The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENnR. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. -No change of importance has taken plat q in the Stock M ar k ets,an d the b us i ness d one i s devoid of any conspicuous feature. The settlement in the Funds cdfn tuenced this morning, and the arrangements connected ‘Nith it are chiefly engaging attention. Foreign stooks are quiet, no movement having followed the better aclvices which have been received as to the affairs is the East. In railways speculation appears, for the pre sent, to be suspended. The corn market is dull at a reduction of ls. The discouut market is firm, with a good demand, at 1 per cent. on the best bills. Consols are steady, at 93 to 93k for money and account ; New and Reduced 3 per Cents., 93i to 935 ; India 5 per Cents., 112 to 112 i ; Bank Stock, 249 to 23 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 103 to 15s prem. *Foreign Stocks are scarce and there is a firmer tone, nut without much business. Mexican are better ; Greek, ; and Italian, k. Portuguese are lower. The quotations current are :—Mexican, 154 to 16 ; Greek, 124- to 121 ; New Spanish, 35# to 351 1 ; Italian, ( 1 861), 45 to 4r4; Turkish (1865), 322 to 32/; Portuguese k. to 2 prem.; Russian (1862), 84 to 85 ; Egyptian 1186 4), 86 to 88 ; Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 73f to 14 .1: ; ditto Nine per Cents., 882 to 89} ; and the Railway D e b entures, 905 to 15. The New Honduras Loan is firm, at 2 to lf prem. Coloni a l are qu i e t . C ana d a 6 per Cents., 98 to 100,; ditto 5 per C en t s ., 85 t o 86 ; N ew S out h Wales 5 per Cents., 99 to 101 • New Zealand 6 per Cents., 10 25 to 13 ; Queensland 6 per cents., 1025 to 1031 ; Victoria 6 per Cents., 110 to 111. In American Securities, United States' 5-20 Bonds are unaltered, at 71k to 714 ; Erie Railroad, lower, at 435 to 445 ; while Illinois are better, at 88 to 89. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady at 251 to 26f, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 25k to 26. In Railway Shares there is not much change. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Northern A, and Great Eastern are :offered, and South Eastern, London and North Western, and Metropoli tan are in request. The quotations are and Yorkshire, 1252 to 126 k ; Midland, 1061 to 107 f ; South Eastern, 722 to 731 - ; London and North Western, 1161 to 1162 ; Great Northern 104 to 105 ; ditto A, 1045 to 105 ; Great Eastern, 291 to 295 ; Great Western, 45i to 452 ; Liteiton, 46± to 461 ; Sheffield, 41k to 41i; Metro- Politan, 111 to 111): ; and Caledonian, 83f to 832. Bank Shares are very quiet, and not a single varia tion is quoted in prices. Agra (A shares), 10i to 11 ; Alliance, 135 to 125 dis.; Chartered Mercantile, 285 to 295 ; Imperial, 17 to 18 ; Imperial Ottoman, 11 to dis. ; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 675 to 685 ; London Joint-Stock 325 to 335 ; Union of London, 34 to 35. Finance shares are without change. General Credit is quoted at 3 to 25 dis. ; International, 2± to 12 die. London Finance,; 26 to 24 dis. ; National Discount, 102 to llf. In Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are only nominal. Hudson's Bay is lower, at 14 to 14±. Anglo-A mer i can T e l egrap h stea d y , a t 1 9 a to 191. London General Omnibus, 1 to 2. Universal Marine Insurance, lower, at 2to * dis. The Board of Trade returns for the month of January were issued this morning. The declared value of the exports for the month was £12,252,688 against £12,786,842 in January, 1867, and £14,354,748 in January, 1866. These tables give the value of the imports for the whole of the past year. The following are the a,ggregates for the past three yea rs : 1867, £220,862,585 ; 1866, £238,773,192 ; 1865, X219 ,39;3,987. During the month of January the i mports of bulli on and specie amounted to £2,775,253, and the exports to £2,280,260. At the half yearly meeting of the shareholders in the British Guiana Bank, held at George-town, on the 27th of January, a very favourable report was pre sented by the directors, and a dividend was declared lit the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 2 Per cent. for the investments of the surplus fund. After providing for these payments, a balance remains of undivided profits of $65,138. have re ce iv e d th e f o ll ow i ng, from the Don tieWdro e North Del Rey Gold Mining Company (Limited) :—" Sir,—l beg to hand you copy of a tele- Rrain this morning received from the company's a gents in Li verpoo l :—' F rom J. B r amley Moore and 1-'"e Liverpool, to Don P e d ro C ompany , 9, Sise-lane, iden. Telegram f rom Li s b on says t we nty-one • thousand octavas on board Tasmanian.' This we tak e to mean --Balance of November produce, 3,028 ; ti k ) ro n d u t a tc ry, efo7, 83 . for December, 10,189 ; ditto to about 26th total, 21,000."' Bar gold to t'he value of £23,000 was withdrawn front the Bank for export on Saturday. A meeting of the Varna Railway Company is called for the 30th inst. The New Granada dividends due last December arc announced to be payable on the 9th inst. The East Indian Railway Company invite applica tions for £450,000 Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Deben tures at par, repayable in five, seven, or ten years. The Tasmanian is en route from Lisbon, with 3 8,000 in specie ; the Atrato has brought £79,548 in specie from the West Indies ; and the Mandiugo £8,300 from the West Coast of Africa. ja A dividend at the rate of 7i p er cen t. p er annum as been declared by the Patent Nut and Bolt Coin- Pany, It is reported in Paris that an amalgamation is ce ntemplation between the Credit Mobilier and the ociete Immobiliere, the main reason of which is the i t "thlunity of interest between them. The Mobilier, is urged, has 80,000,000 f. due to it from the Immo and biliere, besides being a holder of 56,000 of its shares, 1 13,000 obligations. Being thus a creditor and a . s .a_areholder it is deemed expedie n t th a t the C re dit Blobilier should absorb the entire enterprise. The rcject, h owev er, is said to present to the minds of al. d . e verminy and some of his colleagues con- Bl uer , able dif fi culty in respect to the adjustment of Lerins . The volu n t ar y li qu id ators o f t h e E ngl i sh and 4.41•41 e e riean Bank ann ounce a re t urn o f £5 per s h are to co ntributories, payable on or after Monday the 4na March. . T he Russian G overnmen t, accor di ng t o a d v i ces f rom L. lo an Petersburg, intends to b r i ng ou t a new i n t erna l 111. early i n M arch, The exact date is not speci fi ed, °The the amount or the object of the loan. following mining dividends have been declared during February : Mine Per Share. Amount. 'West Cbiverio n Wheal Seton ...... boleoath ..... Vest t ierodsfo o t 1 10 0 1,536 0 0 W 3 04 10 0 0 ..... ~.he e a a l a s `` """"•• ............ 2 0 0 792 0 0 I Basset ........... 110 0 . 768 0 0 Prince of Wales ...... 0 1 0 ilea, 0 roles ....... P rovidence ..... 10 0 Wheal Kitty (St. Agues) 0 2 Smmer Hill 0 li 0 5 10 ....... C.. 429 0 0 ....... 127 0 0 ape Copper taglish and Australian 1 0 0 Total £25.326 10 0 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Per Ueut. C onso l s IDo. Account, March 5 031 1 N.ei° Per Cent. Reduced 93, 1 t ei 3 per C en t 931 I I • - iew 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 — 13 °. 5 per Ceni. can. 1873 — Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — o (Red Sea Televaph), Au,A., 1908 — ctioquer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 per Ct. Do 1 £5OO l Ol 1 1 4 0 p l 4 pm m b Do. ElOO St .£2OO lO 14 pm ''''•Uk of En land Stock, 41 per Cent — Do. Accougnt I ndia GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. . ,°ia stock, 1 per Cent., April1874 -uo• Account /3 0 °. 5 per)ent..fuly, 1880 bu• 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ~o. Certificates ipic_i• Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7/ 1) ; s i• 5 per Cent., J an. 1872 D° .i - per Cent., M ay 1879 lOBl 8 ° 0 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — D,, nDe ;_ do. 1882 — . Do ,•-e,,., 5 p er C en t ., A ug. 1873 — B 0 •• U Liends, 5 per C en t., £l , OOO nder £1,000 A IPOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Attiletil.tine Republic, 6 per Cent _ 1t r a, 1 , 44 Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 4 0 " A ilia 5 per Cent — 'II Per C t 1852 — i i ) , () ' do " " 1858. .1 1 -° ' do" — O. i 18 10 b o. , do., 1863 641 ri 0 per Cent., 1865 114,1? Account 7ll 21 11 uj, Ayres 6 per Cent — Q u i, 4 Per Cent. (Deferre,d 3 per Cont ) C ,L ~5 6 Per C ent. ia,, 6 .1) - Per Cout — 1 ) 3 '; 4 ,1 Per Cent -- bo' C Per Cent., B .—, ~ 1867 t o •, 7 per ,Cent., 1866 C )1 „%O c riP £32 paid 1), ,i• 6 per Cent. D 1 14: 1 1 , 1 . , 3 P.r Cent., 1825 B o :au Pri ncipalities, 7 per Cent -- /.11 1 , a( i ) Per Cent., 1867 — Cayp t , 9l ' NeW U onsolidated, 1 per Cow — I) t il, 7 Per Cent — „°: k,erond Issue .. ,'-',, • i'slo Beedß uo• •£IOC Bonds.e D O £ • 1864 , • 5.0 lioni s B6` kitio,•‘.£loo Bonds . 88 gre e i ) ,:''un eta Itailway Oebentures..... 911 901 0 0. , per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — ,N f lecouot .. Do, Coupons • Accouut .•• Li 1. A Di iarish ire in Duck- CE. 1g the t will lies to o the it the i ship at 11 In. to- 6 bags kages AILS. h 1. l well. morn- rabauli re this . audi- aarket 13 75 L 3 40 L 6 50 17 50 gland, ancery ced re- is new There ad the der to v Lord 'ANY--• ion of athatn, :rupts, •. The given upt as s, the and is NCE. Corn( )ck on v sta street, [on on ttalion Lrtered rindsor by the , uards, Ltioned Le bat a de of ono 3 men, relieve ks the ipanieS ;sioned Jion of lion of lion of Regi ,, 30th End the a Gar )ose of ion at Snider arrison 3rs and the Ist .?.rs and of Ist minis- Lion of men of ;iment, r Light men of ) Regi- on or Din the ents in ines of equired sion is s, mog 1-guar - )•I Sec .- dock" the de - ' le esta- usiaos' ird th e 'our. , I t e ndect ,_ ; ,-nove4 placed 1 fitted im ter, ar e le same eb. 29' - a with l'forcarY Frid 3 Y Jed he" h 2. 1 1. Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p It ;iati 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do, Account . — Do. Marcmmana Raiway — 111.xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Montevideau 6 per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 764 I Do 44 per Cent. (liribarren) Do 4f per Cent., 1862 . — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'Z , 394 Do. do., 1'67 — Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid — pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ... 84/ / / i Do. Anglu-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Boudg., 86,E Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0.... Do., 1866 , £lOO Bonds . 7 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen . — Do Account Do New Deferroct — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Tullish 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 s9} Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do .£IOC Bonds - Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 531 Do 1 por Cont. ' Guaranteed - Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 - Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — Dividends on the above payable in London. French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Austruin o par Cent. Ex 10 Fiorillo Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Do Account — Rolla'', 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 4s} THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93} Do. Account, March 93/ FRIGHTFUL SCENE AT A FIRE. (THIS DAY.) This (Monday) morning, at a quarter before three o'clock, a fire of a calamitous character, and nearly attended with fatal consequences to a dozen persons, happened in the premises known as the Anti-Gallivan and Star Tavern, the property of Mr. C. Lowther, situate 117 and 118, Tooley-street, Southwark. The discovery was made by a police constable of the N division, by seeing smoke issuing from the lower part of the build ing. At the time the whole of the inmates were in them asleep, and their being 12 rooms in the tavern, it was unknown in what part the people were asleep. The officer, however, sprang his rattle, and knocked violently at the doors. After sonic time he succeeded in making the residents sensible of their impending danger, but not until the fire had rolled up the staircase, and was attack ing every room in the house. The fire at the same time was rushing up the stair, and making a noise like a furnace at full play, thereby cutting off all means of retreat by the regular way. The inmates therefore made for the windows, and Miss Susannah Lowther, aged 19 years, in order to escape out of the burning apart ment in which she was, jumped out of the window and was badly injured. An infant, aged 7 months, named Kate Lowther, was thrown by one of the re sidents out of the window so as to avoid being suffo cated, but, like its sister, was badly hurt ; but it is thought not fatally. The fire escape promptly attended, as well as numerous engines, including three or four land steamers by Shand, Mason, and Co., and the other residents having been assisted out of the burning building, they fortunately re ceived no injury beyond being nearly stifled with smoke. Plenty of the Southwark and Vauxhall water having been drawn by Mr. Hays, the inspec tor of the company, the engines were set to work, but in spite of the strenuous exertions of the firemen and the London Salvage Corps the flames could not be extinguished until they had done fearful havoc in every room, and were just rising through the roof when the great weight of water thrown by the steam engines quickly annihilated the conflagra tion. The loss is considerable, and will fall upon the Royal Fire-office. The origin of the firo is unknown. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS ,DITE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton March 28. Ditto, via Marseilles .. March 22. Ditto, via Panama ........ ........ • ..Feb. 28. Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video March 5. Ditto, by French paokot •••••• March 22 Cape Verde, by Brazil packet . •••••• Cape of Good Hope, Asoenaion. and St. Hole. na . . .. .. ............ China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. March 5. Ditto, via Marseilles ........• . March 15 Falkland Islands March 5. Gibraltar, via Southampton March 4 India, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles March 9. Malta, Egypt, e2o. March 4. Ditto, Marseilles March 9. Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via Southampton )larzh 21. Ditto, Marseilles March 15. Newfoundland March 11 ...... • • • ••• _ . ..... ....... ..... ..._ _ _ Portugal March 5 Ditto, by privr te ship to Oporto .. Ditto into to Lisbon United States, t anada, California, &0., by British packet A, 0.. March 2 Ditto, by 1_ tilted States packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto ditt c (Baltimore) .. Ditto, by Canadian packet Feb 28. Madeira, and Teneriffe March 4. o (except Me x i co an d Ba h a- WWeesstt Indies Coast of an Africa, d ra Pacific maa) Feb. 28. Cubi and Mexico ...Feb. 28. Bsha,nas, via New Y • .. March 25 Bermuda. via Halifax . . .. March 11 BANK ROBBERY.—Dixon, the clerk, and Swire his companion, the youths who absconded from Keighley in January, having stolen £1,900 from the Craven Bank at that town, pleaded guilty at the West Riding sessions at Wakefield, and were each sentenced to six months' impri sonment. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. —The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corrie, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, has kindly consented to preside at the annual meeting of the National Lifeboat Institution, which is to be held on Tuesday, the 10th instant, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. DISCOVERY OF EXTENSIVE RAILWAY TREFTS.--A few days ago was announced the apprehension at Poppieton, near York, of three men, named Ingram, William and George Bilborough (the former being the father of the two latter), on the charge of robbing the granary of Mr. Thomas Kirk, In the search which was made of the house occupied by the elder prisoner a discovery was made of a vast number of articles belonging to the North-Eastern Railway Com pany, consisting mainly of cloth, brass brushes, brass handles, nails, screws, &c. The pos session of the property by Ingram is traced through his sons, several of whom bare been in the employ of the company. A traction engine found in course of construction on Ingram's premises is pre sumed to have absorbed considerable property of the same company. On Saturday the prisoners were brought up at York, before a West Riding bench of magistrates, and remanded. Before the Bench oppo sition was offered by Superintendent Constable Kane to the prisoner Ingrai3 signing a deed gift of his property to a relative, on the ground that the property might, to sonic extent, have been stolen, and that if a conviction were obtained that which had not been stolen would go to the Crown. The bench ruled that the prisoners could sign anything they chose until after con viction. PRESENTS TO SUIT EVERY PURPOSE, TASTE, AND POCKET AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photographic Albums a choice of 3,000; despatch boxes, writing cases, dressing oases, travelling bags, envelope cases, blotting books, ink stands, desks, book slides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticule; card cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, &c.; cigar eases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Ser. vices, in every type. Parkins and Gotto, 25, Oxford street. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly now and fresh, consequent urp a rapid nalth—lAnrr.l THE SUN, LONDON, .110NDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1868. SHARE LlST.—This Day. 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW STREET. CHALLENGING PASSENGERS TO FIGHT.--Joseph Smart, a sailor, belonging to her Majesty's ship Vivid, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at the Charing-cross terminus of the South Eastern Railway, assaulting Sergeant Monckton, the detcc tive officer attached to the station, and William Ellis, henry Ilubbard, and Joseph London, were charged with being drunk and attempting to rescue Smart. They were each fined 10s. LUNACY PROSECUTION. A most important prosecution by the Commissioners in Lunacy has just concluded by a conviction at the Hertford Assizes. Mr. Edward Charles James Shaw, surgeon, sur rendered before the Lord Chief Justice to take his trial for misdemeanour, in having wilfully taken the charge of a lunatic patient named Frances Danvers Weston, for profit, without the certificate of two medical men as to her being insane, and without an order by a relative for her being placed in his charge, and without having a house licensed for the purpose.—Serjeant Parry and Mr. Poland conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Commissioners of Lunacy, instructed by Mr. Law, their solicitor; Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Willis appeared for the defendant. The learned counsel for the prosecution, in opening the case to the jury, stated that Mrs. Weston was a married lady, of good education and highly accomplished, but there was not the least doubt that she had been of un sound mind for a great many years, and for some consi derable time prior to her being placed in a private lunatic asylum at Egham, and there was no doubt she was labour ing under the most extraordinary delusions. One of these delusions was that she understood the lan guage of . cats, and that they understood her ; she would walk about with a cat in her arms and pretend to hold a conversation with the roimal. She also used to say she was Queen of England, and that she set the fashions. She was removed from the house at Egham four or five years ago, a certificate being at that time given to the pro. prietor of the establishment that she was still insane. Nothing more, it appeared, was heard of her until last year, when Dr. Blandford and Dr. Bennett, gentlemen of great knowledge in connection with mental disorders, went to the establishment of the defendant at Elstree, with an order from the Lord Chancellor to visit the establish ment. They ascertained that Mrs. Weston had been under the charge of the defendant for a considerable time, and had only been removed just before the visit in question. The result of the investigations shewed that the lady was still in the same state of insanity, and that £6O a year was paid to the defendant for taking charge of her. Although a lady of position and respectability, she appeared to have been employed in the most menial offices, such as cleaning boots and shoes, knives and forks, &c., and she bad also been required to work an oat-crushing machine. Upon one occasion she escaped from the house and wandered about through a snowstorm, and was taken to the police-station at Barnet, from whence she was removed by the defendant and his wife in a dog-cart, and it was clear that the defendant must have been perfectly well aware of her mental condition, and that he had kept her without complying with any of those salutary regulations provided by the Legislature for the protection of unhappy persons in her condition.—Serjeant Ballantine interposed in the course of the case for the prosecution, and said he felt it would be hopeless to strug gle against the facts that had been proved, and he felt compelled to submit on the part of the defendant to a verdict.—The jury accordingly returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant was then charged upon a second indictment with an offence of the same description in reference to a gentleman named Clode. It appeared that Mr. Clode was at one time Mayor of Windsor. He carried on the business of a wine merchant, but unhappily gave way to habits of intemperance, the resultpf which was a softening of the brain, and it became necessary to place him in an asylum, It appeared that he had been under the charge of the defendant for four years at the time the Com. missioners of Lunacy became acquainted with the fact. Upon Dr. Blandford and Dr. Bennett going to the defendant's house they found the unhappy man in a most wretched state. He was lying on a straw mattress in the back kitchen, with no other covering than a piece of old carpet, and the mattress was completely rotted with his own filth. It appeared that a woman was paid sixpence a week for cleaning out his room, and when he was disco vered the stench was stated to be truly horrible. It ap peared that in the first instance £6O a year was paid by the friends of the unfortunate gentleman to the defendant for taking charge of him, but upon his representation that hie dirty habits and his general condition necessitated greater attention, and that it would he necessary to have a male attendant for him, the allowance was doubled. No attendant was ever provided, and the unhappy man was kept in the same miserable condition. The evidence of the medical gentlemen as to the mental condition of Mr. Clode was, that although he was not in the ordinary sense of the term a lunatic, still that he was completely imbecile and incompetent to take care of himself or to manage his affairs, and that he was undoubtedly a person of unsound Serjeant Ballantine upon these facts argued that the patient was not a lunatic within the term or meaning of the statute, and that the indictment could not therefore be supported.—The point was reserved. The jury (there being no defence) found the prisoner guilty. After consultation, the Lord Chief Justice sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of £lOO and to be imprisoned for two months for the first offence, and to be imprisoned for six months and pay a second fine of £lOO for the second, should it be sustained. Imprisonment till both fines be paid. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. _ ihare Railways. ; Paid. Closing Business i Price. done. at ibristoi anu Exeter ..... "100 b 3 65 t 4 at 'Caledonian lO3 61 62 t 3 21 12 11 st Cambrian. Cork and Bandon.— /0 Cornwall all i 3 st Dublin & Belfast June- 100 75 77 at IDun„Perth,& Ab.Junc. 100 I 70 72 190 111. London, Scrip Ceti, all Do. 100 at Glasgow &S. Western 100 It 4 106 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 10u 2)1 20} 21/ 1 1 1 1 st Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 5} 04 at Great North of Scotland' 100 15 6 at Great Northern lOO 1t.4 105 1041 at Do. A stock . 100 tel 105 105 at Do. B stock lOO 121 125 st Do. New, is. at 25 pm 100 at WS, and W. 01 lrelano 100 v 5 97 at Gt. Western —Original ILO 45 fit 45 at Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. 100 at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxlcra 100 25 3u at Do. Newport lOO 27 2) at Do. liereford lOO at Lancashire a Yorkshire 100 126 126 ; 1261 6 at Laudon and Blackwali 100 at Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 100 46 47 64 at 1 on., Chat., and Dover 100 181 19 4 8 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 12 15 1 at Lon. & North Western 100 118 116 i 1 at Lon. A South Western 100 83 87 116 at Man., Shet., & !Amok 100 II It at Metropolitan. all 1111 at Do. New lO at Do. Extension .....• all 1011 10..1 at I Metropolitan District. all 20 Do. do. do. 10 10 Do. and St. John's W'd 6 at Midland Do. £9 Share 7 at Do, Birmin.. & Dart)) 100 75 27 77j Mid Kent st North British at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO9 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 105 107 1021 3 25 Do. G.N•E purohaiii 16.13.4 at Do. Leeds at Do. York lOO VS 100 IS at Do. Carlisle ..... 100 130 134 at Do. Stock. & Darling. all 144 136 15 Do. do. 1860-61 • 18 st North London at Do. do. 1854 5 . lO Do. do. 1866 10 North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junction at Scottish Central scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 Uo. Scot, Mid. stock lOO - - Shropshire Union 100 59 60 st South Devon lOO 43 Is It South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 in a t at Pair Vale lOO 146 160 10 Do. C . Vale of death - - Waterford A Kilkenny 100 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 6 West Cornwall lOO COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. }British Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31, 1572 1100 Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.dz July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug l,O 100 102 D. sp. D. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 86 87 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 85 87 Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 103 105 Do.Apl.&001.1890-1900 100 107 109 Do. do 1880-Vu 100 106 108 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 105 107 Do. 5 per Dent. 15 April and 15 Oot., 1900 lOO 96 97 Ceylon, Nov. 1878,6 p.( 100 110 111 Do. 1872, do lOO 105 107 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... lOO 105 107 00.1882, Mayls, Nov. i 5 100 107 100 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1 100 109 111 N atal iiov. 6 per cent lOO 1(4 100 N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 99 10 09 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1866 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 98 80 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896; 100 1 , 51 964 951 New Zealand, 6p. cent 1100 - Do. 5 per oent.... 100 94 99 Nova Soutia Gov. 6p. O sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 Queens l and Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 103 I S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 - I Do. 1878 & upwards 1(0 110 ;11 iVio,Gov. 6 p.o.Ja .July 100 - 1 Do. do. April & Oct , 100 110 112 BRITISH YOSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 64 46 . 1, 1 liom.,Baroda. &Cen•in• 100 103 IC4 1031 gu. 6 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares lO P iP 104 Buffalo et Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference a Burt.,Brant, & Goderich a l l l l 534 46 100 00 100 18 52 lien VA 68 71 st Calcutta & S. E., 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. al l 1044 IG5‘ At East Bengal, gu., sdo 10 0 109 st a l -3 Dick — ,.g .•* . 99 102 et 'rand Trunkot Cana • da 100 154 161 l 0 o t Ea D s o t . lu j dt t an x , te g n o s . io s n p..o l l O 5O _llO IC9I 100 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 78 82 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 43 45 100 100 Do. do. deterred - 100 as 100 Do. 3d Pref.stock all 27 29 D D e o . . 2 d d o i d ,r e , f t e . d eferred a a 5 3 - 3 — 5 100 Do. do. deferred all 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred at 100 10914 2 tr 110 1 tO Do. New gua. sp. 0 6 14 21' ia t i . : 1 0 1 . Idja ua l: e s u. p g er ua Ce nt lB at ti t. South of India gua. 5 per cent at Do. 41 per cent lov 94 16 ; ;81 Do 2 204 reat Wes. of Canada., all 161 161 16 204 Do. New .... cOO Do. 6p. o BGs. pay. 1873 all 98 100 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 91 91 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 at Do. 41 do lOO 93 25 071 at Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Fifth Extension 5 Melb. Cor 6p. c. 13nds. 100 50 51e1. & Hobson's Bay all at 4 N.Rl.C'da,6polstpt.b a 100 83 85 at Oude & Rhiik'nd, g. 5 /3.0 100 1044 1051 at Seinde .. •• ..... 100 100 101 101 at Do. Del hi 30 Do. do at Do. Punjaub a.c 100 10) 101 at Do.lndus St.Flot 60 100 87 89 BRITISIiI MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated, $O 51 61 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 435 445 Drakewalls 2.1.0 East Bas se tt (Ill ogan) 291 1 0 l2 sat Caradon 2.14.e 1,4 5 `••' sat Cana Brea 3l 2 24 Cast Grenville 2.14,0 11 2 East Gunnislake . 8.3.0 4 f East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 11 2 Gatn.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 Great Laxey, limited.. all 17 18 1 1 1 Great South Tolgus.... 0.14.0 - Great Wheal 800 y..... 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor alelstou 40 18 19 Grenville 9.0.6 14 14 Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 38 40 - Elingaton Downs .. ... . 5.10.6 24 21 Margaret (Uny Lelant 16.17.6 6 8 Matte Valley 4.10.6 6 64 • :4 klwyndy Iron Ore, lien 31 24 11 - New S ton 561 60 70 North toskear . - N.Wh Bassettalogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 8.1E.: 2 21 Providence tUny Lelant I 1.6.7 29 3 1 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 *BO 400 outh Condurrow 64.0 Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18,18.9 374 4 24 tray Park 35.15.6 1 - 'fin Croft 9 1$ 14 _ Vigra and Clogan, lien all - West Bassett (Mogan Caradon (Liskeard 12 10 12 West Chirerton ....... 11 67 69 _ West Seton 471 115 205 —. Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 51 85 95 Wheal Buller atedruth 16 16 19 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 8 ----PREFERENCE MURES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd.. 85 Suuth Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6),1221 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL S. London and Greenwich, 62i rossms itAiLwAr e . Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Ottoman (Smyrna to A 1 dln), 3 San Paulo, Rm.,: gua. 6 per;cent.,ll3l FOREIGN MIN ICII . Cliontales Gold and SilTer Itining,lllm., 3 1 1 6 Vestarena United Gold, 11m., 2i I St. John del Key, Um , 181 BANES. Agra, lira., Ditto, B, 81 Alliance, 11 111 12 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 181j1 Anglo-Austrian. 91 Bank of South Australia, lira, 281 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, And China. j Chartered filer. of India, London, and China, 291 Consolidated, lira., 4 1 Imperial Ottoman, tif London Chartered wine of Australia, 231 London and Comity, 521 London Joint Stock, 331 London and South African. 101 11 London and Vs estminater. 68 National Provincial of England. Ditto, 2d and 3d issue. 38 Oriental Bank Corporation, 421 Union of London, 341 MISCELLANZOLIB; Anglo American Telegraph, 181 Atlantic Telegraph, 54 3 Ditto, 8 par cent., 10%/ 8/ Bombay Gas, iim. 4/ Ceylon Company , City Discount, lira, I/ 2 City of Moscow Gas, 11m., 91 Commercial Union, Insurance. 51 Credit Foncier of Env:faun. 11w.. 3 Egyptian 9 per Cent., Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. Govt., 691 liketric ana international Telegraph, 17v Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 11 Gen. Credit and Discount, tun., 41 lludson's Bay, 141 International Financial Society,lim., 3 London Financial Association. lim.. 41 National Discount company. 111 National Steam Ship, lira., 81 Panama. New Zealand aad Aus. R. Mail., 4; Peninsula and Oriental steam, 514 Itio de Janeiro City improvements. 171 oy of Egypt (.11ortgage) Loan) 731 1 COAL MARKET. Price per Ton at the Close, d Haswell l7 6 OriginalHardepool l7 6 Hetton Wyltun l5 3 Keno°. Walls End Gusforth 15 0 RaWtl49ra l5 Q s d East Hartlepool l6 6 Thorpe l5 6 Hollywell Main l5 0 Walker Primrose ll 3 Eden Main South Hetton ...... 17 6 Hartlepool MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE KNIFE—A FoRGIVING WlFE.—George Jackson Hobbs, described as a labourer, of No. 35, Foley-street, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with cutting and wounding his wife, Frederica Hobbs, with a knife. The wife, whose arm was bandaged, said—The prisoner is my husband, and he is a very good one, and also a good father, and nothing of the kind has ever occurred before. He has been out of work for ten weeks, and had got work to go to this morning. On Saturday a subscription was got up for him, and about 5 o'clock in the afternoon he struck me on the arm, but I don't wish to go on with the charge as I can use my hand. It was all through him being in distress and having had a little to drink. If you will discharge him for the sake of my children I shall be so happy. Mr. Mansfield discharged the prisoner. The Wife—l am very thankful for your kindness. He will never do anything of the kind again. It appears that the prisoner had been drink ing, and some words taking place between him and his wife, he cut her arm with a clasp knife. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY SYSTEM OF (ROBBERY. —Joseph William Kelly, a house decorator and paper hanger, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with steal ing a large quantity of lead from the roofs of houses in Salter-street, Limehouse. Mr. Randall, owner of Randall's Market in Poplar, and proprietor of a great many houses in the district, said that the lead had been stripped from eight houses belonging to him in Salter-street, and serious results had followed. The rain found its way through the roofs of his tenements, and seriously inconvenienced the inmates, besides da maging the houses. James Tims, inhabiting a house in Salter-street, not belonging to Mr. Randall, stated that on Sa turday afternoon, soon after two o'clock, he saw the prisoner and another young man named Potter sticking a ladder in front of his house. Mr. Benson--What do you mean by sticking a ladder ? Witness—They were removing it from the front of my house. They put the ladder over a truck. There were three bags containing something bulky on the ground, and the prisoner and Potter placed the bags of lead in the truck and conveyed it to a shed belonging to Potter's father, in Upper North-street, Poplar. Two of the bags of lead were taken into old Potter's shed. Ile stood by the truck and the other bag of lead, and when the prisoner returned for it I laid hold of him. Owing to the conduct of a rough and di sor d er ly mob sympathizing with thieves, and offering to fight him, the prisoner got away. Some lead has been removed from the top of my home. Mr. Randall's foreman said that eight of his houses had been stript of lead, and that in the bag taken from a truck was a portion of the lead stolen. The hiring of the truck by the prisoner and Potter, jun., and the apprehension of the prisoners by Police-sergeant John Manning, 15 K, were proved. Mr. Benson said it was a serious thing to be stripping houses of their lead, and he remanded the prisoner to allow the police an opportunity of appre hending his confederate, Potter. Mr. Randall—l don't know yet the extent of the damage done to my houses. Tiam—And my house is also greatly damaged. `WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR APPLICATION UNDER THE MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT.—A very respectable-looking woman, between 50 and 60 years of age, came before Mr. Ingham and solicited protection against her hus band under these circumstances : She said that on Saturday week in the afternoon she went out for a walk with her husband, and they proceeded to Shoreditch. After going into a house there he solicited her to wait a little while for him in the street and he would soon return. She waited for a very long time and he did not come back, nor had she seen anything of him since. Mr. Ingham—Have you heard of him ? Applicant—Yes, he called at a relation's the next day. Mr. Ingham—H a d him ? you had any quarrel with Applicant—Not the least. Mr. Ingham—How do you account for his ab sence ? Applicant—He got a check cashed at Shoreditch while I was working, and went away to spend the money, and I now want protection from him against his return. Mr. Ingham—Wh y ? Applicant—Because he has told one of the men we employ that when he has spent the money he has got he will come back and sell up the house. We are in business, and although I am left very much in debt I might get over it if you would be kind enough to grant me Mr. Ina m T protection for the business. ---- cannot protect the business if it is:your husband's. Applicant--What can your worship protect? Mr. Ingham—l can protect all the earnings you may make by your personal industry while he is away. I cannot interfere with his business, which he may return and carry on. I can give you an order to protect anything you may acquire during his absence, and that is all. Applicant --I shall be much obliged to you for that. My husband is a very good man when sober, but he does not know what he does when he drinks. Applicant then took the order. OUR REPRESENTATIVE SYSTE3I.—Mr. Hepworth Dixon delivered, on Monday evening week, in the Assembly Room at the Town Hall, Brighton, the first of a series of lectures to be given in the sa a e place, under the auspices of an influential local committee, comprising the borough members and other leading Liberals of the town. Mr. Dixon chose for his subject " The True Theory of Our Representative System," and de livered a discourse of considerable length. He defined the old system of our representative Governments as follows:—That the Sovereign had a right to advice and aid from his cities, towns, and shires; that when the Sovereign appealed to those cities, towns, and shires the whole body of freemen in the realm elected depu ties to represent them; that the cities, towns, and shires were considered as actually present iu the great council, in the p erson of thei r d eput i es and attor nays ; that the deputies attended for the cities, towns, and shires as delegates and servants, who wore paid for their labour, and who could sue and bo sued for breach of con tract. Not only was this the old and true theory of our representative system, but in the major part it is the true theory now, although apt to get overlooked. When the Queen issues her writ she sends it down to the city and the shire. Sho appeals to Sussex and Yorkshire, to Brighton and Leeds, not to send up a certain number of private councillors, but men who will deliver to the country the opinions current in Sussex and Yorkshire, in Brighton and Leeds. Is it not obvious that when the Crown consults these counties and towns it wants to know what they think? And is it not equally obvious that the message entrusted to the deputy should be delivered to the great council in the very spirit of the town or shire ? Yet, such is the force of a bad habit of thought that you shall find gentlemen, clover and respectable gentlemen, asking you to send them into the House of Commons as personal advisers! That is a pretension unknown to ouraueient Parliaments; a position utterly unknown to our laws. Candidates for your suffrage say that they will not stoop to act as delegates ; that is to say, they will receive your trust ; they will not repre sent you! If they go into Parliament they must go in as free and independent men ! Free of what ? Independent of whom ? Free of their trust ? Independent of those who trust them ? Of all the cant in our time this cant of freedom and independence is about the very worst. It is the sign of a great confusion ; it is the sign of mutiny against law ; it is a sign that our servants fancy they have become our masters, and that we shall patiently allow theca to stand between tho nation and their Queen ! THE REVOLUTION LV JAPAN. The following details of the revolution in Japan have been received by telegraph rid San Francisco : YOKOHAMA, Jan 27. There has been a serious outbreak between the Shagoon and the Daimios. The Mikado had been seized by Satsuma, a powerful noble, and the Shagoon was in his castle at Osaka, under the protection of the fleets of his allies. The Foreign Ministers were at Osaka and assured th• Shagoon they would not interfere in the pending difficul ties. One of the Shagoon's palaces at Jeddo was burned down by Satsuma's men, who afterwards lost one of hi° own. There was a severe fight, and the official report give". 300 killed and wounded of Satsuma's men, and 60 of the Government troops. The contending parties afterwards had a naval engage ment in sight of Yokohama, when Satsuma's vessels escaped. The Mikado is a prisoner in his palace at Xis* guarded by Satsuma's men. The Tycoonate is abolished. Stots-bashi, the Shagoon, has had all his titles taken from him. He will neither resign nor fight. He is in his palace at Osaka. Satsuma, Cochin, and Tosa have surrendered Osaka with their troops. _ _ The Tycoon's and Satsuma's troops are now fighting L'. the streets of Jeddo. Satsuma's Palace was burned on the night of the 20th of January, and 400 men were burned up in it. The native town was on fire in four places on the night of the 20th of January. The fire was fortunately extin- guished, but with serious damage. Foreigners have been ordered by their Consuls not to go outside the settlement. Terrible mortality exists among foreigners at Sioga, twenty-four having died in as many days. Everything is quiet at Osaka. Another account says : The advices from Yokohama, Japan, to the 25th of January, report that a formidable revolution had taken place in Japan, in consequence of the opening of the new ports to foreigners. The young Mikado was seized by the three leading princes of the empire, Satsuma, Choisy, and Toso, and remained a prisoner in their hands. The late Shagoon, Stots-bashi, fled from Meako and shut himself up in the castle at Osaka, where he placed himself under the protection of the fleet of the foreign Powers in that harbour. But the Ministers of the treaty Powers have given a distinct and solemn assurance to the Japanese that they will not in any way interfere in the struggle. Stots-bashi was collecting forces and organising an army, with which he would attempt to re cover his lost power. Meanwhile the confederated Daimios proposed no immediate action. It was not probable that the foreign Ministers would make any efforts for a settlement of their relations with either of the opposing parties until after the assembling of the nobility of the empire in council. Meanwhile the country was without a recognised head. Disturbances of a serious nature had taken place in Yeddo. The inclvsure of the 2rincipal palace of the Shagoon was broken into by a mob, and the castle and residence of the ladies of his cone were set on fire and destroyed on the 16th January. The widows of former Shagoons, who lived in the palace, were killed. It is said that the mob con sisted of the people of Satsuma, who were attempting to rescue a sister of their prince, the wife of a former Shagoon. Two days after this outrage the great palace of Prince Satsuma, in Yeddo, was attacked and destroyed by the Shagoen's troops, and a large amount of the prince's pro perty in other parts of the city was plundered or ruined. The officers of the Shagoon disavow any intention to quarrel with Satsuma, but declare that they only wished to dislodge bands of robbers who were located in the places which were destroyed. It was reported that 140 of Satsuma's men were killed and 160 wounded, and that the troops of the Shagoon lost from 50 to GO killed and wounded. Some of Satsuma's men made their way out of the city to a small steamer belonging to the Prince, and steamed out into the harbour. They were followed ' , y a war•vessel of the Shagoon, and a fight took place, in ••:li:eh• the latter was worsted, and the steamer escaped. the ports of Hioga and Osaka were formally proclaimed pen to foreigners on the Ist of January, but trade had not yet commenced at either place, owing to the disturbed mdition of the country. The condition of the first settlers at the new ports was very unpleasant. Their houses were of an inferior description, and provisions of all kinds were scarce and dear. The main settlement was located at Kine, a miserable fishing village two miles from Wog& The foreign Ministers were generally censured for selecting a site so inferior -in every respect to that of the port of Hioza. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. AM ERICA. CROOKIIVEN, March 2, 3 p.m. The Inman steamer City of Baltimore, from New York, is now passing Brow•head signal-station, en route for Queenstown. TATTERiALL'S-THIS EVENING. - o --- GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 15 agst The Lamb (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Chimney Sweep (offered, take Bto 1) 9 to 1 agst Moose (taken) 12 to 1 agst Daisy (ta►ken) 15 to 1 agst Tusculanum (offered) 100 to G agst Pearl Diver (offered) 10) to 6 agst Despatch (uffered) 23 to 1 agst Clansman (Likeu) 25 to 1 agst Astrolaba (taken) 25 to 1 agst Captain. Crosstree (taken) 25 to 1 agst Huntsman's Daughter (offered) 100 to 15 agst Mr. Brayley's lot (taken and offered) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Rosicrucian (offered) 7to 1 agst Pace (taken to 600) Bto 1 agst Formosa (offered) 11 to 1 agst Typhoeus (taken to 500) 20 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rabican (taken) 5000 to 50 agst Chelsea (taken) 1,000 GUINEAS. sto 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken and offered) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered, 6to 1 wanted) 1000 to 45 agst The Earl (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Michael de Basco (taken). ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL. Archmides, Thalassius, Astrolabe, Brick, Tusculanum, Laura, Daisy, Bosco, Moonbeam, Hilda, Beautiful Bird, Captain Crosstree, Paxton, Moo so, Pearl Driver, Mabel, Chorister, Little Peter, Spitfire, Dawdle, Child of the Islands, Lady Clinton, Absentee, Delium, Wisdom, Van Dieman, Mentmore, Kingswood, Pensioner, Plover, Bride groom, Tumult, Black oe , Skylark, and Nip. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THis DAT. LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 7to 1 agst Lamb (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Chimney Sweep (taken) 9 to 1 agst Moose (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Daisy (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Tusculanum (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Alcibiade (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken) 18 to 1 agst Fan (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Despatch (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst The Nun (taken) 25 to 1 agst Clansman (taken) 25 to 1 agst Astrolabe (taken) 25 to 1 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken and off.) 25 to 1 agst Thalassius (taken) . 30 to 1 agst Garus (taken) 150 to 1 aget Tennyson taken) 200 to 1 agst Hornet (offered) 11 to 1 agst Mr. Studd's lot (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mr. Barber's lot (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 16 to 1 agst The Breach (taken) 20 to 1 aEst Franchise (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 aget Viridis (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 1 agst Typlacous (offered) 2500 to 100 agst Rabic= (taken) DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lady Elizabeth (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Rabican (taken) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE Three Doors from Blackfriard Bridge, Surrey Side, OPE.V DAILY. Messrs. Fisher and Reynolds, W. Atkins, F. Mitchell and Co., W. Leach, and others, will be in attend ance daily. Applications for membership may bo made to any of the above gentlemen, or to the Secretary, 3, Black friars-road. Annual subscription, Fiv© Shillings. N.B.—The wires of the Electric and International Tele graph Company are now laid on, and are open for trans mission of messages to all parts of the kiuzdom. MeSsrs. RICHARD TAYLOR and Soss, 16, Amwell-stroet, Myddleton-square, London, EXECUTE COMMISSIONS on ALL RACES during the Season. A list of the latest betting is published daily, and will be sent on receipt of a stamped directed envelope. Messrs. T. and Sons have always felt much pleasure in hedging their patrons' investments Free of Charge, and beg to assure them they will always do their bust to procure the longest prices in the market, irre spective of the daily Loudon quotations. Place betting. Double and treble events. ewiamissions received up to twelve o'clock on the morning of the race executed at ,tarting or London prices, as per advice. Telegraphic messages attended to one hour before the set time of each race up to two o'clock, if money is previously sent. , SPORTING NOTES. The Liverpool meeting commences to-morrow The Mersey Cup will just suit Master Willie, his most dangerous opponent being Philosopher, unless his owner should reserve him for the Flying Stakes. None of the remaining youngsters can hope to win this half-mile scurry, unless it is Chivalry, and he receives but 71b from the flying heroines of the last spring and autumn meetings, Fly ing Jib and Dawdle, whilst the victorious Moon beam has a winning weight, 7st 101 b, on her back again. Problem was just before the latter at Lincoln, where Salliet ran almost as well as she did in a short scramble ; but Sir Charles Rushout's jade has gained form and confidence since then, and she or Dawdle ought to win. So has Hilda gone on since Lincoln, the Tyro looking very like a third main for her, despite the Mb penalty. With so many of the Grand National cracks in the Trial Steeplechase and Hurdle Race, it will be impossible to form an opinion concerning them until the fields are mounted, and I can only observe that whatever Mr. Studd and the Duke of Hamilton may start for the first-named should finish in the van, and that Steamboat has only to fear the bes of Mr. Brayley's being pulled out to jump the h ardles. The Grand National Steeplechase I shall refer to to-morrow, as no doubt there will be several very important alterations in the betting. At the same time I will just throw out a hint that Jupiter, one of the 100 to 1 division, if on the spot and amongst the starters, will nearly win, if he is not the actual winner. A FRESH M. rRES FOR 1868. L'ir. Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Croxton Park Northampton . Cattenck Bridge l6 Lewes Spring Thirsk Curragh April 2l Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer •-- Newton Hampton Newcastle 23 Bibury Olub Stockbridge Alexandra Park 3O Odiham, l9 Stamford Radcliffe ...., 2O Huntingdon . 2l Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood ST. RACING FIXT MA . Liverpool Spring M 3 Oholmsford Spring M 10 Shrewsbury Spring 10 West Dray ton l2 Warwick Spring Bromloy Spring 6 Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven Knighton l4 Abergavenny ..... 16 M. Chester 5 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Pontefract Reading Down Itoyal Corp. l5 Liverpool July Al. AUG Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham lB Hastings York August SEPTE Baden Warwick September ~ 1 I A.biugdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 3B I Brecon Ric Meow! Hampton Autumn l5 :00TC Bedford 1 ' Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Chelmsford Autumn NOME. Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and Witni Dover 20 Oxford 20 ScArborough 24 Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield TuLbridge Margate 3l MBER. ' Kelso 1...' IHendon l7 Monmouth . Newmarket Ist October 2 2 I Walsall iWest Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western 31 )BER. i Cheltenham l3 I Ealing. I Nowmarket Houghton 19 I Worcester Autumn. 27 :11BEIt. 9 -ickdiire Hunt, l7 STEEPL CHASES. cii. Margate 23 West Somerset 2l Cheltenham ••••• 26 Southdown Hunt Cambridge ..IIIL. Grand National Hunt I Knighton (Bedford) 2 Abergaveuny Roy.Artillery(Woolwich) 3 ilambledou I Bromley .. 6 Kildare Hunt .... Aldershot I Hendon OCTOBER. Bromley 1 I Ealing l5 --- MA Liverpool Spring 3 Shrewsbury Spring__ 10 Grand Military Warwick l7 Chertsey 2O DECEMBER. St. Albans 1 Ealing 2G Kingsbury LIVERPOOL MEETING. WEDNESDAY. A Hurdle Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 50 added : winners of any race after Feb. 22 (at eleven n.m.) 10Ib extra ; if beaten for the Annual Hurdle Han dicap, and not placed second or third allowed 51b; one mile and a half, over four hurdles. Age st lb Nothing More ... 6 (pd.) Steamboat... ... 5 12 3 Said ... ... 6 12 3 Orne (inc. 101 b ex.) 4 11. 12 Endsleigh ... 6 11 10 Tumult ... ... 511 10 Sultan ... 6 11 10 Le Magicien ... 5 11 8 Age st lb Restitution ... 5 10 9 Surney 6 10 9 Bold Davie 6 10 8 Wellesley ... 5 10 7 Violent 5 10 7 Nu 6 10 7 Chevy Chase ... 5 10 7 Muezzin ... a 10 7 Turmoil ... 4 10 7 Caustic ... ... 4 10 6 Troubadour ... 6 10 G Bretoline ... 4 10 4 RaniblingKatie filly 4 10 4 Catherine Parr c.... 4 10 4 Brilliant ... a 10 4 Colours ~. ... 410 4 Spurgeon ... 4 10 3 Mrs. Allan... ... 5 10 3 Chorister 4 10 3 Maid of Kent geld. 4 10 3 Mountain Maid ... 5 10 3 Gazza Ladra a 10 3 Prima Donna 4 10 0 Excitement ~. 4 10 0 Moose ... a 11 7 Gladiator ... Beadlo ... ... 5 11 6 ... a 11. 6 Fan... ... The Clown ... 6 11 4 ... a 11 4 Redcap ... ... all 4 The Colonel (h b). 5 11 2 Apsley ... Musketeer ... Alberta ... .:. 5 11 2 ... 6 10 12 ... 5 10 12 Venturesome Mongrel ... ... 5 (pd.) ... 6 10 12 T ... 6 10 10 Brick ... Owen Roo ... ... a 10 10 ... 5 10 9 The Squire - - - ... 5 10 9 Malvern ... ... 6 10 9 '1 he Foal Stakes of 25 sovs each, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst Glb ; untrieds allowed 31b, both Glb ; winners of a 200 sovs stako 51b extra. T.Y.C. ; 3 subs. Macaroon, Poor Pat, Gitanella filly. The Sefton Plato of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each; 2 ft (to the fund); winners of any handi cap after Feb. 22 (at 11 a.m.), 101 b extra; if beaten for the Mersey Cup or Flying Stakes and not placed second. or third, allowed 51b. From the Canal Point in (about six furlongs). Age st lb Age st lb Volunteer a 9 2 Hopleaf ... 5 6 9 Monitor ~. 6 8 10 The Squire 5 6 6 Salliet 6 8 6 Chivalry 3 6 4 Indian Star ... 5 8 2 Catton ... 3 6 4 Mistletoe .. 5 7 10 Alicia ... 4 6 4 Moonbeam... ... 47 10 Madam Bosca 5 6 4 Skylark a 7 8 The Last Rose of Marshel Ney 5 7 8 Summer 3 6 2 InPhus 5 7 6 Weather Isle ... 3 6 2 Jeannie Deans ... 4 7 6 Peggy 4 6 0 Thermometer ... 4 7 2 Scotchman's Pride 3 6 0 Redcap ... a 7 2 Kate Kearney 46 0 Paxton ... 4 7 0 flelvelya 3 6 0 Diamond ... .. 47 0 Finesse .„ 35 13 Star of the Evening 5 7 0 Blacklock 3 5 13 Amour Propro ... 4 612 i Milton 3 512 King of the Fairies 4 6 10' F a i r Star ... 3 5 10 Mongrel ... 6 6 101 Paleface . 3 5 9 Vulcan 4 6 101 Toy ... 3 5 7 The Welter Cup of 100 sovs (in specie), by subscription of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; winners of any handicap after Feb. 22 (at eleven a.m.) 81b extra; professionAs 51b extra. Ono mile and a quarter. 11 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Dragon ... 4 11 8 I Poresight 4 10 5 Indigestion ... 611 6 he Rock ... 410 0 Ballo ... 5 10 7 Bedford 4 9 12 Vixen g ... 4 10 6 The King's Daugh- Prince Regent ... 61C G ter 4 9 5 Three per Cent.... 5 10 5 Bandmaster ... 4 (paid) The All-aged Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; two year olds 7st 41b, three 9st 81b, four lOst 101 b, five, six, and aged list 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; maidens having started twice allowed 31b thrice 61b. The Aintree Plate of 150 sous, for two year olds and up wards; winners this day 71b extra. T.Y.C. To close and name on Tuesday night at eight o'clock. The Two Year Old Plato of 50 sous ; colts Bst bib, fillies Bst slb ; winners 4lb extra. THURSDAY, March 5. The Liverpool Spring Cup of 200 sous (specie), added to a Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft ; winners of any handi cap after Feb. 5 (at 11 a.m.), 10Ib extra. One mile and a half. 65 subs., 35 of whom declared. Age st lb Kuightof the Garter 4 8 12 Bliukhoolio 1 8 6 Brown Bread ... 6 8 6 honesty 5 8 4 Belmont ... 5 8 4 Christmas Carol ... 6 7 12 Foresight 4 7 8 Paxton ... 4 7 8 Feodor 4 7 8 G. by 'Vedette— Vixen 4 7 6 Aggravator 4 7 6 Belzoni ... 5 7 2 La Ferto Fresnel ... 4 7 2 Gipsy King 4 7 2 Child of the Islands 4 7 1 Ago st lb Clown a 6 13 Sister to Vedette 4 6 12 Salamanca... 1 6 12 Charnwood 3 6 Nu ... ... 6 6 6 Lady Diana 3 6 4 Affection ... 3 6 4 Weather Isle 3 6 4 Purveyor 3 6 3 Rhine Wine ... 3 6 3 Cabrera ... 3 6 2 Philosopher, by Laughing-Stock 3 6 2 Adamant ... 3 5 13 'Citron 3 5 13 'llammerton. ... 3 51 MARKETS—(t his Day.) CORN. The trade in general is dull with less firmness in prices, but without any serious depression. From the principal country markets tho reports to hand this morning quote the prices of wheat is in favour of buyers, with a flagging trade. Tho telegrams from continental export markets do not quote much change in prices, but there is a pause in transactions. ""At Mark-lane this morning the attendance was mode rate, and the trade dull. The wheat market opened with light supplies of Eng lish, but a fair show of foreign ; buyers were cautious, and English wheats, except of the primost qualities were easier. On the foreign stands Russian samples were in some cases purchased at is. decline. In other imports there was very little doing, holders generally requiring late rates. The floating cargoes of wheat off the coast have been worked down to some five-and-twenty, and there is now less pressure to sell, but quotations stand is to 2s lower on the week. There were fair supplies of English flour on sale, for which the demand was quiet and rates the turn easier. Foreign flour being only is moderate supply, was not pressed for sale on lower terms. Malt remained without material change in value, but with a dull trade. Barley met only a slow demand, and prices were rather irregular. Beans are generally the turn easier to buy, with in creased supplies of foreign, but a fair demand. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was not a large supply of fat stock on sale to-day, but their condition was good, and the more favourable accounts from the head markets lent some support to prices thereof ; except for mutton, the tendency was down- °wards. Of beasts there were 381 from Scotland, 2,079 from the various English grazing grounds, 110 from Ireland, and 920 from abroad. The beef trade was very sluggish, and prices, although not quoted lower, tended in favour of buyers. Of sheep the supplies included 1,300 from the Conti nent. The demand for prime sizeable sheep was brisk, and advanced rates paid. Large coarse breeds sold strong, but wore quite as dear. Of calves the proportion of foreign was 92. The veal market was heavy and quotations were depressed. There was a moderate demand for pork. Thirty foreign pigs came to hand. Total at market—Beasts 3,390, calves 95, sheep 16,850, pigs 410. Quotations, per stone of 81b, sinking offal—Beef, 3s to 4s 101 b; veal, 3s 4d to 5s 8d; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 4d; pork, 3s to 4s. TALLOW. The market is quiet, but steady, Y. C., 42s 6,1 ; on tho spot, 42s 9d; April to June, 43s 9d; last three months, 445. Stock this day, 30,012 casks; delivered last week, 1,880 sacks ; arrived last week, 10 casks. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PRODUCE. In the colonial produce markets there is very little pass ing, but rates for sugar, coffee, rice, and spices are main tained. The metal trade is firm, with a good inquiry for tea and COTTON. coffee. LIVERPOOL, March 2.—Tho market opens flat under heavy imports and exports from China. Sales probably 8,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day• - GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, March I—Maria Pia, steamer, from Lisbon ; Galatia, steamer, from Vigo; Schwan, steamer, from Bremen. Arrived, March 2.—Trident, steamer, from Hamburg Astarte, from Auaniaboe ; Fairy Queen, steamer, from Dieppe; Orion, steamer, from Antwerp. Sailed, March I.—Aurora, steamer, for Rotterdam. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored—Jean Baptist, from _Dunkirk, for Exeter ; Louis Fanny, from Dunkirk, for Brest ; J oau Baptist IN; o. 1, from Dunkirk, for Pontri , 4ux ; Achille, from Dunkirk, for Cherbourg; Victor Eleanor, from Dunkirk, for Bordeaux ; Esperauce, from Blyth, for Caen. Put back—Pegasus, for Shanghai; Braustones, for re'.caulp. ~~