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

lIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Fully 6 per cent., the minimum of the Bank of England, has baen required in the general discount market to-day for negotiating the best short dated Paper. The demand for monetary accommodation continues very excessive, and bankers and brokers are showing less disposition to offer any concession Under the official rate. Several unfavourable changes are exhibited in the return from the Bank of England, completed to Wednesday last. The distribution of the April dividends has occasioned a reduction in the Govern ment deposits, and also in the other securities. The bullion and reserve of notes have also been trench,q, u pon to a considerable extent. Sabjoined is our 'usual analysis : Active Circulation .. £21,256,220 Increase .. 253,000 Bullion .. .. 13,080,400 Decrease .. • • • • 536 ' 363 Rest 3 , 164.157 Increase 19,978 Public Deposits •• •• .• 5,929,922 Decrease 3 , 888,958 Other Deposits.. .. .. 13,586,029 Increase .. • • • • • • 237,730 Seven Day and other Bills .. 629,377 Increase .. • • " • • 3,683 G overnment Securities .. .. 11,022,267 Decrease .. .. • • • • 250.789 Other Securities 23,266,038 Decrease 2,587,415 Notes Unemployed .. •. 5,770,72.5 Decrease .. .. • • • • 812,930 The East India Financial Association, with a capital of £1,000,000 in shares of .£5O each, of which it is not intended to call up more than £2O, has been brought forward by the Imperial Financial Com pany, and for which the new undertaking is to act as the agent in the East. The objects proposed to be carried out are strictly financial, and to be con fined to India and the East. The association will grant, loans on mortgages, and negotiate the sale and purchase of landed, house, and other property on ctommission. The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining Company (Limited) have received—by telegram, from Lisbon—the following report, dated Morro Velho, March :—Produce for February, 31,264 oitavas; cost for do., 10,409; profit for do., £1,647. Produce for 11 days of March, 8,749 oitavas; yield, 4 .696 oitavas per ton. Small hauling of stone this first division of March. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent.Rentes were (66f. 850, Firm. There has been again an indisposition to specu late freely in the market for the English Funds, but notwithstanding the inactivity of business the ("notations have been exceedingly firm. Consols ar e 91 4 for money, and 91i 92 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; t he 2 8 per Cents., 73 ; ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. 35.; India 5 per Cents., 105 g ; do. 4 per Cents., 99 1 ; flf4 ced 5 per Cents., 1041; and do. 5-1- per Cents., 1131 _ 4° In the Foreign Market general depression is apparent, and business is less active. Turkish 6 per C ents., 1862, are 711 72 ; do., Consolides, 531 4 ; n Mexican, 471 8; Greek, 251 -10 Spanish Passive, 1:; Portuguese, 491 ; Italian, 68 ; Russian, 91 1 1; Venezuelan, 59 4; and the Confederate Loan, 53 54. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather more animation, and in some instances prices h ave shown a further upward tendency. Bristol and Exeter and North Eastern (Berwick) have each advanced . 15 5 . ; an d Lancashire and Yorkshire and south Eastern, ss. ; while Great Northern (A Stock) and Metropolitan have declined 55.; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate rial alteration in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in rather active request, at enhanced rates. English and Irish have improved to 191 ; Alliance, 60 ; London Bank of Scotland, 231 41-; London and Brazilian, ; Oriental Bank, 671; Hudson Bay Company, 201 4 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 97*. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—Credit Foncier, Si 'prem.; Credit Mobilier, 6 1 prem.; Millwall Iron Works, 3 prem. ; City Offices, 2 1 3 prem. ; Thames Iron Works, 4 1 prem. ; Im perial Financial, 51 prem. ; Financial Corporation, at, I- prem. ; City of London Real Property, 2 1 Pram. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Go vs - a RNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols a Ditto Account, May 5 li „P e er Cent. R e d u ced : 1 3 per Cent ,evi , 21 per C en t. Jan. 1891 7 3 i '"ulnuitie s , 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 18 85 . 14 1 1 x D itto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. Z ehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 3 10 dis Ditto £500 , Ditto £ lOO and £200 15ank England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account .. — 11413 1 tot G OVERN MENT SECURITIES. liia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — bitto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account 4 per Cent, 1883 991 f t o Certificates Ditto!tto D 4 per Cent., Oct, 188 8 — Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 187 2 .. 104 f .u,itto 52 per Cent, May , 1879 ll3k -,i Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds E 1,000.. Ditto under £l,OOO .............. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - b_ Ditto 1859 ` ara zilian 5 per Cent D itto 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 t Ditto 1863 BB 1 4 ,aries Ayres 6 per Cent 0 ,- , : iitto, Leloo Bonds — 4 „,nian 6 per Cent . — . it uitto 41 pet Cent Eq 4 ad or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l4f gmtian 7 per Cent.. , D'itto, Second Issue tfre:ek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons — i)itto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account !Italian 8 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway: 75 ,Mexican 3 per C en t Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deterred — P Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) `" 4 vian 41 per Cent •,.. 'Ditto Account.. • * Ditto 3 per Cent. ( Uribarren) * .., Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 , Ditto Account -rortuc , uese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account .............. ..., 62,'3 491 ,: D itto 3 per Cent., 1856 1 '7 l '-9 , ,60 ... Di tto Account ................ _... „_ 7, D itto Scrip (1863) £3O paid ...., F` R 4n asian 5 per C en t., 1822, £ St D itto 41 per C en t., 1850 ......... Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 l '' i . D itto 6 per C en t, 1862 ........ 91t 4r dilliati 5 per Cent — „ Ditto A.ccoK i t — qanish 3p , Cent Ditto / 'l. f v v . -.mom. -,,!. -o New Deferred Ditto''itto Account _ , Passive • & s u itto Account 351 -xitlrdsh Cert. of Coup not funded .. ~v13i..,.tt0 Account.. .1, e Lsh, 4 per Cent Dittos 6 per Cent. 1854 — Account -,, .901 4, itt o 6 per Cent. 1858 .. .9Ftto Account . 7 ,"1tt0 6 per Cent. 1862 1,41tt0 Account " L tto £lOO Bonds — Ditt o Guaranteed, 1863 It itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. Vs!tto Account 23/ 3 .1 -. 1 ) , t ,s t 0 6 per Cent., 1862 ''',o Ditto 11 Account per Cent .I)ividends on the above payable in Loud ,n ) 1 4 44 elan, 6 per Cent.. Er. 10 Florins. _ ~i l an. 41 per Cent Ex. 25f.. . r ; 11 21 per Cent., .L.. 12 Guil — F r ' l4 O per Cent. Certificates -- Fren ch Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 661 75c It Ditto Account — 14 / 1 , 5 per Cent., 1851, Es. 25 francs — A;llitto Account .) - _ ,eri6Bk Per '4lontese 5 per Cent. Ex. 25f vian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Co nsoleTWO O'CLOCK, 91a Ditt o Accou Money nt ....... Irnt et 1001 91 i 2 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHALES AND STOOKS• share Railways. pad.l Cl os ing I Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost., Sleaf.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A gets no diN Do. B till 6p c.p an. htt been paid in B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Atr. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. ; Great Eastern, Ord. stk; Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s I GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do V. do i gt.s. and W. of Delan , ktreat Western Do Str Val gua. stool, Lancashire & Yorkshirt London and Blackwal I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So...th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New 8 81 Bi 9 83 85 118 119 61 7i 35 37 16 17 90 92 10' 106 17 i7i 6i 7i 130 131 138 /40 131 1,"3 91 93 651 d6i 110} not 67 t 9 1021 10311 43i 44} 1114 112 99 100 5.1 i 554 1174 118 i, 1311 /3211 Do Binning. do Derby Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland j Do. a shares Mid lint Do Cray Line ;North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiei. Do, G.N.E. purohast Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle • • North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. K, Aber. etc.:l: Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and welohpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1886 'Taff Vale.. Do B Do C 'Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford 4k Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 101 103 51 62 24b 99f MOi 56 57 88i 89 128 131 1i 2i p 78 79 Itl 11} 121 123 41 43 98 100 63 64 33 85 90 91 101 103 Si 0i 37 38 9i 10 , 8 8 i 165 170 5 7 3 4 p 9t 96 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • Closing share Railways Paid. Price. Business don luo ItiontleSt St Lawrence all 59 41 CIS Rom.,Barodatt.Centlnn lot 1021 1034 103 Gu. 5 per amt.. 20 Do. New • 8 I 20 Do. E. 74 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6 64 10 Do. Preferonoe ...... all 9 10 00 Buffalo,Brant4Godricli p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1672 ,00 Do. do. July 1, 187, Wt. 100 Do. do. June 1, 18;4 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(l. , n 100 101 103 1024 at Cape Town Dock Seri. 100 99 101 100 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.. 100 i 044 1054 1054 5 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. l 0) 1044 105 103 141 51 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 1 1 p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 4 Ir, stook Grand Trunk of Canada tw, 20 21 201 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 70 25 100 Do. co. deferred. all 60 43 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 63 65 /00 Do. do. deferred —. all 51 63 100 Do. 3d P , ef. stock ... all 48 50 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 El 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred...... ail 22 c 5 @took Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 101 105 iO4l 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 104 NI 104 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 93 91 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 . all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 $p stook Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 IU2 )03 stook Do. ft p. 0. Extension 100 95 98 stock Do. 4A d 0........ 100 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stook 31elb.Corp. op. o. Buds. 100 50 31elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 53 100 Do. 7p. c. 31ortg. Bds. all *0 NewßrunawickacCanda Class A and B all 3 5 N. ill.C'das pc Ist pt bds 100 82 74 ,tock Scinde •• •• 1 (100 1044 10511 stock Do. Delhi lOO 104 103 1021 10 Do. do • r t' 2 IP at Do. Punjtub , all 1024 1034 Do. Do. , 100 - 61001. Do. Indus. St. Flo. J 11100 97 93 COLONIAL GOVERN 'MENT SECURITIES. . Lan.Gov. 6 p.c.J iv .14./ uly • 1877-84 ... . ICtl 102 104 1031 Do. op. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 , 02 Do. ep. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 102 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10• 89 31 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 Cape G.Llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 406 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 110 112 Do. 189( 100 101 1 13 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 101 110 112 Nov.lB7B, 6 r 100 112 114 Mauitius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 199 111 109 -.- N.B.Gov. 0p.c..) a.&July 100 102 104 Do. 6p. u.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p x.,15, 4 10,‘ 991 1004 Du. t; p. e.,18(.1 to 1 ~ t 100 99 tOl Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 99 100 991 - ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c steriing, 1875 lOO 104 106 ( Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO S. AIM G0p.c.1678.& up lOO 108 111 VtaGov. 8 p.c. Ja.,lr,July 100 1 .Do. to 15 v.c. A.0..t0ct.. 190 ILO 109_ 1081 9 fraITISH. MINES. 2 Cambrl2ll Consol. Gold 1 4 id ti111 )- Jrd Amalgamated — 36 37 I .;evcrt G. Con.. (Tavist ) I 550 680 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 87 70 ..- East Clogau Gold Ltd. —•— d East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea.... . E. W'l Russel (Tavistko 8.9.0 3 1 4} • ,Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 584 9 10 ;Great South Tolgus l7s 3 34 IG. Wheal Vor (Relston 40 35 35 34 Grenville . Hem-Ws-Foot .• 8.1 1 : 05 37 tlingston Downs 4.18.0' 34 4 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut os 18 20 Marke Valley.. 4 nyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 21 It 1 d New Seto n l6l 85 2 95 • North Downs 2l 11 N.Wli'l Basset(lll(4au 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze>, - - Itovidence(Uny Lelnt ) 10.6.7 41 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer it 450 470 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — - - ,_,. W heal Fran. (Mogan , MIRA; 40 5 0 Stray Park Vamar Silv.& Lead Mind ;fin Croft 9 )8 19 I West Basset (Mogan) ll, 10 11 —IW C' radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Seton Wheel Basset (Mogan) 54 85 90 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 35 40 Wheal Kitty (C.Lolant) 2.0.6 - - WhealLuctott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 134 144 Wheal Beton Wheal Treiawney (Lis ), 7 581 200 2 24 21 I Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 ---- PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, — Ditto, 6 p r cent. pt., 123 Great Northern, 5 per cent.,:ll2 Great orthern, 44 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 104 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 104 London and South-Western, Ditto, Portsmouth perpet. anns. of 2s. 6d., 21 South Devon, Anns., 10s., 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND ISTOCKS Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pt, 100 London and S.-Western ti per cent., 1021 • LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham It. &G, 94 . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9} 10 San Paulo (lirn.), vim. 7 per cent., Dittoaall), 201 1 FOREIGN MMES. Port Philip, I Yudanaututana of S. Australia, lira., 3} BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 149 5 9 Alliance um. 59, 60 _ Ditto, new, 49f Anglo Austrian. 7f f Anglo-Italian, limited, 617 Australasia, 74 111 Bank of ()tag°, lira., 5l 41 Bank of Queensland (lira), 22 11 21 Brazilian and Portuguese, him. of 9 British and American Exchange (lim.), 211 2 British and Californian, hra., 71 7 British North American. bu eChhaarrtteerreedd Bankßank ( o )u t 1 1.1 n r d i i t a i , sh An C a o t l r u a m li b a, ia ;n 1 d 21 chin 111 a, 421 Colonial, lim., 41 Consolidated Bank, 1im.,1111 Continental, lim., 181 19} East-London, lira., 94 8) English and Irish, lim., 181 19} English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 221 European Bank, lim., 15 14 f English and Swedish, lim., 131 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim,), 37 imperial Bank (lim.), 43 • Ditto, new, 29 Imperial Ottoman, 211 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 23 3f London and Brazilian (lim.), 63 London, Birm„ and S. Staffordshire, lira., 271 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27f London and Colonial (11m.),16% 17f London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch lim., 20 London Joint Stock, 46i 7 London and Northern, 1101., 221 London and South African, 28 London and South American, lim., 11 101 London and 11 estminster, 931 2 Merchant Bank, iim 17E 181 Merean i:t t o i a l h e an.d Exchane, Bra., 110 , ) 1 ri e eidex i I r nai o ntn p aad o nl i i a m n andnr Provincial Bank, Um., 33 stern,a na n ne kwic Corporation., a SouthS u e n in i 0 3 .1 n e 0 , Pi Australia,u n) ab , and 5 1 7 4 1 671)1 7112 Union of Irelaud, lim., 21 _. Standard of iritlimsh"S3outth Africa (1.1131 . ati V. 15.! 12.10 gtOOk 41 i 66}}6 1101 es 1031 111 k i VBI 9i 54; I'Bl 18 134 11 ' 57 9J 89i TI - IE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1864. COMMENCEMENT OP TERM---This Days 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 COTTRT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) TIIE 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, bul had not returned into court when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day, TIIAMES. 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 fie 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 aad be of good behaviour for the next twelve months, MARKETS—This Day. 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 descripticns, 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 spaking, 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 WILEY. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English-- 590 410 BLO 1,54) 880 1ri5h.......... 2,610 Foreign-- 4,240 1,267 0,400 I 100 SIES. 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. by the carcase. Baud Lnferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Nliddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 g d s Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork ~ .. 4 0 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on 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 10s per cwt. Weald of Kents 4 5 Sussex Yearlings .. 3 Os to 5 Os „ 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. SUGAR.—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 grocery descriptions, and in the refined market full rates are 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 Machinrie, 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 Lnndesborough, from Mauritius—Selina from Ilavannah —Moselle, from Africa. NEWPORT, April 13.—Wind N.Wo—Arrived—Poeng i from Demerara. OFF FALMOUTH, April 14.—Arrived—Brilliant, from Port Elizabeth. PILL, April 14.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Alice Mono, for Richibuc to. I3Y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Thisted, from Thisted ; Ora and Labors, from Hangesund ; Gem, from Bruges ; Asterope, from Welling ton, New Zealand; Tre Broders, from Sheepsick ; New Prince of Wales, from Alnsterdam; Merelen, from Aalborg; Fapona, from Emos ; Caspian, from Calcutta; Vigilant, from Frederickstadt ; 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, White 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 Holyrood Palace, preservation of Haddington Abbey, Glasgow Cathedral, Cloister of St. Andrews, &c. — Public Parks near London, and Holyrood-park,197,952, 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•office instalment, £75,000 —Edin burgh Industrial Museum, £6,7so—Aberdeen University, £3,3ss—Public Record Repository, £26,ooo—Westminster Bridge Approaches, £2o,ooo—New Westminster Bridge, £lo,93o—Nelson Column, Trafalgar-square, £4,000 (the cost of the lions is given at £l7,ooo)—New Record Build ings, Dublin, £lB,oo2—National Gallery, Dublin, buildings, £l,3oo—Purchase of land eze,, at Kensington Gore, £53,000. THE WAR IN DENMARK. ) (From Ms limes' Second Edition.) I 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 Ledegaard. 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 tin chemin de cireonrallation. 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 Lsdegaard, but even to annoy us in our flight from it, if 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, throwiug 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 Bonder. 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 Reymuth's Hotel, and still hands foaming flagrns 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 Sunder 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 en the havoc they had made among the bastions of the Dybbol 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 fire has been languishing since, a proof that, however advanced, they do not consider them selves as quite ready. The last two days have been dark and foggy, and nu 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' seclusion in one of the most noisome towns in the Daniell dominions ; and the open fields have charms for us in spite of tho 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 w© 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 Dybboi windmill (le braves des braves) had its sails and rcoi carried off by the enemy's fire, The discrowned stump is still standing. THE BUDGET NIGHT, The London correspondent of the Manchester Examiner thus described the 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 ar e d evo t e d t o me mbers of the House of Lords, there was a brilliant assem bly of the peers and dipl.omatists. Viscount Eversle,, 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 smiling, 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 i s to d o an ything particular, for everyone kn ows t h at h e h as not anywhere two more earnest and faithful disciples than these two young nobl emen — w e observe nearly all the is Oppositionas leaders in their places. nearly as Mr. Disraeli possible opposite Mr. Gladstone; his face, usually inscrutable enough, is screwed up to a pitch of tenfold inscrutability. He g folded,his chin in the air, his wards, immovable as a statue ; s three or f our t i mes i n t h e course sits eeyx sc se w pdt i i t rt h eha his atte dp perhaps hi m l s ap 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. Northcote, who sits on .his left hand. Mr. Cobden was —for the first time this session, I think—present in his old place by the 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 memorandum book. It was to such an audience that Mr. Gladstone com menced his statement at the unusually early hour disdaining to i h f e knew would of ex e t i w te e b n y ty ar na ti i fi n be given to him without it , he plunged into his a u s t e t h s e b a e t f t o e r n e i fi s v n e . w h A i a s h subject the moment he got on his legs—there was literally not a word of exordium or intro duction. For nearly three hours he held the 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 telt. Sin gularly amusing—characteristic also —was the way in which he played with the house, like a cat with a mouse, going elaborately through all his minor changes of taxation before ho would come to the more important remissions. lam sure that he had a humorous delight in the impatience of the house, while the house could not help showing its amuse ment at the way in which the long-waited -for morsel was kept dangling above their heads. Mr. Bentinck, of Norfolk, did not like the ' chaff' about the odour into which protection has fallen, and will resent it by-and-by in his gruff, rough-tempered way." THE ALEXANDRA. —Although the officers of customs at Liverpool 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 ou their lodging the usual ap plication, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THURSDAY. There was a better, 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 'n ,tional 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 show. There was a very mode rate lot for the Biennial, with the exception of Blue Mantle, whose uncertain temper made him a hax.irdous 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 Ruisseaulon the post. Rapid Rhone and Woldga were the only competitors with Lord Clifden 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. Ho was beaten after mounting the hill, and Lord Glasgow's colours came first past the chair, 10 lengths in it ivance of the favourite, amid tremendous cheering and excitement. Second year of the Fifth Newmarket Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added; colts Set 10Ib, 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 Captain 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 Turcos, Bst 10117 (W. Boyce) 4 Sir H. Des Vosufe Warhorse, Bst 31b (Custance) b Mr J. H. C. Wyndham'a The Flower Safety, Bst 61b (J. Goater) 6 Mr Saxon's Sweet Willie, Bst 101 b (Midgley) 7 Betting-7 to 4 agat Sea King, sto 2 agat 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,whera Blue Mantle gave way to Sweet Willie, but who shortly after was beaten, and his place was taken 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 Boys, 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, oat ltilb (sayers) 2 Mr Perry's Principal, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (W. Boyce) 3 Mr G. Angell's Dunkeld, 4 yrs, Bst (Peru) 4 Mr W. E. Jones's &loo t 4 yrs, 7st 21b.. ...... (Is:sates) 5 Count Batthyany's Prince Plausible, 5 yrs, Dot (Custance) 6 Be? ting-2 to 1 egst Dunkeld, and 4 to 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 Ly four lengths, two lengths between the second and third, a bad fourth; the others beaten off. Swoepstakes of 50 soya each, for 3-yr-olds; colts Bat 101 b, and fillies Bst 51b, winners extra; maidens at starting allowed 51b. 11. M, 7 subs. Mr Gubelie's Bel Deraonio (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 eget Bel Bemonio, 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, moat seriously inj wring 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 Demonic., who won cleverly by a length ; a bad third. A. Sweepstakes of 20 sovoreigns each, h ft; 4-yr-olds Sst 101 b, 5-yr-olds and upwards Ost, mares and geldings al lowed 311); the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Bretby Stakes Course. 4 subs. Mr Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 5 yrs, 9st ...,(Fordham) we. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds, colts Sat 715, fillies Bst 51b. Last half of K.M. 7 subs. Lord Coventry's Tennyson, Bat 101 b.. (J. Adams) 1 Mr South's Rattle filly, Bst .51b (Brewtey) 2 Mr Perry's Cripplegate, Bst 101 b Mr Mansfield's Princess Dagmar, Sat 61b (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 Wicker, Bst 71b .. (J. Goater) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Sante Ruissean, Bst I.olb (A. Edwards) 2 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 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age. The winner to be sold for 300 soya if demanded, &O. Horses entered to be sold for 150 110 Vb allowed 71b. D.M. Mr R. Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 5 yrs (£300), 9st 41b (Fordham) 1 Mr J. ()Acme's Mantrap, 3 yrs (£3oo),_7st .61b Whiteley) 2 {r J. Wood's Custard Castle, 3 yrs (£150), 6st 121 b (Boxall) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst Mantrap, and 2to 1 agst Peignoir. The favourite, in company with Custard Castle, made play into the cordq, where Fot dham 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 each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1860 ; colts, fist 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; those got by untried stallions or out of untried mares allowed 31b, but only one allowance. D.M. Seven subs. Mr John Osborne's Dr. Rooks, (31b) (Whiteley) 1 Capt, Christie's Prescripion, (31b)..., (J. Grimshaw) 2 Betting-6 to 4on Dr. itooke, who made all the running and won in a canter by three lengths. The Claret Stakes, a subscription of 200 soya each, k ft, for 4-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillie4, Bst 51b. The owner of the -second horse to withdraw his stakes. D.I. 7 subs. Lord Glaszow's Rapid Rhone, Bst 101b....(Fordhara) 1 Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clitden, 8!t Nib (J. Osborne) 2 Sir J. Hawley's NVoldga, Bst 101 b . _ Betting-4 to lon Lord Clifden, and 9to 2 agst Rapid Rhone. They ran abreast for the first quarter of a mile, when Rapid Rhone went 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 Lard 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 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 101 b; and fillies, Bst 61b; winners extra. I),M, Three subs. Mr Merry's Effie, Bst 61b (Covey) w.o. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; and fillies, Bst 61b. P.M. 3 subs. Lord Statnford'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. G. Craven, the Marquis of Hastings, Captain D. Lane, Mr. Lowther, Mr. Payne, Mr. Savile, the Duke of St. Albano, 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 sear 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 Roue, Mr. C. Alexander, and Mr. W. G. Craven (stewards of the Jockey Club) ; the Earl of Chesterfield, the Duko of Beaufort, the Earl of Portsmouth, and Mr. G. Payne. THE NATIONAL HUNT AND KILDARE HUNT RACES.-WEDNESDAY. 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 won easily by Tony Lumpkin, the property of Coit) n , Forster, who has long been attached to the Staff of Lord Carlisle. The Downshire 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`Denongh, 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. Tile 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 Dunkallin, ClJncurry, Clon brock, Huntingdon, Hastings, EArlsfort, Clariva, St. Laurence, Clanmorris, and Doneroe ; Baron and Baro ness de Robeck, the Hon. E. Laseellet!, the Hon, F. Cll - the Hon. Colonel Cotton, Sir WcAkins Wynne, Sir John Power, Sir Thomas Bourke, &c. The Naas Plate of £lOO (a handicap), with selling allow ances. Two miles and a-half. Captain Beresford's Signal, 5 3 rs, 9st 31b.... (Murphey) 1 Mr M , nahan's Topsy, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Owner) 2 Mr Hanlon's Fairy King, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (P. Igoe) 3 The following also ran :—Miss Forrest, Spider, old Dieppe. Betting-6 to 4 agst Signal, 2to 1 agst Topsy, and 4to 1 agst Fairy King. The lot 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, who went on with the running to the wall, wheie 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 Orand 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 3} miles. Col. Forster's (4th Dragoon Guards) Tony Lumpkin, aged aged (Nlr. Laurence) 1 Capt. NV. Cunningham's (11th Hussars) Stiltun, aged, list 6lb .. (Owner) 2 Mr Ainslie's (let Dragoons) Miss Arthur, 5 yrs, 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 t)ark 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 naknner in which they took their fences• 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 .-3patchcock went on with tile 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 sove. each; winners extra. About 31 miles. Captain Williams' • Cameo, 5 yrs, I _2st 121 b (Captain Ricardo) 1 Mr C. T. Couper's, jan., Lottery, aged, 13st (Mr Knox) 2 Mr M'Grane's Montpelier, uged, 12st 131 b.. (Mr Blake) 3 The following also ran:—The Fawn, Yellow Leaf, Con Cregan, and Wood Bird. Betting.—G to 4 agst Con Cregan, 3to 1 agst Montpelier, 4 to 1 agst Xellow Leaf, 5 to 1 each agst Lottery and Sata nella, and 10 to 1 apt 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 Stand, where Cameo took up the running, followed by Montpelier to the brook, with Satanella and Con Crcgan 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 et X3O, 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 yre, list 71b .... (Brady) 1 Mr Mosllie's b m, by Wanderer, 6 yrs list 71b (Murphey) 2 Mr Russell's Fitajameg, 4 yrs, 10.1 71b, carried lOst 131► i (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—South Green, Brown Plover, and Rosewood. Betting-5 to 4 eget Brown Plover, 3to 1 eget South Green, and 5 to 1 aget 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 then 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 4100, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Weight for age. About three miles over the Downshire Course, including the 4ift wall. Mr Nixon's Pyrites, h b. 5 yrs, 13st 71b (Capt. Tempest) 1 Mr Sarturis's Sultan, aged, 14at (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Arab Boy, Muswell 11111, The Tanner, Madcap, Hard Times, Arthur g, Red Robin, Gray Plover, Vulture, Strongbow, Trapper's Daughter, and Forager. _ _ . Betang—Even on Forager, 5 to 1 aget Hard Times, 7 to 1 agst Pyrites, and 10 to 1 aget any other. Immediately the flag fell Hard Times rushed to the front, but after the first fence he was passed by Sultan, the favourite lying third. Next to these came Trapper's Daughter and Vulture, the zest, with the exception of Mus• well Hill (outpaced), biang welt up. The lot cleared the wall in fine style, Gray Plover alone making a mistake, but 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, fortunately without causing the rider any injury ; but Forager fell, and rolling over him, gave him so severe a fall that great excitement for some time prevailed relative to his recovery, Pending this mish3p 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 st lb Limosina Flirtation My Mary Borealis 4 8 2 Brighton Berkeley The Monk a 8 1 Donnybrook 4 8 0 Prince Plausible 6 713 Anfield Tourist Onesander .. 4 7 12 Dunkeld 4 7 12 Fantaron Fantail E,,rly Purl .„ 4 7 10 Matured 4 7 6 1 Forfeits to be declared on ti published Ap One mile and a Age at lb Newmarket Alice Dualla Bonny 801 l Stockm{in Count Cavour Merry Maid 6 6 9 Guardsman Little Stag Bradamante 3 6 6 Loafer Gondola 3 6 2 nahometan Goldylocks Vacuna colt Sea 80y..... Lytham 3 5 12 .he 19th of April. Weights mil 13, 10 a.m. The last week's rai►way receipts, ascertained up :o this day, are, in, round figures, as under : _ . . 1864. 1863. North-Western Great Northern Groat Eastern Lancashire and Yorkshire 36,050 32,530 South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern North Eastern 65,614 49,746 Bristol and Exeter West Hartlepool Glasgow and South •Western 8,819 8,373 Great South-Western (Ireland) These returns compared with those of the same period of last year are with few exceptions of a favourable character. The North Western shows an :increase of £6,182; Great 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 Western of Ireland, £976. The Brighton, however, has fallen off £3,158 ; the West Hartlepool, £403 ; and the Great South and Western..of Ireland, £Bl3. 'ISPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES.—THT s DAY. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) QUEEN'S PLATE. Wingrave Harlequin Tourist Six ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Antoinette *** z..... 1 • Chip of the Old Block Bosh 3 Thirteen ran. PORT STAKES. -- - Girt& colt 1 Jarnicoton Anfield LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Fille do l'Air (taken) 9to 2 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (taken) 20 to 1 agst Paris (offered) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Change (taken) THE DERRY. 14 to 1 aget Carats ean (taken) 11 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 9to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's lot (offered, take 10) 1000 to 30 agst Paris (offered) 40 to 1 agat Blair Athol (offered) 15 to 1 agst Blair Athol being let, 2d, or 3d RACING FIXTU. Lewes Spring l9 Cardiff Cheater York Spring Salisbury.. l2 Blaydon Radcliffe Wye 1 Maidstone 3 Ascot .. Hampton ' 16 Newton Odiham Bibury .. 22 Newmarket July Carlisle Pontefract Abingdon Cambridge .. l2 Liverpool July Stamford l4 Au , Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon.. 9 Wolverhampton Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 SEPT: Weymouth 1 Warwick September 6 Leicester. . Bridgwater Doncaster OCT Bedford 4 Northallerton 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO Lincoln Gloucester Newmarket Houghton 24 UM. Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 IRI AP. Kildare Hunt Curragh County Louth 2O, 21 Leamington &Wsr. Hunt 22 Fethard. . Athlone 26, 27 Springhill 2 Galway Hunt 3, 4 Nenagh lO, 11 Juxu. Cork Tullamore Tipperary .. 30, 31 Carragh....l 28, 29, 30 SE2TEURER. Curragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBER. Curragh -- 18, 19, 20 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1861. NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Haut 22 Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. THIS DAY. A portion of the folowing appeared in our impression of last night : A very full meeting of Middlesex magistrates was held to-day at the Sessions House, Clerken well- green. ADMISSION OF CATHOLIC MINISTERS TO PRISONS. ' Mr. P. N. LAURIE moved the following 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 date 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, making 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, 1861' " 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 tffect so much of the L'd 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 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 ..... 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 Victorm, cap. 32, fo B 1 r the : week ending on W e d nes d ay, t h e 13th day oApril, 64 ___ ISSUE DEPARTMENT. :,Notes named ...N....427,026,915 Government Debt X 11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,376,945 Silver Bullion .... X 27,026,91 51 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal • ..£14453.000 Rest c , 3,164457 Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis mission ers of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- X 27,020,915 EPARTMINT. Government Seen rities _(including Dead IV eight A nnuity) £11,022.267 Other Securities 20,266,033 Notes .......... 5,770,72 5 Gold and Silver 70 3 , 05 Coin counts) 5,929.922 Other Deposits— 13,56,049 Seven Day and other Bills . 529,377 i 37,762.485 .£37,762,455 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. April 14, HU We understand that the office of Junior Lord of the Admiralty, vacated by Mr. Stansfeld and de clined by Mr Baxter, has been offer ed to Mr. Childers, M.P. for Pontefract, and has been accepted by that gentle man. An election for Pontefract may therefore be expect ed to occur witnia a few days. It is stated that Mr. Lowe, the Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council on Educs.- lion, has tendered his resignation in consequence of the vote of Tuesday night; but we are not positively informed whether his resignation has been accepted. Th e f r i en d s o f the right hon. gentlem an not in the Government, it is said, aro of opinion that he cannot retain office after the adverse vote of Tuesday. 'MISSING SuiF.—The Pioneer, which sailed from Cardiff on the let of November for Constantinople with iron, has not since been heard of. [RES FOR 1864. Newmarket First Spring Z 5 Redditch .. 16 Bath Manchester (Summer Harpenden Epsom 24 '1(11 Beverley Stockbridge Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne Worceet,r (Summer) Ipswich LT. Nottingham Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Chesterfield King's Lynn Goodwood 1711 T. Dover York August Yarmouth Plymouth Lichfield 29 Stocktcn .... 3O Devon and Exeter Derby 'EMBER. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 IBM SH.