The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-15 00:00:00

*"*"..._............__ . ,„„ g,,, ......______, ...,.•._.,...0.......... , ITONEy MARKET BEARE MARKETS—This daY• ORDINARY SHARES AND STOW IS. AND 1 I I Closing Business CODINERCIA.L INTELLIGENCE. ihare l Railways. Paid.' p r ice. done. + - 13.14. BIT., Wol., and Str. Val, all 8 $1 25 Blythe and Tyne. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 81s0Bars0 os e t td ., o andSlnlcf., Eanxe to dal e ily .. o . • g 81 4 65 841 t o B i i Fully 6 p er cent., the minimum of t h e Bank oflgo litll9 s lie England, h as b een required in the genera l discount 540(t) Cork and Bandon all Market to-day for negotiating the best short dated uornwall Paper. 9, lO o o A 1 frets no di', ) all - _ ...he d emand for monetary accommodation to o" t i l e l 6PpcSdlot 1 i all - eon tin ues very excessive, and bankers and brokers 50 1 Dublln & e ß n ellast June.l all l ;g N e Showing less disposition to of f er any concession s e, 5 t f T d i i n n f e r /,-,t,111,1z Gas u o n y l e : I ! 100 90 92 Under the official rate. st Glasg. u ald S. westerr, l 100 101 106 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 47 , 71 471 1 Several unfavourable changes are exhibited in 100 -- - et Ditto A stock the return from the Bank of England, completed to al Ditto East Anglian st 100 B_ l 7_! GreatNorthof Scotland 100 , Wednesday last. The distribution of the April we 1 1 30 ,31 71 t . Giint.N s of o t o rn 100 138 :49 l':8 dividends has occasioned a reduction in the Govern- at Do Bdo tnent deposits, and also in the other securities. The s at l ( It iea S i aC s l t V e . r o n t.l.r.....elan lO,O 6 9 6 1 1 9 66 3 1 661 i 6 10 0 bullion and reserve of notes have also been trenched- stet Do Str Val glia. stool , 100 Upon to a considerable extent. Subjoined is our Lancashie & Yorkshir. 160 ' 11 , 1 110: 1101 i st London and Blackwal I 100 67 (.9 68 et Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 1024 1031 1031 Usual analysis :_.... st Lon., Chat., and Doves 100 435 444 1, Active Circulation .. .. .. £21256220 at Lon. & North Western 100 1111 112 1 / , , at Lou. & Sw.th Western 100 99 100 981 9* Increase • 253,000 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 541 555 541 .. .. B ullion .. .. .. 13,080,400 50 Maryport and Carlisle. - Decrease .636,363 121 Do 2 shares... all - R est .. ... .... ... .. 3,164,157 st Metropolitan all 1171 )181 I'Bl 18 Increase .. • • • • • • 19,978 st Midland __ - _ P Public Deposits .. .. .. 5,929,922 - Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 101 IE3 Decrease .. .. .„ .. 3,888,958 50 slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - Other Deposits.. .. .. .. 13,586,029 25 Do. 4 shares - - Increase .„ .. .. .. 237,730 25 Mid Kent - - Seven D a y an d o th er Bill s .. .. 529377 10 Do Cray Line - - Increase .. .. . .. . .. 3,683 at North British G overnment Securitiesll,o22,267 et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 214 '4l at Nth. Eastern-Berwio, 100 991 leo2 1021 Decrease .. • . • • • • 250.789 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 - u Other Securities .. .. .. 23,266,038 at Do Leeds lOO 56 67 57 Decrease .. .. .. .. 2,587,415 at Do York Notes U nemp l oye d .. .. .. 6,770 , 725 st Do Carlisle.. ..... - - at North London Decrease . • • . • • • . 812,930 10 Do New The East India Financial Association, with a 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 1( 1 111 capital of £1,000,000 in shares of £5O each, of which at Scottish Central lOO 121 123 it is not intended to call up more than £2O, has been at Scot t o Nbc.ol..,Arde.rs.to"aZe.h. 100 4 9 1 8 ' 100 brought forward by the Imperial Financial Com- w Shrews. and Welchpoo all - - ___. at Shropshire Union P a nt', and for which the new undertaking is to act at South Devon ... 100 83 35 31 as the agent in the East. The objects proposed to Batt South ka a a l t e e B r n 100 100 - 901 91 91 - be carried out are strictly financial, and to be con- at S. York. and River Dun WO 101 103 103 ok andWOk all 81 94 Rued to India and the East. The association will g '' ' ' ' t to a c i Tio 's' n w ez 13atlington all 87 38 371 17 94 10 ( grant loans on mortgages, and negotiate the sale 25 ro New, 186 G lO 8 86 ‘, and purchase of landed, house, and other property on commission. a ' t Taff Vale ß .. .....- l O B2 155 172 10 Do 10 Do C The directors of the St. John d'El Rey O Mining S Ulster - - .• 25 Do 2O -- I Company (Limited) have received-by telegram, 12.10 Do 54 - - et Vale of Neath from Li s b on- th e f o ll ow i ng report, d ate d Morro at Victoria sta. and Pim no 1 _ _ 1 0 - Velho, March :-Produce for February, 31,264 at Lastr Waterford tv & aff ilkennY l 100 i - - eitavas; cost for do., 10,409; profit for do., £1,647. at V. 4art ' le rcr S a.. P . ii 1 ( 0 1( 0 ) I -- Produce-- for 11 days of March, 8,749 eitavas ; yield, 4 ,59 't s at West 11 ) 1 0 1c1 an Nevi N pO r rt 100 - - Do Hereford 100 - - 6 oitavas per ton. Small hauling of stone this at &at division of March. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. _...... Two O'CLOCK. Closing At Paris this morning, according to Renter's 4b a r e Railways Paid. Price. Business don 100 _Wanda &St Lawrenes all 59 41 tele grams, the Three per Cent.Rentes were r66f. 85c. ~,. i Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc' 100 1024 1031 103 Pirtn. - Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New ` 8 i i 1: , - - T here has been again an indisposition to specu- 20 4 Do. E. Shares... 7 4 20 late Buffalo and Lake Huron all 66 4 freely in the market for the English Fends, 10 Do. Preference but 6 1i p u . fl o st, b B d r s a . n A t, u & g G odriol ' . 10 , _ _ n otwithstanding the inactivity of business the 000 / 1, 1872 --' - are have been exceedingly firm. Consols t ' O c ii goo: do.o :in u n ly e 11, 11b87A 1001 - : ~,,, r e 911 i for money, and 915 92 for the account, at cieutte,ts.easte.(l, ,, 100 1 9 0 t 103 1024 1:) the New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89 1 I; stock ===7.ll, 1000 1044 24 10 0 5 i 5 41 a India 21 per Cents , 73a • Exchequer Bills, 10s. 3s. ; steck East Indian. G - u. , 5 P.C. 100 1043 105 105 4 4odi . '- 4 ' 20 Do. do. Ext l5 4 I P 4 u per Cents., 105 k ; do. 4 per Cants., 99Z 4; 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tut, 20 21 204 E nlaced 5 per Cents., 1041; and do. 54 per Cents., 100 Do. 4st Pr,:,. Bonds all 70 05 1131 100 Do. 00. deferred all 60 63 4* 100 D', - ) . 2d Pref. Bonds all 63 65 In the Foreign Market general depression is log Do. do. deterred-- all 51 83 a pparent, a n d b us i ness is less active. Turkish 6 - Igo IVll l 4== all 40 .:: 11 62 Per Cents., 1862, are 71-1 72 ; do., Consolides, 631 I ; Igg Roo.. doh hl e r f e e f iT s e ts) e k. : .. i n nF S M 35 g, • 47 . 1 i; Greek, 25-7,- 1; Spanish Passive, stook Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1 101 105 1041 ~,u r§ ir,; Portuguese, 491 1 ; Italian, 68 I ; Russian, 20 Roo.. January,.ew-ua Lp &t c..... ....2 __ , l 4_ 1 ull 1 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim 2 8 ; Venezuelan, 59 I; •; and the Confederate 4uaranteed 5 per sent. 100 103 104 4Ein s 53 54. 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all l g t 10 1 0 4 i 201 Do. New In the R a il wa y Share Market there has been 100 Do. 6 p.o. ' 73 with't opt. all 93 94 rather more animation, and in some instances prices 100 rn o d Indian p li Branch n d c o h Zrm -B i . t :e( i al? . 82 7 1) have shown a further upward tendency. Bristol stook madras. alguaani;xs?)e.nasio.n. 1000 r6l. 103 a nd Exeter and North Eastern (Berwick) have each stook De. 4* d 0........ 100 112 94 adv anced c , 155.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire and stock 20 s a..Nf r Fifth ~E p x o t e. Extension. 10 -_- -.... °south Eastern, ss. ; while Great Northern (A 50 Melb..iz liol ß r i q's Bay. alt 57 53 „, t r oc k) and Metropolitan have declined 55.; and t g eg s lJ ew o. 7 p artin e. swicka g eand; 444behester Sheffield, and Lincoln, 105. Class A and B all 3 6 N.lll.C'das po Ist f bds 100 82 f 4 The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate- s tock Soinde .......... (100 1041 1051 stock Do. Delhi t ie]. alteration in prices. 4.: i 10 0 . let 103 102* to Do. do ... r. t i 2 4 I? Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in rather st Do. tu o njaub .... c... 10 a t i l l 1u24 1034 active request, at enhanced rates. English and stook iDo. tneimai iio " .j 'aa 004 97 93 . , Irish have improved to 191 ; Alliance, 60; London • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEt,. tank of Scotland, 231 41; London and Brazilian, 631 ; Oriental Bank, 67-} ; Hudson Bay Company, 20? i i ; and Royal Mail Steam, 97.1. - , ..,...biov. 6 p.c.Ja. &Jul; -18778 i 4.4, 102 104 1031 - Do. Ap. c. Feb. & Ain.. 100 130 02 Subjoined are the current quotations of some - 13°,:t 0.1:02Z: 100 100 2 af the principal new undertakings :-Credit : Do. 5 linscrib6edcBtlr 1000 106 fgB l ' oncier, 82 prem. ; Credit Mobilier, 6 1 prem.; = UapeGlio.(A)PpelOpct..lBB.o 100 110 1 lg .11illwall Iron Works, 3 prem.; City Offices, _ - Do. Ja i n! . & July, 189 8 r. ifr:.) 110 112 2 1 3 prem. ; Thames Iron Works, 4 I prem. ;Im -.... ,(,',ey.loltussobvieBr"cen6tp.' 10 ) 0 '. 112 1 1g Penal Financial, 5 1 prem. ; Financial Corporation, - Natal Gov. 6 P per cent.. 130 1091_ 111 109 3 1 I prem.; City of London Real Property, 2 1 2 N t i c ,• (l ° X* ; 6P el e i j p a 'at j (i l a i . Ir, 104 Axe.. _ N. S. W. G P Ov. 5/0 . •.,18 , i 100 991 1004 Do. sp. c.,18/.. t0 1,-, • 10: , 99 !S ) ! 99; ---• I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 1 0 0 BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. = 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 114 VERI4MENT FUNDS. - Nova Scotia Gov. 4p. a Go steriing, 1875 lOO 104 106 P er Cent. Consols gla i 1 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 - - 3 Ditto Account, l'llay 5 914 - 1.3. Ana G6p.c.1678.& up.. 100 100 111 - per Cent. Reduced - Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 - - f i r 3 per Cent 894 5 5 4 __...,____pp. to A p.O. LOAZOot.. 1100 108 1 09 1 08 1 9 _____ .e . w 2 4 per Cent. Jan. 1894 731 oaluities 30'expire sth Jan., 1880 - Ditto , rs, for 30 3 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 144 4 liitt X* v, e (RE'd Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. - 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id ' - uliflord Amalgamated.. - 36 87 C ".equer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 310 dis - Devon G. (Jon, eravist.), 1 550 660 Ditto £5OO - dis - East Bassstt(lllogan)..l 30 67 70 d Ditto £lOO and £2OO - dis - East Clogau Gold Ltd.l - - - Bank :3l ElNland Stk, 41 per Ct. - East Cared= 11.14.6 30 31 a. . : 3.4.0 61 71 "to A.ccount, . - - --- le A a l r in ts B ß Se r l e ak . VlBlk.), 8.0.0 3 5 4 t Ifszy, . , ~, - Gam.&St.Auhyn(Gwen : 584 9 10 / ndi `.N tiOvERNISIENT SECURITIES. - ' Great South Tolgus 17s 3 35 Df' Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874.... - - G. Wheal Vor (Heiston 40 35 35 34 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 - !Grenville .. Ditto ~ Account - - I flerod's-Foot . . Ditto 4 per Cent, 1888 991 5 - ilingston D0wne...... 4.i 8.0 34 4 ..- - Lady Bertha Do Certificates - Margaret (Uny Lelant 06 1 8 20 Dittobi 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - - Marke Valley.. 'to Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - 4 51yndy Iron Ore (Lim., 24 15 2(1 Dit to 6 - New Seton l9l 85 9 2 5 Ditto pu Cent ., Jan. 1872 1135 -• North Downs 4 1 4 per - ...I,Vlei Basset(lllo4an 3.1.0 2 21 Dit to Debentures, 4 Ct., April 1864 - ..,.., 4 dis - Borth Wheal Crotty Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 - - t'ar Consols(St. Blaze> - - - V s , to Bond s .61,000 ........... € - c ro vidence(UnyLeint.) 10.6.1 41 43 Ditto Under £l,OOO .............. - 13. Cara Brea (Illogan)..S ou thCaradon(St.Cleer II 4 50 470 - - - FOREIGN )FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. - 1 - l''..l,Vlleal Fran. (Illo , ,Tan 18.18.9 40 50 Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • - IfamarSilv.& Lead Mi - -- :Stray Park 30 . 17 . 6 31 23 B r ._ an 5 per Cent Ditto 1 859 _ ll - 4 - 18 - 19 - fin Croft azin Ditto 4 - - W C' radon ( Lisk ear d; 5 19 21 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 D',tto 1863 .. 88 4 - Vest Seton ...... 4 74 205 ,15 Buenos. Ayres 6 per Cent - - Wheel Basset (Mogan, 5* 85 90 - Wheal 13uller(itedrutli) 10 35 40 ol. D o. itt e• iGIOU Bonds - wheal Kitty (G.Lelnnt ) 2 . 0 .6 - - ' l. kri•n 6 per Cent. - 2 WheaiDudtott ~ Ditto 41 pet Cent - - W heal MaryAnn , ,nien.) 8 135 144 '"4.Uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l4l - Wheal Zieton 5Bl 200 210 t 4Vptian 7 per Cent lOOl - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 22 24 ~.. Ditto, Second Issue - __L----- -------- 8.17 21 21 eels 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. - 54 PREFERENCE SHARES. Ditto Account 26 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account .. it' Allan 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway : 75 kexican 3 per Cent . Ditto Account Boorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred 13 itto Land Warrant Cent .s (Hectares) ill a , i 41 p e r. Ditto Account.... ...... r . e . n . i . , . Oitto 3 per Cent. (Uribar .. Ditto 4f per Cent., 1862 .............. p I : i itte Account ........ .... _ ° X.Liguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ... .. .oitto Account. ............. ; j6 . 4 2;3 49i '7-Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '79' 9 ) ' ... 49i i Di tto Account .................... _ p , D itto Scrip (1863) 130 paid . ~....... • ...... ' a ' 4l49 sian 5 per C en t., 1822, £ bt ........ Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 ............. ...... D itto 3 per Cent 1859 .............. D itto 5 per Cent, 1862 9ll ` 3 ardiui.o -- 6 per Cent bitto Account — 13,1 0iFh 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto passive - 5.,1-)it to Account 351 -I ",,, a llish C er t . o f C oup not f un d e d .. - k_71.1- 0 Account - o to Ac co sh per unt .v!t l ' Dit to 6 per Cent. 1853 1. ) !tt 0 kecount 691 . 4 ,,!tt0 6 per C en t. 1862 Ditt o u!tto Account .. 72 11 £lOO Bonds.. — t. Ditto 1863 Nr e ' 4O Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ~I z tiela 3 per Cent. !tto Account , 231 iTlte 6 per Cent., 1862 ' 0 Account Ditto 11 per Cent in Lond .0 oistria D n i , vic s lend 4 on the above payable per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. b e w .gitto 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f j 3 911 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — pr itto 4 per Cent. Certificates "oh Itentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 66f 75c It Alto Account — IP ttl, 6 per p i It t 0 Account C ent., 68i p e'toontese, 5 Cent.. Ex. 25f etilvian Dollar per Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share 100 ~tlantlo &St Lawrence all 59 61 sk Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind lot 1024 1034 103 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares :04 4 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 664 10 Do. Preference 00 Brant,&Godricl , i o„ • 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 00 Do. do. July 1,18 Th 100 (00 Do. do. June 1, lb. 100 at eltaltta.lo3.l , :E.Stn.(l.ll: 100 101 103 1024 at Cape Town Dock Serif 100 99 101 100 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. (. 100 1044 1054 1054 5 stock East Indian. gu. sp. e. 100 1044 105 105 141 51 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 4 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tut, 20 21 204 100 Do. ,Ist Pr.,:t. Bonds all 70 15 100 Do. W. deferred all 60 63 100 2d Pref. Bonds all 63 65 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 53 we Do. 3d Pi ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 62 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock... all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 05 stook Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 101 105 tC44 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. 100 103 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 101 101 104 f 204 Do. New . 18 104 104 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 93 94 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-& . . all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 fp stook Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 102 103 stook Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 96 98 stock De. 4* d 0........ 100 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 53 100 Do. 7p. C. Mortg. Bds. all 90 Newßrunswick et Cands Class A and B all 3 6 N.lll.C'das po Ist f bds 100 82 04 stock Soinde • • (100 1014 1054 stock Do. Delhi p.. 1 100 102 103 1021 20 Do. do ' 2 1 p et Do. Punjaub all 1u24 1034 Do. Do. , , 100 stook I Do. Inclus.St. Flo.) 104 97 93. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 2, — Ditto, 8 p r cent. pt., Iz3 Great Northern, 5 per cent.,:ll2 Great ortheru, 4+ per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 104 Great 'Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 10,4 London and South-Western, Ditto, Portsmouth perpet. anus. of 2s. 6d., 21 South Devon, Anna., 10s., 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND 'STOCKS Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pt, 100 London and S.-Western 16 per cent., 102; _ _ _ LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 94 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 10 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., Ditto.jall),_2ol 1 FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, 12 Yudanaiuutaua of S. Australia, 31 BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 149 5 9 Alliance 'ion. 60 Ditto, new, 496 Anglo Austrian. 71 1 Anglo-Italian, limited, 6; 7 Australasia. 756 ,6 Bank of k ,tago, Rm., 5i 41 Bank of Queensland (lim), 22 11 26 Brazilian and Portuguese, Bra.. 9t um 9 B r itish and American Exchange 211 2 British and Californian, lira., 7} 7 British North American. 5u Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 121 111 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 422 Colonial, lira., 41 Consolidated Bank, 1im.,1111 I Continental, lira., 181 196 East:London, lira., 9} 86 English and Irish, Urn., 181 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 221 European Bank, Ern., 15 14 2 English and Swedish, l, 13/ Hi n d u stan, china, and Japan (lirn,), 37 I m perial Bank (lira .),436 36 Ditto, new, 29 Imperial Ottoman, 211 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 23 3} London and Brazilian (11m.), 63 6 London, Birm., and S. Staffordshire, lim., 274 / London Chartered Bank of Australia, 276 London and Colonial (11m.l, 16) 174 20 London, Hamburg . Cont. xch lim., London Joint Stoek, 466 7 London and Nortnern, Bin., 22} London and south African, 28 London and South American. Um., 11 101 London and NN estminster, 93} 2 Merchant Bank, hint, 17i Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 181 Bank, lira., 33 Union ocri e itui to r nal ietPao, Ditto o it 1 Australia,bt Punjab,:z, n ne c an cia d oin,. Pr o v incial it:hi i6mß7a7 Mexican, Um. 7i ..a d ~ 12} Midland Bank aim.), los E :stern, li nt ., Standkird of Briti I South Africa (Um.), 362 • —moil 01 t.and, lint., 21 ConsoleTWO O'CLOCK, , Money Account „., 91A 2 TI - TE SUN, MINI:3ON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1864. COMMENCEMENT OF TERM---This Day, To day being the commencement of Easter term, the business of the superior courts of law at Westminster was resumed. As usual, her Majesty's Judges breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor at his private residence, in company with the leading members of the bar. At the conclusion of the entertainment the Lord Chan cellor's visitors took their departure for their respective courts in Westminster Hall, where a large body of persons had assembled to view the arrival of the State procession of the Judges. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) THE ALLEGED ABDUCTION. Thomas Howard, the keeper of a refreshment house in the Haymarket, was indicted for the abduction of a young woman, named Wilson. The facts of the case have already been fully reported. The jury retired to consider their verdict, but had not returned into court when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. THAMES. A STRANGE CASE—ATTEMPTING TO STRANGLE A FATHER.—Margaret Fife, a masculine looking woman, aged 30, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and disorderly, and attempting to strangle George Fife, her father, with a piece of rope. The complainant, a respectable and venerable looking man, who is well connected, is labouring under a defective vision, and wears front and side glasses. He is dwelling at 5, Grove-place, Lady Lake's-grove, Stepney, and his prin cipal maintenance is derived from his eldest son, who allows him £2 per month. Ihe prisoner is by profession a seam stress, dwelling with her father, and unfortunately is a great drunkard. At 10 o'clock last night Mr. Fife was seated by his fireside and began to smoke his pipe, when his daughter, who was intoxicated, and very noisy, threw a rope over his neck, and said " I'll strangle you." She made the cord tight and twisted it. He struggled and was choking when a woman who heard the noise came into the room and released him. In answer to the magistrate, Mr. Fife said he was choked a little. Mrs. Eliza Goldsworthy said the prisoner was choking her father with the rope, and he was getting black in the face. The prisoner was very drunk. Mr. Fife was really in danger, he could not speak, and would have been strangled if witness had not gone to his asssistance. Mr. Fife was recalled and said his daughter had not ill used him before. It was the drink which caused all the mischief. A police constable produced a large dagger which he found in a box under a bed. Mr. Fife—That has been in my house ten years. It belongs to my son. Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, asked why the dagger was imported into the case. The policeman—lt was in the house. Mr, Partridge—Nothing was done with it. You might as well produce all the knives and forks and the fireirons in the house. _ _ The prisoner, in defence, said she threw the rope over her father in joke, without intending to injure him, and she was very sorry for what she had done. Mr. Fife—lt was the strong drink which did it, Mr. Partridge advised the prisoner to abstain from strong drinks in future, and ordered her to enter into her own re cognisances in the sum of £lO to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for the next twelve months. MARKETS--This Day. THE WAR IN DENMARK. (From tlo Second Edition.) ULKEBOL, April 10. The Danish headquarters are at a little farm house at Ulkebol, and my letters bear date of the spot from which they are written. I have chosen my residence, however, not at that village, but at Ladegaard. From the farm to the battered town round which so much European interest has lately been centered the distance is only a short quarter of an English mile, the direct road striking across the fields straight to the seashore, and following it past the South Windmill Battery, till it enters Sonderborg at the rear of the castle. At the time when the bombardment of the town was at its hottest, this maritime way was not free from some stray shell flying over from the ruthless batteries of Broagerland. Luckily for us, however, there is another field-road, which goes somewhat round about across country, and which leads to the nor• them end of the town, by what the French would call un chemin de circonrallation. By this detour we are able to reach the Ulkebol road with very little exposure to the enemy's fire ; little exposure to such missiles as are not deliberately intended for us, for, as 1 before stated, it is always in the power of the Prussians not only to drive us from the Ladegaard, but even to annoy us in our flight from it, it they choose to avail themselves, to its full extent, of the formidable range of their guns. A gallant dragoon, who has been placed at my dis posal as an orderly, and does duty as my groom, ap peared the other day at the door of the farm-house with a bloody nose, and told us a shell had burst not far from the hoofs of the horses he was leading, throwing the earth in his face, and hitting its most prominent feature with no little detriment to its fair proportions. A surgeon was on the spot, luckily, who pronounced the bridge to be unbroken, and the good fellow is now doing as well as can be expected; not greatly the worse for the patch of black sticking plaster under which his truly Roman wound is rapidly healing. After achieving the destruction of half &under• borg, and deserting the other half, those noisy bat teries of Broagerland seem to have been ashamed of their work, and the fury of the bombardment of the town rapidly abated. A few shells are still showered on the staring ruins from time to time, nevertheless, but they add little or nothing to the desolation which inhabits the lower end of the town. The northern quarter is still unhurt, and not alto gether forsaken. The gipsy waitress is still in charge of the Rejmuth's Hotel, and still hands foaming flagons of beer to the thirsty souls that frequent the smoky parlour. I visited the spot yesterday, and found no perceptible change in the outward look of the town from what it was two days before. The place is certainly dead to all intents and purposes ; but a few wanderers still linger about the ruins, and there is no doubt that Sonder borg, which exists by right of its excellent position at the narrowest part of the Allsund, will rise again from its ashes, Phoenix-like, the moment the tide of war has swept past. There was a long lull—longer than we have ex perienced for several weeks—in the Prussian can nonade all yesterday, noon and evening, and throughout the night. It was reasonably supposed that the Prussians, reckoning on the havoc they had made among the bastions of the Dybbol line, were busy at the construction of new batteries, and pushing forward their parallels. They recommenced their noise with redoubled vigour this morning at 10, but the Ere has been languishing since, a prnof that, however advanced, they do not consider them selves as quite ready. The last two days have been dark and foggy, and no one in the Danish camp, I believe, has any notion of what the enemy may be meditating or actually accomplishing. The idea that we are approaching some kind of solution, or, at all events, some general action, gains ground. For the rest, the bombardment of Sonderborg has had at least this advantage for us, that it has procured us a change of air. It is pleasant to ruralise for a few days, after two months' seelusio❑ in one of the most noisome towns in the D ►nish dominions ; and the open fields have charms for ns in spite of the wintry aspect that the land still bears. Hardly any sign of spring is visible yet, either in wood or meadow. This sluggish northern nature is scarcely awaking from her five months' deathlike slumber, and we cannot have an uncloudy sky for a whole night without finding the ground hard with frost in the morning. APRIL 10, Evening. The cannonade has been extremely loud this day, from 11 o'clock in the morning till nightfall. The fire raged especially on the right, the side of Rage bol. Several shells fell on Sonderborg. The Dybbol windmill (le braves des braves) had its sails and roof carried off by the enemy's fire, The discrownsd stump is still standing, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THURSDAY. There was a betler, or, at all events, a fuller, programme this morning, which, coupled with the same magnificent weather, gave a rather more crowded appearance to the Heath than on the three preceding days. We may mention, apropos of racing matters, that at a meeting of the Jockey Club held last night his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was proposed as a member by Lord Coventry. and we need scarcely add :elected by acclamation. This step, in all probability the forerunner of a greater interest to be taken by the Heir Apparent in the ;national sport, has been received with the warmest satisfaction here. Though the card was full, the fields were reduced to twos and threes, and the several items possessed no particular features of interest, if we except the Claret Stakes, fur which Lord Clifden was to shop. There was a very mode rate lot for the Biennial, with the exception of Blue Mantle, whose uncertain temper made him a hoz ►rdoug horse to trust; but Sea King, with the best of the weights, being elected the favourite, landed the Stakes for the Duke of St. Albans, Blue Mantle declining it some yards from home. Lord Coventry's promising 2-yr-old, Tennyson, had no difficulty in disposing of the very moderate form behind him, and Wicket, in the Maiden Plate, very cleverly snatched the race from Sante Ruisseate_on the post. Rapid Rhone and Woldga were the only competitors with Lord Clifien in the Claret. The Leger winner looked magnifi cent—of a different mould from some we had been lately seeing, recalling the days of the Flying Dutchman, West Australian, and other heroes of past years. But the race on this occasion was not to the swift. He was beaten after mounting the hill, and Lord Glasgow's colours came first past the chair, 10 lengths in c ivance of the favourite, amid tremendous cheering and excitement. Second year of the Fifth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 100 added ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b, Winners extra, with certain allowances. The owner of the sec nd horse to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. on the whole stake, and the owner of the third horee a sum equal to 5 per cent. D.I. 74 subs. Duke of St. Albans' Sea King, Bst 61b (S. Rogers) 1 Ciptain D. Lane's Blue Mantle, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 2 Count F. de Lagrange's Jarnicoton, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 3 Count Batthyany's Turcps, Bst 101 b (W. Boyce) 4 Sir 11. Des Vcaux's Warhorse, Bst 31b (Custance) b Mr J. H. C. NVyndhara's The Flower Safety, Bst 61b (J. (boater) 6 Mr Saxon's Sweet Willie, Bst 101 b (41idgley) 7 Betting-7 to 4 agst Sea King, sto 2 agst Blue Mantle, 4 to 1 agst Sweet Willie, and 5 to 1 agst Jarnicoton. Sea King, in the centre, made play, followed by Blue Mantle, Sweet Willie, and Jarnicoton across the flat, but as they made the turn of the lands the lot closed up, and ran nearly in a line to the Duke's Stand,wheria Blue Mantle gave way to Sweet Willie, but who shortly after was beaten, and his place was tk ken by Jarnicoton, who followed the favourite to the brow of the hill, where Fordham brought up Blue Mantle, and headed the Frenchman in the next few strides, but was unable to reach Sea King, who won by six lengths; bad third. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-old and upwards. A.F. Mr H. L. Wigram's Melrose, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b.... (Loates) 1 Mr Naylor's Faretra, 3 yrs, sst bulb (sayers) 2 Mr Perry's Principal, 5 yrs, Bst 41b .. (W. Boyce) 3 Mr G. Angell's Dunkeld, 4 yrs, Bst • (Year) 4 Mr W. E. Jones's Zeloo, 4 yrs, 7st 21b....„,..(1ieate5) 5 Count Batthyany's Prince Plausibk, 5 yrs, Oat (Custance) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Dunkeld, and 4to 1 each agst Prin cipal, Prince Plausible, and Melrose. Melrose, on the lower side, jumped away with a clear lead of Faretra and Principal, and made the running at a strong pace into the Abingdon mile bottom, where the three closed and ran together a few strides up the hill, when Loates called upon Melrose, who quitted his horses without an effort, and won in a canter Ey tour lengths, two lengths between the second and third, a bad fourth; the others beaten off. Sweepstakes of 60 sous each, for 3-yr-olds; cllts Sat 101 b, and fillies Bst 51b, winners extra; maidens at starting allowed 51b. R.M. 7 subs. Mr Gubelie's Bel Demonio (late Harvest Me 11), Bst 101 b (T. French) 1 Mr Naylor's The Beaver, Bst 101 b (Challoner) 2 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, Bst (Fordham) 3 Sardinia also ran. Betting—Even on Sardinia, 2 to 1 agst Bel Bemonie, and 4 to 1 agst the Miss Whip filly. When in the act of starting the favourite jumped round and struck in the heels of The Beaver, which sent her to the ground with great violence, most seriously iejuring little S. Adams. On settling into their places The Beaver took a clear lead, which he retained to the Abingdon mile bottom, where he was headed by Bel Demonio, who won cleverly by a length; a bad third. A. Sweepstakes of 20 sovereigns each, la ft; 4-yr-olds Bst • bOlb, 5-yr-olds and upwards gat, mares and geldings al lowed 311); the winner to be sold for 200 sous. Bretby Stakes Course. 4 subs. Mr Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 5 yrs, Ost (Fordham) w.e. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst Mb. Last half of It. M. 7 subs. Lord Coventry's Tennyson, Bst 101 b (J. Adams) 1 Mr South's 'tattle fil!y, Bst olb (Brewtey) 2 Mr Perry's Cripplegate, Bst 101 b (W. Boyce) 3 Mr Mansfield's Princess Dagniar, Bst bib (Perry) 4 Betting-2 to lon Tennyson, 9to 4 agst the Rattle filly and 12 to 1 agst Princess Dagmar. The favourite, with Rattle in close attendance, made the running into the bottom, where he drew in advance, and won with hands down by ten lengths. A similar distance separated the second and third. Maiden Plate of £5O, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b. Last half of Ab. M. Lord Westmoreland's Wicket, Bst 71b .. (J. Goater) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Sante Ruisseau, Bst 101 b (A. Edwards) 2 MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. Both for red and white qua lities the demand ruled inactive, and Monday's currency was with difficulty supported. _ . . With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. Sales, however, progressed slowly in all descriptions, yet prices were without quotable change from Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was seasonably good. Malting qualities were dull, at fully the late decline in the quotations. Grinding and distilling qualities ruled sta tionary in price. For malt the trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The supply of oats on sale was moderately good. Gene rally sp-aking, the demand ruled heavy, and prices had a drooping tendency. Beans and peas, with which the market was moderately supplied, were steady in price. Flour changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates, ARRIVALS THIS WEEY, Wheat- Barley. Malt. Oata. Flout. English—. 590 410 ! B_o 1,54) 860 Ir i sh — 2,010 ieoraign 4,240 1,267 I 9,490 1 100 sits, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. On the whole, the trade is steady, and scarcely any change has taken place in the quotations, compared with our previous report. Per 81b. Dy the carcase. su s d ,nferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 diddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime Ira - go do. 310 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 d a 6 Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork ~ 4 0 4 6 Lamb ..... 6 4 6 4 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hOWon sale continues very moderate. The demand, however, both for English and foreign qua lities, rules inactive ; nevertheless, previous quotations are steadily supported. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to £9 lOs per cwt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 7s „ Sussex Yearlings 3 Os to sOs ~ Bavarian 5 5s to 8 8s ~ Belgian American COLONIAL. TEA..—Business has been moderately active. The publio sales of China closed without any material change in prices. SUGAIL—The market has been very dull ; no public sales of any importance having been held. In the private mar ket prices generally are firm for good groeery descriptions, and in the refined market full rates ate demanded. COFFEE. —The demand for colonial descriptions has been rather limited, and in some instances have given way about Is per cwt. RlCE.—Only a moderate amount of business has been reported, without material change in quotations. TALLow.—The market has continued very dull, and the tendency of prices is towards a decline. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s, and last three months' delivery 44s to 44s 3d per cwt. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon—East; moderate breeze and fine weather. FALMOUTH, April 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived--Young Machinnie, from Callao for Havre. CARDIFF, April 14.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Longdale, for Hong Kong. SWANSEA, April 14.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Fanny, for Coquimbo, KINGROAD, April 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lady Londesborough, from Mauritius—Seline, from Havannah —Moselle, from Africa. NEWPORT, Aprit 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Poeng, from Demerara. OFF FALMOUTH, April 14,—Arrived—Brilliant, from Port Elizabeth. PILL, April 14.—Wind S.E.—Sailed--Alice Mono, for Richibucto. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arriv.id—Thisted, from Thisted ; Ora and Labors, from Flangesund ; Gem, from Bruges ; Asterope, from Welling ton, New Zealand; Tre Broders, from Sheepsick ; New Prince of Wales, from Amsterdam; Merelen, from Aalborg; Fapona, from Emos; Caspian, from Calcutta; Vigilant, from Fredericksiadt ; Courier, from Antwerp. Sailed—Camilla, for Oporto; City of Hamburg, for Havre; Sir R. Peel, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed in Tow—•Juminer, from Calcutta, and Jovellanos, from Barcelona, both for London, Susan Bland, for Car diff ; Old England, for Ascension; Susan Villery, for Car diff—all from London. COST OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS.—The Civil Service Estimates for the current year, relat ing to the cost of public works and buildings, have just been published. Our readers may be interested by some of the items. The maintenance and repair of Royal Palaces, wholly or partly in the occupation of the Queen, absorb £35,291, other palaces, &c., in England, £16,967• There is a sum of £1,656 required for the restoration of the windows of St. John's Chapel, Whits Tower, and the ex terior of the eastern and southern sides of St. Thomas's Tower—Public Buildings in Scotland take £15,365; this includes ITolyrood Palace, preservation of Haddington Abbey, Glasgow Cathedral, Cloister of St. Andrews, &c. — Public Parks near London, and Tiolyrood-park, £97,952, of which New Botanic and Pleasure Gardens take £19,981-- Houses of Parliament, £32,144, including gas, ventilation, clock, police, fuel, &c. ; add to this for pictures and statues, £3,800 —New Foreign-cffico instalment, £75,000 —Edin burgh Industrial Museum, £6,7so—Aberdeen University, £3,355 —Public Record Repository, £26,000 --Westminster Bridge Approaches, £2o,ooo—New Westminster Bridge, £lo,93o—Nelson Column, Trafalgar-square, £4,000 (the cost of the lions is given at £17,000) —New Record Build ings, Dublin, £lB,ooo—National Gallery, Dublin, buildings, £l.3oo—Purchase of land So., at Kensington Gore, £53,000. THE BUDGET NIGHT, The London correspondent of the Manchester Examiner thus described t he appearance of the House on the Budget night ;—‘, The House was crammed in every part—from floor to galleries. In those of the latter, which are devoted to members of the House of Lords, there was a brilliant assem bly of the peers and dip!omatista. Viscount Eversley did not fail, as indeed he never fails on any great occasion, to revisit the scene of his former glory. There was Lord Derby listening eagerly, Earl Granville, looking s miling, bland, and good humoured —as, indeed, I verily believe he would do if he were going to be hanged. Earl de Grey and the Duke of Argyle are always certain to be present when Mr. Gladstone is to do anything particular, for everyone knows that he has not anywhere two more earnest and faithful disciples than these two young noblemen—we observe nearly all the Opposition leaders in their places. Mr. Disraeli is as nearly as possible opposite Mr. Gl a d s tone; his face, usually ins oru t a bl e enough, is screwed up to a pitch of tenfold inscrutability, He sits with his arms folded, his chin in the air, his eyes directed ceiling wards, immovable as a statue ; except that perhaps three or four times in the course of the speech he addresses a remark—you can see what sort of a remark it is to be by the sarcastic curl of his lip—to Sir S. Northeote, who sits on his for t h e first time this session, I think — present in his old place by the loft hand. Mr. Cobden was --for side of Mr. Bright. lam sorry to say that he is looking by no means so well as his friends could wish to see him. Lord Stanley was on the other side of his nominal leader, but I did not see a word exchanged between them. The oddest thing I noticed about his lordship was that he kept taking notes in a me morandum book. It O t he on his legs—there plunged into his com menced his statementesuchanaudie at nce the that unusually Gladstone early hour of twenty minutes before five. As if di s d a i n i ng to exciteby artifice the attention which he knew would s b u e h g je iv c e t n th t e o withouth m im omentho g it, was literally not a word of exordium or intro duction. For nearly three hours he h e ld th e perfect and unbroken attention of the house. He had had a great triumph, and he showed that he enjoyed it. Very characteristic of the man was the fine passage in. which he dwelt upon the fact that her increasing commerce makes England more and more the cham pion of peace and justice to the world ; and it was delivered with a profound moral earnestness of tone which showed how deeply it was felt. Sin gularly amusing—characteristic also —was the way i n which h e played with the house, like a cat with a mouse, going elaborately through all his minor changes of taxation before he would come to the more important remissions. lam sure that he had a humorous deli;ht in the impatience of the house, while the house could not help showing its amuse ment at the way in which the lon g - wa it e d-f or morsel was kap: dangling above their heads. Mr. Bentinek, of Norfolk, did not like the ' chaff' about the odour into which protection has fallen, and will resent it by.und-by in his gruff, rough-tempered way." THE ALEXANDRA. —Although the officers of customs at Liverp)ol still retain possession of the Alex andra screw ram, it is understood that an intimation has been conveyed to the owners that the Crown is ready to deliver her over-to them on their lodging the usual ap plication. Betting-7 to 4on Wicket. The non-favourite cut out the work to the top of the hill, where he was joined by the favourite, who headed him in a few strides, and 'won very cleverly. Subscription Plate of 60 soya, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age. The winner to be sold for 300 soya if demanded, &o. Horses entered tD be sold for 150 sous allowed 71b. D.M. Mr R. Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 5 yrs (£300), 9st 41b (Furdhani) 1 Mr J. o:borne's Mantrap, 3 yrs (--P: 300 ), 7st sib (Whiteley) 2 Mr J. Wood's Custard Castle, 3 yrs (£150), 6st 121 b (Boast') 3 Betting—G to 4 agat Mantrap, and 2to 1 agst Peignoir. The favourite, in company with Custard Castle, made play into the cord•, where Fordham brought up Peignoir, and won a fine race by half a length; a bad third. Second Year of the Tenth Aske Produce Stakes of 60 soya eaoh, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1860 ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies , Bst 41b; those got by untried stallions or out of nut, led mares allowed 3!b, but only one allowance. D.M. Seven subs. Mr John Osborne's Dr. Rooke, (31b) (Whiteley) 1 Capt. Christie's Prescription, (31b)..., „ . (J. Grimkhaw) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Dr. Rooke, who made all the running and won in a canter by three lengths. The Claret Stakes, a subscription of 200 sous each, h ft, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillieq, Bst 51b. The owner of the second horse to withdraw his stakes. D.I. 7 subs. Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone, Bst 101 b.... (Fordham) 1 Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Woldga, Bst 101 b Betting-4 to lon Lord Clifden, and 9to 2 agst Rapid Rime. They ran abreast for the first quarter of a mile, when Rapid Rhone wont to the front, and made the running at an improved pace to the Old Duke's Stand, when Woldga was beaten, leaving the favourite in attendance upon Lord Glasgow's colt. Half way up the hill Osborne made an effort to get up, but failed, and was beaten easily by ten lengths ; bad third. Sweepstakes of 100 nova each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst Gib; winners extra. D.M. Three subs. ---- - Mr Merry's Effie, Bst 61b (Covey) w.o. Sweepstakes of 100 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; and fillies, Bst 61b. D.M. 3 subs. Lord Stamford's Leicester, Bst 101 b (J. Mann) w.o. MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. The annual general meeting of the Jockey Club was held at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Craven meeting. Present—Lord Coventry, the Hon. Admiral Rous, and Mr. Alexander (stewards) ; Lord Annesley, Count Batthy any, Mr. Batson, Lord Courtenay, Mr. W. a Craven, the Marquis of Hastings, Captain D. Lane, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Payne, Mr. Savile, the Duke of St. Albans, Lord West moreland, and Lord Wilton. Lord COVENTRY, the chairman, informed the meeting that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales had done them the honour to express a wish to become a member of the Jockey Club. His lordship then moved that his Royal Highness be forthwith elected without ballot. the motion was seconded by Admiral Rous, and carried by acclamation. A ballot afterwards took place, and Viscount St. Vincent was elected a member of the Jockey Club. The accounts for the pear ending December 31, 1863, having been presented and passed, Mr. W. G. Craven was appointed a steward in the place of the Earl of Coventry, who retired by rotation. Mr. George Payne was appointed a member of the Ben tinck Fund Committee, in place of the Duke of Richmond, who retired by rotation. The members now are—the lion. Admiral Rom, Mr. C. Alexander, and Mr. W. G. Craven (stewards of the Jockey Club) ; the Earl of Chesterfield, the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Portsmouth, and Mr. G. Payne. THE NATIONAL HUNT AND KILDARE HUNT ItACES.-IVEDNESDAY. This brilliant meeting of the Irish sporting nobility and gentry was concluded this afternoon, having furnished such an amount of sport as has never before been wit nessed in one day in Ireland, and which elicited a uni versal desire for the perpetuation of the meeting in its pristine integrity. The Grand Military Steeplechase created immense interest among the officers quartered in the garrisons of Dublin and its vicinity, but was tvon easily by Tony Lumpkin, the property of Colonel Forster, who has long been attached to the Staff of Lord Carlisle. The Downehire Cup, the ether great feature of the afternoon, furnished a magnificent contest between Cameo, Lottery, and Montpelier, there being only three heads between them. The winner is the property of Mr. M‘Denough, the celebrated steeplechase rider of former days, and was steadily ridden by Captain Ricardo, whose efforts to finish were much marred by his horse's saddle turning round in the race. The Welter Stakes was another fine race; but the accident which occurred to Forager and his jockey, Captain M'Craik, rendered the issue one of the chances of war. The weather was lovely, the attendance very great, and the appeal to the local hunts for support so successful that a great increase will be made to the stakes for next year, and the programme will be entirely revised. The company included the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Conyngham, the Marquis of Downshire, Lords Duukyllin, Cluncurry, Clon brook, Huntingdon, Hasiings, Earlsfort, Clarina, St. Laurence, Clanmorris, and Doneraile ; Baron and Baro ness de Robeck, the Hon. E. Lascelles, the lion, F. Cll - the Hon. Colonel Cotton, Sir Watkins Wynne, Sir John Power, Sir Thomas Bourke, &c. The Naas Plato of £lOO handicap), with selling allow. ancea. Two miles and a-half. Captain Beresford's Signal, 5 3 re, 9st 31b.... (Murphey) 1 Mr M. nahan's Topsy, 5 yrs, 10st, 71b (Owner) 2 Mr Hanlon's Fairy King, 6 yrs,"9st 31b .. (P. Igoe) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Forrest, Spider, and Dieppe. Betting-6 to 4 agst Signal, 2to 1 agat Topsy, and 4to 1 agst Fairy King. The Int got away in a cluster, and upon passing the Stand Miss Forrest held a slight lead, closely waited upon by Topsy and the favourite. Upon reaching the next fence Miss Forrest refused, which threw out Topsy. The lead was then assumed by Signal, whc, went on with the running to the wall, whoa Topsy again headed him. The pair, closely followed by Spider, cleared the three last fences together, and half way up the distance Murphey called upon the favourite, who answering very gamely won easily by four lengths, two lengths between second and third. The win ner was bought in for 110 guineas. The Grand Military Steeplechase of £3OO, added to a sweep stakes of £5 each, for horses the property of officers on full pay in the army or navy, or on the Staff in the United Kingdom, and in their possession six weeks before the race. The winner of a handicap steeplechase value £lOO excluded. Weight for age. About 3f miles. Col. Forster's (4th Dragoon Guards) Tony Lumpkin, aged aged (Mr. Laurence) 1 Capt. W. Cunningham's (11th Hussars) Stilton, aged, list 6lb (Owner) 2 Mr Ainslie's (Ist Dragoons) Mies Arthur, 5 yes, 12st 21b (Captain Smith) 3 The following also ran :—Charity Boy, Lady Douglas, St. George, Katie, Dark Lurker, The Fizzer, Ironsides, Vesper, Nora, Duster, Spatchcock, and Charlie. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Tony Lumpkin and Miss Arthur, 6 to 1 agst Charity Boy, and 8 to 1 each agst Ves per and Dark Lurker. The start was an excellent one, all getting off on terms of perfect equality. Miss Arthur and Charity Boy were the first to show in front, having for their neighbours Vesper, Spatchcock, and Tony Lumpkin. In this order they streamed along the meadows, exciting the admiration of the spectators from the admirable manner in which they took their fencer. No alteration of any importance occurred until going down the far side of the stand, where Ironsides went through his horses and led, his immediate followers being now Tony Lumpkin, Spatchcock, and Vesper. The brook being safely got over, Ironsides, atter going some dis tance, bolted, and Spatchcock went on with the running, and Tony Lumpkin, who had stopped at the wall, taking it afterwards, made up his lost ground very quickly. Three fences from home Stilton had drawn into the front rank, which closed up, and a slashing race home ensued, Tony Lumpkin winning very easily by three lengths; a length separated second third; Lady Douglas was fourth, and Spatchcock fifth, The Downshire Cup, a piece of plate value £lOO, pre sented by the Marquis of Downshire, with £2OO added to a sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; winners extra. About 3f miles. Captain Williams' Cameo, 5 yrs, 7.25 t 12Ib (Captain Ricardo) 1 Mr C. T. Couper's, jnn., Lottery, aged, 13st (Mr Knox) 2 Mr M'Grane's Montpelier, aged, flat 131 b.. (Mr Blake) 3 The following also ran :—The Fawn, Yellow Leaf, Con Cregan, and Wood Bird. Betting.-6 to 4 aget Con Cregan, 3to 1 agst Montpelier, 4 to 1 agst Yellow Leaf, 5 to 1 each aget Lottery and Sate nella, and 10 to 1 agst Cameo. Yellow leaf took a strong lead, Lottery lying second, and Cameo third The wall was taken in capital style, and no change occurred until they came to the back of the Steno, where Cameo took up the running, followed by Montpelier to the brook, with Satanella and Con Cregan at their quar ters. In this way they reached the double bank, the same order continuing to the wall, where Wood Bird was beaten. No change occurred until two fields from home, when Cameo, Montpelier, and Lottery joined issue, and a magnifi cent race resulted in the victory of Cameo by a head, a like distance separating the other two. Handicap Plate ef 430, presented by Lord Otho Fitzgerald, for horses the property of farmers of the county of Kildare, Winners extra. 21 miles. Mr Jackson's The Nigger, 6 yrs, 11st 714 .... (Brady) 1 Mr Moallie's b m, by Wanderer, 6 yrs llst 71b (Murphey) 2 Mr Russell's Fitsjames, 4 yrs, lOst 71b, carried lOst 131 , 1 (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Suuth Green, Brown ?lover, and Rosewood. Betting-5 to 4 agst Brown Plover, 3to 1 agat South Green, and 5 to 1 agst Wanderer. Rosewood made play, with Fitzjames and Wanderer in close attendance ; the former made the running for three quarters of a mire, where she gave way to Fitzjames, who teen held a commanding lead until within three fences of home, where he was collared by Wanderer and The Nigger, the latter coming with a wet sail halfway up the distance overhauled the leaders, and won very cleverly by three lengths, Fitzjames being beaten a like distance for second place. The Welter Stakes of £lOO, added to a Sweepstakes of b soya each. Weight for age. About three miles over the Downshire Course, including the 4f ft wall. Mr Nixon's Pyrites, h b, 5 yrs, 13st 71b (Capt. Tempest) 1 Sartoris's Sultan, aged, 14st (Owner) 2 following Llso ran:—Arab Boy, Muswell Hill, The Tanner, ;ladcap, Hard Times, Arthur g, Red Robin, Gray Plover, Vultn:o) St r ongbow, Trapper's Dau g ht er , an d Forager. cer, Betting—Even on For..: 6 to 1 agst Hard Times, 7 t o : other. 1 agst Pyrites, and 10 to 1 ag.:.t any Immediately the flag fell Hard 7 . imes rushed to th e f ron t, but after the first fence he was pa...'sed by Sultan, the favourite lying third. Next to these Onle Trapper's Daughter and Vulture, the test, with the except:On of Mus• well Hill (outpaced), being well up. The lot clettied the wall in fine style, Gray Plover alone making a mistake, i,ut being quickly caught and remounted, he again joined the body of horses. Passing the Stand, Sultan led, with Trap per's Daughter, Hard Times, and Forager at his quarters. In this order they travelled to the double bank, which was jumped without any mistake, and the wall was taken equally well. On entering the straight the race was left to these four. The contest looked like ending in a match between Forager and Hard Times, but. owing to the crowd closing in Forager bore down upon Hard Times and drove him over the ropes, fot tunately without causing the rider any injury ; but Forager fell, and rolling over him, gave him so severs a fall that great excitement for some time prevailed relative to his recovery, Pending this mishap Pyrites came with a rush, and, passing Sultan, won cleverly by a length and a half. Medical aid was immediately called in to the assist ance of Captain M'Craith, who after the delay of an hour was removed to his hotel, and pronounced, although severely shook, to have no bones broken. YORK SPRING MEETING. TVESDAY, MAY 10. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap. quarter. Age et lb Lit:eosins Flirtation My Mary Borealis .4 8 2 Brighton Berkeley The Monk a 8 1 Donnybrook . 4 8 0 Prince Plausible 6 713 Anfleld Tourist Onesander .. 4 7 12 Dunkeld Fantaron Fantail Early Purl 4 7 10 Mantred 4 7 6 Forfeits to be declared on t published Ap One wile and a Age et lb Newmarket Alice Dualla Bonny Bell Stockmen Count Cavour Merry Maid 6 6 9 Guardsman Little Stag Bradamaute 3 6 5 Loafer Gondola 3 6 2 Mahometan Goldylocks Vacuna colt Sea 80y.... , Lytham 3 5 12 he 19th of April. Weights ,ra 13, 10 a.m. The last week's raliway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under :- 1861. 1863. North-Western £9 5,581 £89,399 Great Northern Great Eastern Lancashire and Yorkshire 36,050 32,530 South- Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern North -Eastern ....... 55,514 49,746 Bristol and Exeter West Hartlepool Glasgow and South -Western 8,849 8,373 Great South-Western (Ireland) 7,717 8,530 These returns compared with those of the same period of last year are with few exceptions of a favourably character. The North Western shows an ;increase of £6,182; Groat Northern, £ 9 , 785 ; Great Eastern, £2,310 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £3,520; South Western, £1,091 ; Midland, £4,561 ; South Eastern, £62; North Eastern, £5,768; and the Great Southern Wes'ern of Ireland, £976. The Brighton, however, has fallen off £3,158 ; the Wrist Ihrtlepool, £403; and the Great South and Western_of Ireland, £Bl3. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES.—Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) QUEEN'S PLATE. Wingrave Harlequin Tourist .. 3 Six ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Antoinette ................................... : 1 Chip of the Old Block Both ............ Thirteen ran. PORT STAKES. Giraffa colt 1 Jarnicoton Anfield 3 HANDICAP S WEE PSTAK ES. Amber Zouave Junior Five ran. BENNINGTON STAKES. Tomato Privateer Crisis £5O PLATE. Harrah Sister to Breeze Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. War Dance.... LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Fille de l'Air (taken) 9to 2 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Paris (offered) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Change (taken) TUE DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Cananuscan (taken) -11 to 1 agat Coastguard (t Alen) 9to 1 aget Lord Glasgow's lot (differed, take 10) 1000 to 30 aget Paris (offered) 40 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 15 to 1 agat Blair Athol being Ist, 2d, or 3d RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. APRIL. Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Blaydon Radcliffe l6 Redditch l6 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden Epsom .... 24 Wye Maidstone 3 Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Odihatu Bibury rren Beverley .... 22 Stockbridge Chelmsford.. 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne Worcest‘r (Summer) Ipswich Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge Liverpool July Stamford r LT. Nottingham . l9 Winchester l9 Southampton .. IChesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood Au Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes ls Huntingdon . Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford lB SEPT] Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester 8 Bridgwater Doncaster lIST. Dover .. lB York August Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield Stocktcn Devon and Exeter Derby 'EMBER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn NewmarketFirst October 27 OCTOZEI. Bedford Northallerton 6 Gloncester Newmarket Second Oct. 10 Newmarket Houghton 24 Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. THIS DAY. A portion of the fo'lowing appeared in our impression of last night:— A very full meeting of Middlesex magistrates was held to-day at the deasions House, Clerkenwell.. green. ADMISSION OF CATHOLIC MINISTERS TO PRISONS. ➢Zr. P. N. LAURIE moved the fallowing resolu tion : " That it appearing from the returns presented by the Visiting Justices of the three county prisons to the court, on the 18th February, 1864, that, at the data of such re turns, the number of Roman Catholic prisoners in the House of Correction was 391, in the Westminster Bridewell 223, and in the House of Detention 35, matting an aggregate number of 639, this court is of opinion that it is expedient to provide for the regular ministration of a minister or ministers of the Roman Catholic Church, or persuasion, for the prisoners of that Church, or persuasion, who shall receive a reasonable sum as recompence for his, or their services, under the provisions of the ' Prison Ministers' Act, 1863.' " He thought it was the moral duty of the magis trates to do that for the Catholics what the law compelled them to do for the Protestants, and that it was unjust to deprive a prisoner of that consola tion of which he stood so much in need. The magistrates would do well to imitate the example set mankind by the apostle Paul, and give to every one that which is right and proper. Viscount ENFIELD seconded the motion. Mr. E. W. Cox moved, as an amendment, the following : "That the Visiting Justices of the Houses of Correction at Coldbath-fields and Westminster be requested to carry into Effect so much of the 2d section of the 26 and 27 Vic,, cap. 79, as relates to permitting a minister of the Church or persuasion to which prisoners belong, to visit such prisoners at proper and reasonable times, under such regulations as they deem to be necessary to the preservation of the discip line of the respective prisoners. That the salary of the minister for Coldbath-fields Prison be £l5O per annum, and the House of Correction £lOO per annum." After some discussion, Mr. Sergeant PAYNE moved a negative, both to the motion and amendment, to the effect that, " To allow Roman Catholic priests to attend at the prisms on ail occasions, whether their ministrations ire required or not, would be unnecessary and im. proper." _ _ - - A division then took place on the amendment of Mr. Cox, the members being— For the amendment 7 Against it This division left Mr. Laurie's still the original motion, when a division was again taken on the amendment of Mr. Payne, and the numbers were— For Mr. Payne's amendment 7O Against it ••• 00000 24 The result being that the motion of Mr. Laurie was lost by a majority of 46. Bank of England Return,--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day of April, 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Aotes issued ........,427.026915 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.M4,90u Gold Coin & Bullion 12,376,945 Silver Bullion £27,026,915 BAN RIND D eroprletors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis ssioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- £27,026,945 :PARTMENT. Government Secu rities including Dead eight.A.n nuity) £11,022, 2 67 Other Securities • • 20,266,03 S Notes Gold and Silver 703,156 Coln counts) 5.929,922 Other Deposits 13,566,029 Seven Day and other I.lllls 137,76; ,433 M. £37.762,3 - S5 iAnssALL, Chief Cashier. April 14, 1861 We understand that the office of Junior Lord of the Admiralty, vacated by Mr. Stansfeld and de clined by Mr Baxter, has been offered to Mr. Childers, M.P. for Pontefract, and has been accepted by that gentle man. An election for Pontefract may therefore he expected to occur witnia a fesv dap.. It is stated that Mr. Lowe, the Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council on Eduea lion, has tendered his resignation in consequence of the vote of Tuesday night; but wo are not positively informed whether his r esignation has been accepted. The friends of the right hon. gentlemen not in the Government, it is said, are of opinion that he cannot retain °Taco after the adverse vote of Tuesday. MISSING Smr.—The Piincer, which sailed from Cardiff on the ISt of 7Ncv , ,:in'oc. - N.: Constantino'le wiiti iron, his not since been heard of. 1