spain ? Lord STANLEY said all the correspondence on the sub ject was in the bands of hon. members. Mr. OSBORNE wished to have a direct answer to his question, without fencing. He wished to know whether any answer had been received to the threat contained in the last despatch he had written to the Spanish Go vernment ? Lord STANLEY said no answer had been received to the despatch alluded to by the hon. member. THE BUDGET. The House then went into Committee of Ways and Means. o h f on t . h g e en E tl X em C a H n E o Q pp U o E si ß te s a i T d he when C 1 1 . l .k a a N t C t E h e L L ri O g h R t made his financial statement the country was in a state of great monetary peril, but the result bad proved the sagacity of his calculations. (Hear, hear.) It was most gratifying to know that during the great trial no falling off in the articles of consump. tion had taken place. The estimate of the income for the year 1866-7 he put down at £67,013,000, and the actual income had been £60,434,000, showing an increase of £2,421,000, and that after a period of great trial. The great increase had taken place generally in the customs and excise, and was derived principally from the consump-, tion of tobacco, sugar, malt, and spirits. TI se estimated expenditure w as set down by the right hon. gentleman as £67,031,00C , , whilst the actual expenditure for the period was £66,780,000, showing a saving of £251,0 00. Thus the actual surplus balance was £2,654,172, The right hon. gentleman then pro ceeded to detail the estimated expenditure inn the different departments, and said that, after provid ing for all, there remained a balance of £1,20 1 6,000, and the great difficulty was how to absorb that surplus by a remission of taxation. The income tax had never stcod at a lower figure Lean it did at present, and according to his view no tax more injuriously affected the industry of the people than the malt tax. (Hear, hear, from the Govern ment side of the house.) But it was a large ques tion to deal with—(hear, hear, and laughter)— and he felt he could not effectively deal with it with the balance at his disposal. As that tax was only one that could he said to demand their ' attention, and as the sum at his disposal was insufficient to enable him to deal with it, it next became his duty to see how he could in another direction proceed to give relief. (Hear, hear.) He thought the next mode after remitting taxation was the reduction of debt— (hear, hear) —the purchasing of stock, and the cancelling of obligations. (Hear, hear.) They could either grant terminable annuities or convert stock, but in addition there were other ways of so applying any sum of public money,which in the end could but result in a way - beneficial to the interests of the country. The right hon. gentleman then referred to the proposal made by the right hon. gentleman opposite, last year, for the cancelling of £24,000,000 of debt, and said the Government had been prevented from fully carrying it out, but the surplus now at their disposal now enabled there to deal with it. The amount he had mentioned consisted of two sums 0f1£18,000,000 and £6,000,000,and the Government proposed to convert the £18,000,000 into an annuity of 4:1,330,000, terminating in July, 1885, payable half-yearly ; and also to convert the .£6,000,000 into an annuity of £440,000, terminating April, 1885. This operation would absorb £755,000, and leave a balance of £456,000, which some per sons might be of opinion it would be wise to retain. But the Government thought that they might still make a reduction in one direction with safety, and that was in marine insurances. (Hear.) At present the duty was in a very unsatisfactory state, and what the Government proposed was that for the future there should be one uniform rate of 3d. per cent. on all policies either on voyage or time, except in time policies of more than six months to run, then the charge would be 6d. per cent. This arrangement would take £210,000, and thus they would have a sum of £224,000 to carry over to the next account. (Hear, hear.) These were the only proposals he had to offer, and when Europe was in fact an armed camp, if in an unforeseen contingency the Chancellor of the Exchequer had to go into the market to raise money in the event of the country becoming involved in any way, he thought he could walk with a dignified mien by the thought that, in the days of their prosperity, they had made an honest endeavour to redeem their debt. (The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers.) LEFT SITTING.) RESIGNATION OF THE ITALIAN MINISTRY. FLORENCE, April 4. In this morning's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Baron Ricasoli announced that the Minis try had placed their resignation in the hands of the King, by whom it had been accepted. BANK OF FitANCE. PARIS, April 4. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes com pared with that of last week : IN C REASE. Notes ... Cash in band 7,333,000 f. Advances 666,000 f. I)ECIZEASE. Treasury- balance Commercial bills 2,400,000f. Current accounts Bank of England returns,—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending' ISSUE DEI 'e Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, April 3, 1867. PAILTMENT. Notes issued ....k33,-.174,265 Ciovernnit. Debt..£11,015,100 Other Securities.. 3,984,900 Gold Coin and _ Bullion Silver Bullion £33,474,•2.65 BANKING D: 1,33,474,265 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Banks, Commissioners of National 3PART3IENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Auuuity) Other Securities 20,751,596 Notes 10,256,885 Gold and Silver Coin Debt, and Div Accounts) 8,619,051 Other Deposits 17,671,100 Seven Day and other bills 438,390 £45,153,829 £45,153,829 A ROMISII PRIEST FOUND DROWNED.—A melan choly impression has been produced among the people of Leith, Scotland, by the discovery of the body of the Rev. Father Noble in the harbour nearly opposite the entrance to the Victoria Dock. The body was found about 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning by some fishermen, and the deceased was last seen between 1 and 2 o'clock going in the direction of the east pier, for wbat purpose is not known. He had gone to bed about 12 on Monday night, and would appear to have visited the chapel before going out, the private door from the chapel-house being open. There had been nothing unusual of late in his habits or demeanour, and his resort to the pier is attributed to his not having slept well for some time, and to his fondness of a walk in the sea air. The probability is that he had fallen into the water during his nocturnal perambulation. lie was greatly liked by the Roman Catholics of the town, and highly esteemed by the community iu general. During the recent epidemic of cholera his services were such as to call forth the special approbation of the mag i s trates. He was a native of Ireland, and was about 43 years of age. He had been settled in Leith for six or seven years.—Scotanzan. SHOCKING AND FATAL FIRE.—A shocking fi re broke out in Clonmel on Saturday night. Th e fire oc curred in Main-street, in the residence of a baker, and the flames spread to the adjoining tenement occupied by a f the or f o flames.tfortifications h a i r dresser. Before the flames could be extinguished and two was issued ee t perishedt re outlayin , b a e n p d a s seven d persons pro bothl o , h i houses were burned t e o st th r e d g a r y o ground, returnd, per i s hed. Seventeen years ago the same baker's house cation e s a t Portsmouth, Plymouth, Pembroke, re i b v u e rn to ed t e, Portland, Gravesend, Medway and Sheerness, Chatham, out' estimated Dover, and Cork. cost of the amount expended works was .£6 993 000 • up to the beginning' ' ' the .£3,491,872 ; of the present year, the number of about 2,000 ; the estimated cost guonfs armament that will be required, £ 1,833,722 ; nu m b er o f artillerymen, 9841.u f u or m t b h e e rf works, in fantry, 22,441 ; cost of land, .£l 061 761 • total expenditure beginning of p 711 to resent year, £4,556,633 • and amount re quired to complete,V '-' - . ' . _ _ -,438,..)6i. _ • „ A NEW TULAIRE.—The Bedford lligh-stroet, Camden-town, is about to bo razed to tha ground by Air. Edward Waston, and a new and splendid theatre erected on the site. 20 at st 100 _ st 100 1