The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-08 00:00:00

L,703 bran, 3. the d out from r for ;enal, aldry Istle; took corn nt at er, in Pharf, under their 1g for below of the ion of MON.rnZ MARKET A NJ) COINERCIAL 7NT ELIJOY4 i.'" II • CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Stock Markets are exceedingly quiet. The only change from yesterday's final quotations is a re lapse in the prices of several railways, a condition attributable to the absence of business from the Public. The Funds remain at the final prices of yesterday. Foreign Stooks are unaltered, but most of then retain a considerable degree of firmness. The Discount Market is very quiet, at 11 per cent. for the best bills. Consols are without change, at 93,} to 03i for money and account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 0 31 1 to 93k. India 5 per Cents., 112 to 112 i. Bank Stock, 243 to 250. Exchequer Bills, 20s to 25s brem. The Foreign Stock Market is steady. Mexica Bonds are quoted 13 to 13i ; Greek, 13 to 13. ; New Spanish, 3611 to 36:4 ; Turkish (1865), 33 to 331 ; Italian (1861), 431 to 432- ; Chili an (1867), 92 to • Egyptian Railway Debentures, 93 to 94 ; the Viceroy's Loan, 76i to 762; and Potttk,uese, 1i to Ift 'Prem. In Colonial Bonds there is not a single Sariation. Ulnada Six per Cents. are quoted at 99 to 101 ; Manritins Six per Cents., 86 to 87 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; New Zealand Six per Cents., 108 to 110 ; Queensland Six per Cents., 1031 to 104 k ; Victoria Six per Cents., 110 to 111. The new Honduras Loan is steady at I to 1/ prem. In American Securities United States Five-Twenty Loads are steady, at 711 to 71/ ; Erie Railroad are better, at 47k to 47/ ; Illinois unaltered, at 87k to Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain at 27 to 28, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 24/ to 25k. Pailways are being realized, and there is conse quently a falling oil iu quotations. There is a relapse °f in Caledonian, at 77 to 774 2 ; of lin Great Eas tern, at 30 to 30 ; of Is in Great Northern, at 10915 to 114; and in Great 'Northern (A), at 110 to 111 ; of in London and North Western, at 118 to 118i_; and of in Great Western, at 46k to 462 ;in South Eastern, at 70:1 to 71± ; and in Midland, at 1 0 6± to 1061. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1/6/ to 106/ ; Brighton, 46 to 462 1 ; North" Eastern, 105 to 106 ; and Metropolitan, 109/ to 1092. Sheffield are firmer, at 43i to 43g. In Bank Shares there is no feature, and prices have tos icar i ce l ly . altered. Agra (A shares) are quoted at 11 Union of London, 33k- to 3.a, ex div. ; L .2 on t d o o s n;J:int Stock,. 33i to 34 • ' London and West minster, 61 -to ex div. ; London and County, Imperial Ottoman, 1 to 2 dis. ; Imperial Bank is * higher, at 174 to 18 ; Consolidated, * to prem ex div. Finance shares are quiet, and the only variation is an improvement of 1-16th in General Credit, which have been enquired for at 2a to 2i dis. - ex div. Credit Foncier, 3 to 3±. Egyptian Trading, 4/ to 4} dis. I nternational Finance, 2 to 1/ dis. ex div. .. Miscellaneous securities are steady. Anglo- American Telegraph is quoted at 19a to 19,i ex div. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents., 5 to 5/ ; ditto 10 Per Cents.; par to prem. London General Omni bus, 1 to 1 ; National Discount, 11 to 11/ ; Ilud . son's Bay, 142 to 15. The annual meeting of the West India and Pacific Steamship Company has been called for the 'l7th inst., after which the meeting will be made special for the purpose of passing a resolution to reduce the capital of the company from £1,250,000 to £625,000, to be represented by 25,000 shares of £25 each. The ordinary general meeting of the London Tavern k , ompany has been called for the 24th instant, for the Purpose of receiving the directors' report and state- Ment of accounts. The half-y ear l y mee ti ng o f th e Kingston-upon -Thames Gas Company has been convened for the 26th instant, to receive the directors' report and to declare dividend. The sum of £145,000 in• bar gold and coin was taken from the Bank yesterday for export. Tenders are invited for Wednesday, the 19th inst., Ler £200,000 India Council Bills on Calcutta and madras. It is announced th a t the business of the South Aus 'zalian Banki ng C om p an y is now conducted under the title of the Bank of South Australia, in accordance w ith the new charter of incorporation, for which a certificate has just been granted by the Lords Com- Nissioners of her Majesty's Treasury bringing it into Immediate operation. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), held 'e.sterd, the report and accounts were adopted. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was de clared. £5,000 was carried to the reserve fund ; `and £1,022 13s 10d to the next account. Messrs. J. Waddell and Company, accountants, Ilare removed to New Poultry Chambers, 7, Poul!ry. The North Eastern Railway dividends are 6 per ~,.eent. per annum oa th e B erw i c k, per cent. on the /ork, 3S per cent. on the Leeds, Carlisle S per cent., 44( . 1 Dariingtou 81• per cent. The following is Messrs. Durant • and Co.'s Silk Circular, dated Feb. 7 :—" We have to report an ex tremely quiet market in silk--hopes have been entertained from time to time that a revival was at b eand, but thus far all have ended in disappointment. " r e have had occasional forced sales at continually easier_ p r i ces, b ut a ll h as . hi t h er t o f a il e d t o d raw out noYers. In the meantime stocks have rather in ,ereased. This, however, is scarcely likely to continue, Re may have another month of comparatively large arr ivals, hut after that we may reasonably . expect V see a more or less gradual diminution in the stocks. Durin g the last two or thee days we have had more frequent i nqu i r i es, l ea di ng to the belief that buyers a re anxiously watching the market with a view to Purchase as soon as they feel the moment for action Llas a • arrived, but thus far we have a very small b usiness. The deliveries are upon the limited scale of foe last si x mont h s, i n some measure t o b e accoun t e d r by the direct importations to the C o ntinent. sto ck silk s h ares are genera lly qu i e t, a lth oug h th e .."eek has b een gra d ua ll y s h r i n ki ng an d i s now rea lly In Bengal silk we have nothing of moment next periodical public sales are fixed to commence 19th inst. 13, ,, the he directors of the Panulcillo Copper Company, Li mited , have issued a circular containing the results, / far, of the investigations of the manager. Mr. zu states ev ea tleY speaks in high terms of the efficiency of a: _ e ..rYthing connected with the working of the mine, the production to have now reached the ei ghteen of 400 tons of pure copper per month, with th guteen furnaces at work. Mr. Bentley calculated in a,t , with a price of $l4 per qtl. for bars to hili (equal to a sale price in England of £7O per ", with f re i g h ts at £ 4, and exc h ange at 47d ) t h e thrPanY would work at a profit. And since making Calculati on M r . H eat l ey h a d conc l u d e d an agree ment with the Coquimbo Railway Company, which 4 7 111 result i n a sav i ng o f £ 12,000 to £ 14,000 per " n LIM ; in consequence of th ese an d o f o th er econo mies,,s,he counted on a total r e d uc ti on o f some 4 u)000 on this year's working charges. Omani° COMPETITION.—The Naval and Military Gazette, alluding to the statement of the Invalicle .Russe, Private ruanufacturies were so given as to insure the com pletion in the course of 1867 and 1863 of 800,000 new rifles 1" exclaims : "Eight hundred thousand new rifles in two years tiow shall we stand with regard to this matter at the end of this year of grace 1868 ? Shall we have by that time half the number of Snider rifles that Russia will have of the 'tart pattern? Not one half at the rate we have been going on ; though it is impossible to believe that these vast military preparations are undertaken with so t r ouch energy without some ulterior p u rp ose i n v i ew. F rance , os, even before the Chassepot bad done wonders' at , °l4 e, was pressi ng f orwar d i n t h e race, and will soon, :11_ every respect, complete he r m ilit ary preparat i ons 4°r-- whateve r may be said to the contrary—the Feat struggle that is impending over Europe. Our est wish, and that of the country, must be that we Oni d be prepared for anything that might happen ; that ne e should be able, not only to defend our own in case of k V , hut also to throw our weight, if necessary, into one our te of other of the European balance, in order to defend p eac "in interests or else to maintain the sacred cause of mornd ths we must be fll preared—infinitel ees tha we o are i at present—to u m y eet e very aggressor."y BRITISH FUNDS CLOSING PRICES. Cte g,„ VIIRNXENT rUNDS. Il t tjeut. Consols a Pe% Account, March 5 931 } Ne. a . r Pellt. Reduced 93 1. New . per Cent 93 I 1, 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4 s'• per Cern. J an. 187 3 — itlities 80 yrs, expire sth Jan. , 188 P — Do ~ , , ,f °r '3 O yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E z vEted Sea £l,OOO h 2 Au ~ cucciuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2} 6 per Ct — .Pm 0 £5OO Pm R, L . n . £lOO & £2OO 2O pin of England Stock, 4} per Cent 249 4j 0. Account I itiro ~., „ .11(11 ''`N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ba0.,1 tock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 215 , Account — 0 K pa , " Per Cent. July, 1880 t) • Leif r• Cent., Oct. 1888 ue. ilicates — O n ' .2 eftmed Paper 4 per Cent — c• s, Per Cent., J an . 1872 Do. 0!i Per Cent., M ay 1879 — per Cent , Rup. Deb., 187 9 no. . do. 1877 — •,.., 130 1031 4, 0 , • do. 1882 4,D0. u u tt e ci b er s .4 7 .o r o C o ent., Aug. 1873 — ,e. Bonds, 5 )or Cent., £l,OOO Pm 13r rOR E I GN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ijl i P, 5 Per Cent ) 2 Per Cont., 1852 _ be • do., • 1858 _ • - D do., 18s0 °' dol . issa, cif ervice ►solete as de- ant in vessel d the Wool. a ord acum- me of er for •engh rial at 3. Th e ,y, and with- It is proof of the of old ble in- Latham etach- inners )fficers men of readi -3 char )r con- day di, ssioned he 15th );e of a rival at ;glinent ,olwich ut fur- Le ship- L in our )able of h its T I of the yal gun contain or head ,cted so an in- e even- r are to ;timated by con depart- ; will be a result rederick A a grea t °rest and Yet the a what is ered by a rd for its a opinion. •ely agree won. The the fullest acquittal. nts of the Lid-air re aving the suspicion the legiti- L and une to escape •ks lately, ,rt of free he Metro discussing ratepayers •e bound to Aropolitan for its °ha d body fail must go to the nation ; )arsons and ons which have been righted ; if re—if there e -misdeeds elinquente , Mr. Dol e obtained. 'ASTE, ANP iic Albums Is, dressing books, ink ddies, hall" ry cabinets' eco.; cigar ►d elegantly )hunch Ser. .0,5, oxford' )rfeetly yr.) Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 • Do Account 77 I 6f Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do-2 per Cent. (Doferrtd 3 per Cont.) Cabo., 6 per Cent. — Callian 6 per Cent lO2 Do. 41 per Cent ~ — 00. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 i 93 4 Do., Scrip £32 paid C )1. mbiay, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 pn. Cont:, 1825 Danubian Prineipatities, 7 per Cent C9 Do 8 per Cent.; 1867 — lquador New Consolidated, 1 par Cent — dgyptian, 7 per Cent — Do. Second Issue •• D ~ .£5OO Bonds Do. £IOC Bonds 92 Do. 1864 Do. £5.10 Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds ....• 921 1 3 Government Railway Debolituros .... 931 II- 3 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1821-5, cx Coups — Do. Account DJ. Coupons Do. Account U .a.:einala 5 per Gent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Ita ;bin 5 per Cert., 1805 — Do, Account . Do. Maremmaua. Rai way 11. ,xiear, 3 per Cent Ditto for Account. D n . 1864 Do 8 per Cont. Anglo-French — liontevidvan ("). per Cent. .. Nioerish imperial 5 per Cent New Gatnada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (llecta. es) Poruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4- per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portaguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60, 1 2, 101 Do. do., 1.=67 4O/ Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid ll pm Ru. ;sian 5 per Cent., 182 z, £ Si, — Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1801, £lOO Bonds... 89 Do. do. £B4 15s. do. ... Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l I Do. do. £Bl 15s. do.. — Sardinian, 5 per Cont. — Spanish 3 per Oen . Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 161 " Do Account — Turkish 6 per Cent. _ . Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account - Do £lOO Bonds 6l Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 slf Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 . 54 I Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent Do 6 per. Cent, 1862 Do 6 per Gent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent, Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil 56 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 23f. — Do Account Italiah 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. zsi. Do. Account 43f TWO VOLUM. 93f Consols, Money 931 I- Do. Account, March POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. THE PRIVILEGES or MAGICIANS.—Idthe City of Lon don Court, Mr. Commissioner Kerr had before him the case of Morris v. Delight, in which suit the plaintiff sought to recover, under very singular circumstances, a guinea and a half, for his own and his wife's services as magicians at a grand entertainment given by the City of London Temperance Association, at the Albion Hall, on Boxing Night, defendant being a member of the committee.— Mr. Morris proved the engagement of himself and his wife to perform at the fête in question. He stated that when he got to the hall he found people behind him on the platform, and re. fused to perform unless they were removed, as they would see through his tricks. The defendant would not remove them, and he did not perform.—The defendant said that they objected to paying the plaintiff, as he did not carry out his engagement. The last conjurer they had performed with people behind him.—His Honour: -He might have been a cleverer magician than the plaintiff, who is not to be bound by what other people have done. he plaintiff is entitled to object to perform when he is werlooked. The peop'e go to see him and Mrs. Morris for the purpose of being deluded, and if they are allowed to be on the platform or bei.ind the magician while the tricks are being performed, there is an end of delusion. — Verdict for the plaintiff. N SLEllooll2.—lCTheroeNeSlmpeNzEnNaTtaLF Charles Byatt, R S ic F h ß a o r ) d t L Irwin, and Alfred Johns, and a woman named Sophia Byatt, believed to be the wife of the first prisoner, were brought up on remand at Bow-street charged with having in their possession a box containing twenty-one watches and two gold chains, which had been stolen from various per so: is in Liverpool. Inspector Hornet, Sergeants Chapple and Dowdell, all of the F division, went on Saturday (last week) to Martha-street, Hackney, where the Byatts live, and saw the box in question delivered by a parcels delivery cart to the three prisoners. The prisoner Byatt gave the conductor of the parcel cart a receipt for the box. They were taken into custody and the box was seized. It was found to contain the articles above men tioned. It appeared to have been sent from Liverpool to London by rail, and f om the London ter minus to Hackney by Parcels' Delivery Company. Byatt, on being told that he must be searched, at once produced a letter dated from Liverpool describing the contents of the box, and fixing the price of them at £29 18s. (much below their value), at the same time expressing a hope that " there should be no squab bling this time, as there was the last." This letter was in the same handwriting as the direction on the box, and also teat upon another similar (but empty) box, which was found in the house. During the search the officers found a number of pawn brokers' duplicates. The watches and chains all answered to the description of articles stolen in Liverpool within the last few months, and during the interval of remand the two chains and nine of the watches had been identified by the owners. When apprehended Byatt said, " You have got me to rights, but so help me God the others had nothing to do with it." When asked from whom the letter came, he said, " I don't mean to lug anybody else into it." —The prisoners were again remanded. STREET OUTRAGE.-At Marylebone, three men, named John Larkin, George M`Sheen, and William Horne, were charged with the following outrageous conduct. Sergeant Hoskisson, 16 X, said he was in Princes-street, Edgware road, when he was informed that three men were knocking people about. He followed up, and saw a respectable looking man struck and knocked down by one of the prisoners, and whilst down kicked by them. Wit ness ran across, and took hold of M`Sheen, and the man said he was the one who kicked him. A stranger came to assist, when a most violent struggle ensued. For his own protection he knocked M`Sheen down in the road. He then threw Larkin down, and threw himself on him to keep him down till assistance came. A sergeant came up and sprang his rattle. Afters most desperate resistance they were got to the station-house. The man who was knockNl clown was taken to the hospital.. 7 Aß pria, R u ga i'29o_ollligig fora Nvi4l6, THE " SPORTING LIRE."—In the suit of Kelly v. Hutton, Vice-Chancellor Stuart decided that the plaintiff was en titled to a half share in the copyright of the Sporting Life, and that the sale to the defendant must be set aside as regarded that half share. Defendant to pay costs. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS BEFORE PARMA MENT.—Yesterday Messrs. Frere and Palgrave, the exa miners of standing order proofs upon railway and other private bills now pending in Parliament, resumed their duties, and transacted the following business. In the court presided over by Mr. Frere, in Committee-room 16, the standing orders were declared to have been passed in the cases of the unopposed petitions of the Savins Estate, the Londonderry Bridge, the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, the Salford Hundred and Manchester (City) Courts of Record, the Barry Railway, the Chichester Cattle Market, the Loughborough Local Board, and the (postponed) Dartford Water Bills. In Mr. Palgrave's court, which was held in Committee-room No. 17, the following unopposed petitions were declared to have passed standing orders : —Great Northern and Western of Ireland Railway, Farnworth and Kearsley Gas, Wey and Arun Junction Canal, the Warrington Water, the Humber Conservancy, the Somerset and Dorset R tilway, and the Reading Water. The same examiner declared the stand ing orders complied with, after the further consideration of the adjournep unopposed petitions, in the following cases :—Tho London and North-Western and Knighton, Central Wales, and Central Wales Extension Railway Companies. After further consideration of the opposed adjourned p e titi on o f th e I s le of Wight (Newport Junc tion) Railway, the examiner declared that the standing orders had not boon complied with. MUSICAL ITEMS.- - Mr. G. A. Macfarren will de liver on Monday next, at the London Institution, the first of a series of four lectures on the " Secular Music of Eng land, from the Earliest Times to the Present." —Musical Standard. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, IMB. 190 100 100 100 100 100 9s 16G 10J 102' 100 • 102 86 88 86 87 102 164 166 108 104 le6 107 109 95 i;7 11) 110 i 101 103 106 108 105 107 107 109 1(4 106 103 lus 98 99 97i 98i 98 99 102 104 103 105 991 d•'! i 101 31 110 11l TRADES UNIONS. A crowded meeting of delegates of London trades societies was held on Friday night, at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey, to receive the report from the sub-committee appointed to arrange the forthcoming conference with Mr. Gladstone, and to consider the recent attack on trades unions by Mr. Roebuck, M.P. Mr. George Potter, who occupied the chair, said, before the report of the sub committee was brought up, he desired to make a few remarks upon some matters of recent occurrence relating to trades unions. They were all aware that Mr. Roebuck, in addressing a meeting at Sheffield lately, had made a fierce onslaught on trades unions, and branded their members with being guilty of all sorts of crimes. Now, Mr. Roebuck was himself a member of a profession the rules and practices of which were more stringent than those of any c.Torkmen's union— a profession which limited the number of its articled clerks, fixed the minimum fee which its mem bers should receive for their services, allowed no member . to receive a brief in person from a client, and did arl those things and more which he denounced- in working men's unions. Again : he thought it most indecent in , Roebuck, while sitting in a judicial capacity as a member of the Trades Union Commission, to go about the country denouncing those men upon whom he was sitting in judg ment. No honourable •or right-minded man would be guilty of such conduct. Mr. Roebuck ought at once to be removed from the Royal Cormnission.—The secretary then read the report of the sub-committee, the correspon dence with Mr. Gladstone, and the baSis laid down fer the conference, with the names of the delegates appointed to conduct it—viz., Messrs., Potter, Lawrence, Dunning, Upshall, Lewis, Squire, Broadhurst, 111`Nainara„ Cohen, and Hartwell. After some discussion the report was adopted, with the substitution of Mr. Lester for Mr. Upshall, on the ground that the former delegate repre sented one of those trades in which the limitai, ,n of apprentices was enforced.—Mr. Lawrence , (tailor) then said he thought the delegates were bound to express their opinion of the conduct of Mr. Roebuck in re ference to his attack upon, trades unions, looking at his position on the Trades Commission of Inquiry. He would therefore move the following resolution : " That this society of trades delegates is of opinion that Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P., has acted most indecently and unfairly in his strong denunciation of trades unions at a public'meet ing in Sheffield, while _he at the same time is a member of a royal commission appointed to inquire into the working of those bodies, and hereby declares that no honourable man or unionist can accept the decision of the commission he continues a member of that body, he having declared his opinion before the evidenc3 has been completed. We therefore, consider him an unjust judge, and one unworthy any longer to sit upon the Trades Union Commission.' . -- Mr. Cohen (cigar maker) seconded the resolution, which was carried with loud cheers, and a copy ordered to he sent to the Home Secretary, and also to the chairman of the Trades Union Commission. The meeting was tEen adjourned until Friday, the 21st inst., to receive the report of the deputation to Mr. Gladstone. Both Mr. Beresford Hope and Mr. Cleasby. Q.C., are in the field for the representation of Cambridge University, and have issued their addresses to the members of the Senate. Lord Stanley was asked to become a candidate, but he declined to leave King's Lynn. A large meeting against the rating clauses of the Reform Act has been held, amongst other places, at North Shields. It was absurd, the chairman said, that the qualification for voting should depend on the personal payment otrates. The Duke of 'Northumberland in Cluirton had paid the rates of all his tenants ; so had Mr. Trevelyan, M.P. ; and there was no bribery and corruption under them. A motion was carried for a• petition to the House against the illy I clauses. Mr. Digby Seymour, Q. 0., addressed, on - Priday night, what is de.t.Abed as a large meeting of Irishmen. He spoke plainly enough on all hands. He was the leading counsel for Larkin and Gould, Yet he thought they had committed an outrage, and he did not, as he told them, believe in their remedy for the wrongs of Ireland. He was a loyal but by no means either a satisfied or contented Irishman. He believed in a Protestant Church of England, but he regarded the Irish Establishment as a perpetual insult to the Irish people. The tenancy at will throughout a great part of Ireland was only another name for serfdom. He was opposed to a repeal of the Union, yet he did not think that a Parliament sitting at West minster could understand the wants of the Irish people. He therefore proposed local legislation by a Chamber sitting at Dublin, whose proposals should be sent up to the Imperial Parliament for its approval. The Irish people did not want a Lord-Lieutenant ; they wanted Royalty. It did not necessarily follow that the Queen must go there—why not the Prince of Wales or the Duke of Edinburgh? Still he was loyal, and lie urged .the meeting to come forward and sign the address to the Queen, which, he said, would be given to Mr. Hardy for presentation on Tuesday, with 20,000 names attached. The disappearance of Illr. Speke excites more lively in terest daily. The theory of voluntary absence is fast losing ground, and the general op?nion now given is that he has been foully murdered. m . T.," writing to the Times, suggests another solution of the mystery. The writer calls attention to the fact that Mr. Speke had a relative whose town-house is in Queen-square, Westminster. There is no other house in Westminster to which he could have been going. It is stated that Mr. Speke's relative was absent from London at the time. It is no uncommon thing at such a time for servants to leave a house un guarded. Somebody having temporary access to the place may have received lihn. Tiler?. are gardens and snrumxiles at the back to whietaie may have :retired, anct : .where a stranger may have been concealed. The' tact that tnese gardens are actually i ll . birdcage-walk, where Mr. Speke's hat was found two h ours a f ter h e was last seen. is surely was picked up directly oppos it e th e steps which lead into a singular coincidence, and the writer believes that the hat she square. THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ACT.—It has beet . resolved by the military authorities to apply the provisions of the Contagious Diseases Act to Colchester, Shoincliffe, Canterbury, and the Curragh. THE "LIFE OF THE PRINCE CONSORT." The ..thencrum, states that her Miviestv'o " I.ife of the Prince Consort"' is to be reproduced iii a condensed form, in embossed letters, for the use t,f ale blind. The work of abridgment has been entrusted to Mr. John Plummer. CHALLENGE TO FIGHT A DUEL—The Derby borough magistrates have heard an extraordinary applica tion. A local solicitor applied for a summons against Mr. W. Turpie, manager of the Derby and Derbyshire Bank,. -and captain of the Ist Company of the Derby Battalion of Volunteers, with a view to have him bound over to keep the peace towards Mr. T. B. Hutton and all her Majesty's subjects. Mr. Hutton has for many years been cashier at the Derby and Derbyshire Bank, of which Mr. Turpie is still the manager, and for several years Mr. Hutton is said to have been subject to various acts of petty tyranny 'and annoyance from Mr. Turpie. On Tuesday last the anno3 auces were so great that it forced Mr. Hutton to express himself in strong language to the manager. The . latter summoned him before the board of directors and brought against him the serious charge of dishonesty, and it ended in Mr. Hutton being called upon to at once give up his situation without the usual three months' notice. The charge of dishonesty has been since withdrawn. On . Thursda , y Mr. Hutton was astonished to receive the following letter :—" Gth Feb., 1868.—Sir, having been grossly insulted by you, I, as an officer and a gentleman, demand satisfaction.' I ask you to send me the name and address of your friend, and I shall request Captain Cox—who, I underFitand, returns to-night—to call upon him, and make the necessary arrangements for a meeting.—l am, sir, &c., w. ToRPIE.— Mr. T. R. Hutton, Uttoxeter-road, Derby." The magis trates at onto granted a summons. BABY-FAR•miNG. - 7 - An inquiry has been held in the committee roonis, Fountain-court, Minories, by Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy-coroner, relative to the death of a child, six weeks old, named Adelaide Neumann. The deceased was the daughter of a German Jewess, named Rachel Neumann, who had been deserted by her husband. The child was taken to the registrar by the mother and another Jewess, and neither of them being able to speak a word of English, they gave her the name of Adelaide in Hebrew. The registrar believed the infant to be a boy, and registered it as Isaac. The mother, finding it necessary to go out to service, took the child to Mrs. Lily Speckmaster, living at 8, Garden-court, Minories, and gave it to her to take charge of, promising to pay her ss. a week, paying a week's money in advance by way of a deposit. That was on Saturday week. The child was hand-fed ;it got arrow • root three times a day. The coroner asked Mrs. Speck- Master hew the child got on upon that food. Her answer was, " What are you to expect with a child of five weeks old ?" It looked skinny, she added, when it was first brought to her. On Tuesday last it would take no more food ; it looked badly in her eyes, and she called in a chemist, but it died that night. The mother visited the child every clay. On Tuesday she said it would die quick, and she stopped until it did die. Mrs. Speck master, it appeared,' called the child Eliza ; other people called it indiscriminately Idel and Redd and Rachel. The mother, on being examined through an interpreter, said that she had forgotten what was the real name of her after a long investigation th a t it child, and it was only was concluded by the coroner that its original and real name was Adelaide. When death took place the chemist who had been called in gave a certificate contrary to the Act of Parliament, with a view to the burial. Mr. D. H. Dyte said the deceased died from debility. Of course so young a child should have been suckled, and not fed by hand. The jury returned a verdict of death from debility fziThaßfitgliSAßEM LAW INTEL I IGENCE.,_This ray. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge-Ordinary.) BOOTII V. 3300 V-I AND LEAPMAN. In this case the Qneen's Peoctor had intervened. The case, which came' from Leeds, was originally heard before his lordship on tilt) petition of the hus band against the wife for dissolution of marriage, and there being no opposition, the decree nisi was made. Circumstances, however, had come to the knowledge of the Queen's Proctor, and he now sought to have the ration p. resented on the first occasion dismissed. _ _ _ A witness named Fanny High, , m stated that she accompanied the husband, who ft. rmerly lived at ase Leed-, to London to carryon the e for a divorce. There were two other persons with et. rn, but as they arrived in London very late they all fo.:lr went to a coffee-house near the railway station, A nci en gaged sleeping apartments. She (witness) occu pied the same room as Martin Booth, the peti tioner, and Richardson and the witness named Lodge slept in the other room. Richardson said, being desirous of getting a drop of whisky early in the morning, he went to Booth's bedroom, and after knocking he beard a female voice, and then Booth said he would bring it. It was done, and after that they had breakfast, and all went out to a la wyer's office, where Booth, the . petitioner, got some money. Mrs. Wilber said she knew the peti tioner when he lived at Leeds, and she had had oc casion to desire him to quit her house on account of the disreputable company he used to bring home with him of an evening. Ellen Laycock said the petitioner was on the most intimate terms with a girl named Violetta Smith, and also that he was a constant visitor to the house of Lotty Wilmot, in Lower-street, Leeds. Mr. John Pollard, the Superintendent of the West Riding Constabulary, said he knew the petitioner, Martin Booth, very well. lie had known him for many years as a most disreputable character. He had kept a noto rious house iu Leeds, and was the associate of the most dissolute characters in the place. The Judge-Ordinary said a more abandoned case had never come before the Court, and it illustrated most remarkably the wisdom of the Queen's Proctor intervening. Here was a wife living in adultery her self giving her husband 150 to procure a divorce, and on the petitioner coming before the Court, there being no opposition, a decree nisi was made. .It was now proved that the petitioner, on the very night:he arrived in London, being that previous tohis attending in that court in the capacity of a witness, he had himself committed the same offence with one of the other witnesses, named Fanny Higham. The petitioner was a person who had trampled under foot every moral obligation, and therefore the petition he had formally presented would be dis missed, and with costs against the co-respondent, if it was so desired. It was intimated to his lordship that the co-re spondent was dead. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) WOODEIOUSE V. DICKER. The hearing of this trial, which commenced yes terday, was resumed this morning. It was an action brought for an illegal arrest under a writ of ca. sa. issued in respect of a judgment which had been obtained by the defendant against the plain tiff upon a certain bill of exchange after such judg ment bad been satisfied by the payment of the amount of the debt and costs. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and that the plaintiff had not satisfied the judgment befere the arrest took place. It appeared that the plaintiff had formerly been a lieutenant in the 13th Infantry, and the defendant was a bill discounter. In ttie autumn of 1866 the plaintiff was indebted to the defendant in the sum of £4BO, for money advanced upon four bills of exchange. In respect of that sum the defendant had obtained judgment against the plaintiff, and had issued execution, lodging a writ of ca. sa. in the hands of the sheriff. In August the plaintiff sold his commission for £7OO, and the money was paid into Messrs. Cox and Company's, who received instructions to pay the bills held by the defendant. The bills having been paid, the de fendant's attorney wrote to the sheriff, requesting him not to put the writ of ca. sa. into execu tion, as the matter had been settled. In the following January the plaintiff was shooting in company with several friends near Bognor, when he was arrested under the ca. sa., and taken thirty miles to Petworth Gaol, where he was de tained for eight days, until he was able to show that the bills had been paid and the judgment satisfied, when he obtained his release. The defence was that Messrs. Cox had paid the £4BO to the defendant under a mistake, they having omitted to debit the plaintiff's account with a bill of exchange which they had discounted for him, and that when the error was diPeovered the defendant had repaid Messrs. Cox £lOO, receiving back from them the £lOO bill, upon which the judgment in respect of which the ca. sa. was issued, had been obtained. The defendant, under these circumstances, thought be had a right to put the ca. sa. into force, in order to compel the plaintiff to pay the remainder of the debt. There was no malice upon the part of the defendant in causing the plaintiff to be arrested. The case is not expected to conclude before the rising of the Court. SHARE LlST.—This Day. Share' • Railways. Paid. ,Bristol and kxeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab.J anti 11 .London, bcrip 774 7Si 20 30 3 4 741 75i 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • • Do. B stock 100 102' 311 321 0 74 15 109 'll tLI 111 1224 123 Do. New, ie. at 25 pui GtS, and W. of Ireland (it. 4Ve*tern Do. 5. Val. Rail gas. V 6 93 46 16 Sau th ‘l l ales W. d. ()xi on; 46 47 23 3u 29 at Newport . Do. Hereford Lancashire a 1' or shin- Lxideu and .Biackwaii Lon., Drigh., a S Coast' I-on., Chat., and Dover Do. Aletrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Westem Shel., & Nietropulitan.... Do..Liew Do. Extension Nlctrupolitan District 1261 !27 ld 413 i 18 ISt 11 14 1183 bd 13 14 111 11'1 100 111 00. do. do. l)o. and St. John'aW'u Midland Do. U Share 1061 107 Do, Birmin.. & Dsrb) wild Kent . North British 75 77 38 38 Do. Ed., Yth., & Dun. th. Eastern—Berwim. Do. (31-.N•la purchase Do. Leads Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stook,& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 Do. do. 1866 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Statues, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neagh Waterford & Kilkenuy Waterloo & Whitelia i t We6t Cornwall ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS. 1091 10k 463 4.11 6 18t 100 I I Closing I Business '1 Price. done. Ini I i 8 711 311 301 f I 81 is I b 7 a 6; 71 4 .5 lon i i i COLONIAL GO TIGRIS IBritigb Columbia, 6 per oeut., Deo. 31, 1672.... lUan.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.dt July 1877-81 - Do. 6 p. O. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. !liar. & Sept Do. 5 p. 0. Jan. t July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed ak Cape G.llope, 6 p. 0.1873 Do. Apl. & Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Caylon, Nov. 1868, 6 IL,. Do. 1878, do o, 1873, Jan. and July ......: Do. 1878 .. . . Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov i 5 Do. 1895, Feb. Aug.. Natal 'it:kV. 6 per cent.: N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.J a. 60 ul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c., 186 c Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. e sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p. 0.1868-9 Do. 1678 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..t July Do. do, April &a Oat 101 105 62 64 95 97 113 135 lit ad 1 lip 58 60 109 111 ;,8 69 43 15 7► 71 9 lu 146 i+so 711 1 hIENT S ICCURITI 11:6. 110 112 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ' LOU Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 53 14.5 t Flom., Baroda, & Cen.ln. 100 104 105 103 1 st i gu. 6 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares . _._. lo p el) 201 Buffalo & Lake all 34 4 10 Do. Preference all 5 6 100 1 Butt,Brant, &Goderich 48 52 99 102 at C11 5 1:ulia 18 & 72 8 -3 . E.,1 lim l l °oo 6-8 71- 100 'a l ieDemerara, Town 03 104 at East Bengal, gu., sdo 100 1 110 1104 1091 1 4 AO Do. J Extension - at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o lOO 7 & p l3 .c. o p ck er% g p u t 1:11 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds all 8 3 85 st Grand Trunkol Canada 100 17 18 1 charge 6 p.o 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 33 35 100 Do. do deferred - - 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 100 Do. do. deferred - - 100 Do. 3cl Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. 4th Fret. stook 100 Do. do. deferred - WO Do. do. deterred - - st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp. 100 107 108 109 93 uo. Gus. 5 per cent l6l 11 1 c. 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 - 2 i st UL South ot India gun. 5 per cent at Do. 41 per cent lou 9'2 04 at Do 2 201 , ;rcat Wes. of Canada all 153 154 204 Do. New - • - 100 Do. 6p. c ISt:s. pay. 1673 all 95 47 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8., all 85 e 7 st Madras, gun. - 5 p.o ..,, 100 100 102 1:)24 et Do. 41 do lOO 03 95 at Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 914 29 Do. Filth .ExtensioL 5 - - at 3lelb. Cor 6p. c. finds. 100 - - 50 Mel. & Hobson's Bay all -•-- st V.lll.C'da.6poistpt.bs , 100 83 85 st Gude &Rhiik'nd, g. 5p 0 100 1044 1051 st Scinde . lOO 100 101 st Do. Delhi igs • 100 1004 1011 ICOI 101 20 Do. do 0 , 1 5 1 4 P at Do. Punlaub E., 100 99 100 1( 0 1 4 at Do . lndua St.Flot Q° 100 85 87 BRITISH. MINES. - Cam. Consol. Gold, Lim. 1 - - - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 54 64 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 4.0 430 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 4 - , Oast Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 - .'ast Caradon 2.14.e 5 6 -. ~ .- ' ast Cara Brea 3l 2 21 - East Grenville 2.14.0 14 2 - East Gunnislake .. 8.3.0 4 4 - East Loved 3.0.0 8 9 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 06 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 18 18 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 - - - Great Wheal Bony 14.9.6 - - - G. Wheal Vor (Helst.'n 10 20 21 - Grenville 9.0.6 11 11 - Herod's loot .... 5.10. e 85 1? - II ingston Downs 5.10.G 24 2 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 1.3.17.0 6 8 - Slarke Valley 4.10.0 4; 51 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, Bea 3i 24 11 - New S ton . ..... - North loskear - N.Wh Baseett(lllogan 4.4,u - - 8 10 3 .1 t .. ; - North Wheal Crotty : p lcro wr sp ld e e r n U ce n k i u te n d ; L .. zia . n t 2 2 9 2 3 i t - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 390 410 - South Condurrow i. 2.0 1 i B.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 371 42 0 - stray Park 35,15.6 4 6 _ fin Croft...". .... . 1) 13 14 - Vigra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (Mogan la 1 11 - W. Caradon (Llskeard it l3 12 West Chiverton ll 67 69 - West Seton 474 1/5 205 . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 85 95 -,.., Wheal Buller atedruth 16 16 10 .... Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20 Wheal Scion SS4 85 90 ..... Whpai Trelawnev (Lis. 5.17,0 6 8 ..., PREFERENCE SRAREs. Great Western, Orig. 44 per cent.. 70 :FOREIGN 4 RAILWAyp. R ec ife and San Francisco, lira., gua. 7 per cent, 15 :b'OSEIGN MINIM Cape Copper, Si - . 91 Don Peas), Nunn Del Rey, 25 1 :. Pestarena United Gold, lira., 2i St. John del Rey, lira , 205 2 1 BANNS. Agra. lira., A, lif Ang lo Egyptian, lim., 17i Australasia, t 7 Chartered 4ler. of India, London, and China, 28 City, 11 Consolidated, lira., 41 Imperial Ottoman. London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23} London and County, 521_31 Ditto, new, 27 • London Joint Stock, 34 London and V% estminster. GE/ 8 Ditto, Scrip, 4 Metropolitan Bank. lira , National Provincial of Engtand. Ditto. •d and 3d issue, 39 Oriental Bank Corporation, 42 • KISCELLANEOUS. Anglo American Telegraph, 191 Atlantic Telegraph, 49 DWI:), 8 par cent., 1021 Credit Foricier of Engiana, pm., 3} Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua by Egypt. govt., 914 Gen. Credit and Discount, tim.. 5 Lon oa and Provincial Marine, 11 New Quebrada, Ocean marine Insurance), 2J oriental Gas. lim. 61 Panama. NeW Zealand and Aus. it. Mail., 41 31 Peninsula and Oriental Stearn, 551 l3hymney iron, 184 19 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 77 THE ATHERSTONE HUNT.—An interesting cere mony occurred on the occasion of the meet on Monday, the 17th ult. As was announced, the hounds met at Sib son, and, according to previous arrangement, immediately made for the famous covert of the Ambien Wood, belong ing to W. Stuart, Esq., of Aldenham. On arriving at this far-famed spot, Lord Curzon, master of the hounds, called together his brother sportsmen to join with him in doing honour to Mr. Thomas Bradfield, of the Ambien Hill Farm, who for ball a century has been a zealous fox pro server, and has ever been noted for his generous hospitality to the "Hunt." The mode the "Hunt" chose to mark their high appreciation of Mr. Bradfield's character and worth was by requesting his acceptance of a very handsome tankard, which bears the following inscription : —"Pre sented to Thomas Bradfield, by the members of the Ather stone Hunt, in gratitude to him for his many years services as a fox preserver. Jan., 186 C—Mr. Bradfield is so de servedly esteemed by his numerous friends and neigh bours—enemies he has none—that all classes sincerely congratulate him upon his being made the object of so much regard and cotton, MARKETS—(2 his Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. The markets are quiet this morning, without any new feature worthy of remark. TALLOW. The market is quiet, at 42s to 42s 3d on the spot; 425, lireo months; last three months, 43s to 43s 6d. HAY AND STRAW. Trade generally very dull. First cut clover, being rather scarce, is pretty firm, at 95s as the top price. Second cut is very irregular in quality, and dull, at 50s to 80s. Meadow bay, 60s to 84s. Straw• plentiful and dull, at 28s to 335. POTATOES. Supplies aro very short, and prices higher. Cattte feed firmer; wurtzell short• supply, at 30s; Swedes in good supply, at 40s to 50s per ton. VEGETABLES. The green stuff trade is very dull, with largo supplies. Green, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen bunches; savoys, 6d to is ; turnips, is 6d to 2s 6d ; carrots, 3s to 4s ; Brussels sprouts, 6d to is per dozen ; stalks, is 6d to 2s 6d per bushel. COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Feb. B,—Market opens strong. Sales pro bably 12,000 to 15,000 bales. COAL 31 Price per Ton !ARKET. at the Close, s d Haswell lB 0 Original Hartlepool lB 0 Hartlepool l6 3 Wylam l5 6 Kelloe.. l6 0 Hetton Hetton Lyons a d Hawthorn l5 3 Bradyell'sHetton... .16 3 S. Hollywell 'crooned 14 0 South Hetton Tunstall ... 15 6 Hough Hall l7 3 PORTLAND CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT. -- Some little excitement has been occasioned at Portland during the past week by the detection and punishment of two of the warders employed at the Convict Prison for being in unlawful communication with the prisoners under con finement. The system of " trafficking" between the warders and the convicts seems to have been on the in crease of late, and consequently a vigilant watch has been set by the authorities to check the unlawful intercourse which has been carried on. On Friday last a warder, named Morris de Young, was taken into custody, charged with conveying letters out of the prison, and supplying tobacco to a Belgian convict named Milkien wiez. The desire evinced by the prisoners to obtain tobacco is manifested in the fact that 120 ounces of bread is willingly exchanged for an ounce of " weed," while many of the convicts would readily forego a meal in order to possess themselves of a small portion of that luxury. The convicts had, it appeared, intrusted letters to the warder, who had posted them, and had supplied 21b. of tobacco in all to Milkienwiez, for which he was sentenced to three mouths' hard labour. On Monday another warder, named Peter Aldersley, was charged with a similar offence, and was detected in the act of fetch ing a parcel from the Weymouth railway station, contain ing tobacco and money, which he intended to deliver to a convict named Batt. He had also posted letters to a Mrs. O'Brien, 42, Buttesland-street, Heaton, and the plrcel was addressed to "William Thompson, to be left at the Weymouth station till called for." The offence was fully proved, and he was sentenced to four months' hard labour. --- An Alabama paper announced that it would keep silent in regard to a " certain little affair" if a bottle of champagne were sent to the office. The editor received Wen bettleil frpra Nam clifferat parties/. • SPORTING OPINIONS. (From the Sportsman.) The Waterloo Cup quotations show little or no change since I last wrote, 100 to 6 being still cur rently offered on the field. Lord Lurgan's nomina tion, however, seems to be in most demand for money, as, whenever there is a chance of obtaining 20 to 1, takers are found in plenty ready and willing to operate. The nomination of Lord Sefton is also the subject of' continual inquiry, and presents every appearance of speedily joining the 20 to 1 division. To-day 25 to 1 would have been freely accepted in several quarters had the price been obtainable, hut the bookmakers persistently declined to maka any advance upon 20 to 1. Mr. Blanchard's nomination was entrusted with a little money at 25 to 1, and 30 to 1 was asked for about Mr. Lister's, but not more than 25 to 1 was offered. The nomination of Lord Stair was in general re quest at 33 to 1, and that of Mr. Spinks would have received substantial support at 40 to 1, but in the lat ter case no business was effected, 1000 to 30 being the best bid. (Front the Sporting Life.) The movements on the Two Thousand since my hot have neither been important nor significant. R o sicrucian has, by common consent, taken his position at the head of the betting and Sir Joseph I lawley's commission is apparently exhausted at the price ; and while 9 to 4 is offered about the son of Beadsman, backers are ready to take 5 to 2 about him. Backers Df Pace (who has been steadily supported for some time) can obtain no higher price than 8 to 1, and 9 to 1 would be taken about him. Those who prefer to follow " good men" may like to know that Mr. Steel is seemingly a warm partisan of Pace for the Derby, and on Wed nesday at the Club, after that leviathan bookmaker had accepted 500 to 35 twice, he loudly proclaimed his desire to back race to win him £2,000 more, but was not accommodated. It is a bad thing to op pose such well-informed operators, but I am assured that the stable absolutely consider Pace to b© " slow and puddling"—the identical words which he used in describing his chance. The name of that high priced impostor, St. Ronan, has cropped up in the Two Thousand betting, and 1,000 to 26 is taken about the lumbering son of St. Albans and Elspeth. After the Stockbridge Meeting this horse was backed to win a great sum of money for the Derby, but his proving another Hermit to Mr. Chaplin seems out of the question. An offer of 40 to 1 was made against Blue Gown for the Guineas, but in the pre sent position of Rosicrucian it seems literally any odds against " the Gown." Apart, however, from the favouritism of his stable- compaßions, there is evidently something seriously amiss with " the Gown," who has been absent from his exercise ground for weeks. (From Bell's Life.) Plenty of matter has been stirring of late to keep the racing world on the qui vice, and the season's near approach is indicated by many signs. It may almost be consilered as under way, in fact, the in dustrious ones having been fairly started at Car marthen, though they will have nothing but steeple chasing to keep them going till Lincoln. This description of sport, however, has now a faster hold on the racing public, perhaps, than ever it had, no further proof being needed of its popu larity than the speculation the Liverpool Grand National is creating, in the face of the great " legiti mate" events that were simultaneously with it thrust upon society. It is plain that until the contest is over we shall hear very little of the Northampton Stakes or City and Suburban Handicaps that used to fairly rival the Chester Cup in the amount of interest created, but which have at present been as dead letters even as the Newmarke t or " Metrop," or the more modern St. Liz. Slow as the business is, the betting at the clubs on the old-established Cestrian prize has this week already ex tended over some twenty animals —a far greater number than have been introduced for the Lincolnshire Handicap or the Waterloo Coursing Cup; and the pencils have not been idle over the three year old races since our last. Rosi crucian is still all the rage for the Two Thousand, only the bold bets of 1,000 to 600 and 500 to 300 laid " with a start" having had the effect of steady ing him at all, or keeping him at a reasonable price; nevertheless, he cannot fairly m lintain his place alongside the Lady for the Derby, and there are not a few good judges who would prefer to stand Green Sleeve to him for both his races did the market allow. Harvester's arrival at New-' market has not much altered the aspect of affa!rs with reference to M. Dawson's lot, having created far less stir than had been anticipated ; and we may have a far greater sensation when another darkie— who shall be nameless, for he is the son of a pirate and a peeress changes his quarters, and joins Viscount at Whitewall. We may go so far as to hint he is a relative of one " Paul" (not the one who recently went to Davey's locker —and, we hope, took something out), has Wintered well, and will not prove a Mid summer colt, if he is nearly so good as he looks ; but what his capabilities are is a point not yet proven, and it may happen after all that the lowest whisperings concerning him die away when he has been " asked a question." There are just as " dark" things among the host in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, a question of more immediate importance, and one that we purpose discussing in detail this week, so as to com plete our series of articles on the great spring events before the season commences. No light was thrown upon by the recent doings in Wales, only Fly fisher of the whole lot engaged performing there, and he figured so badly as to render it very impro bable he will put in an appearanee at Aintree. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 251. 16 per £1 sterling. On c)niparing these rates with the English ➢lint price of l'ts. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is ,nearly ore-tenth dearer in Paris than in London. The oourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 110 per cent. ,At this rate there is a slight profit on the importation of gold from the United States. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Mr. Hudson ' of Castleacre, has resigned his seat at the Co uncil of the Royal Agricultural Society, in consequence of his some what advanced age. Mr. Hudson is well known as an agriculturist throughout Great Britain. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.- - On Thursday after noon, at Iligharn, a village about three miles from Barns ley, two young men, Henry and John Dawson, were prac tising a well known Yorkshire game known as " Knur and Spell," in which an ordinary stick, somo two feet in length, has a solid piece of wood three inches long and two inches in depth screwed on for the purpose of striking a marble. While John Dawson was striking at a marble with all his force, the bottom, or pommel, flew off, and striking his brother on the temple, killed him on the spot. Medical aid was called in, but of no avail. WATERS OF AFFLICTION. —It is computed that the cost of distilling water at Annosley Bay is 2s. a gallon, and the daily needs of the men and animals collected there a verage 40,000 gallons a dly. Therefore the water supply alone of that station is costing the British taxpayers at the rate of £1,520,000 a pear. —pall-mall Gazette. BIRMINGHAM HORSE AND HOUND SHOW.—At a meeting of the Birmingham Cattle Show Council, held a few days ago (Howard Luckcock, Esq., in the chair), it was decided to hold a Horse and Hound Show, as last year, in the month of June next, provided a guarantee f and of £l,OOO is raised by the town to insure the Cattle Show Council against loss. £he Mayor has liberally headed the guarantee fund, and there is no dou b t the su m will be speedily promised, as on the last two occa sionste the Horse Show proved a source of profit to the managers. We understand the week commencing -June 22d is the time fixed upon for the show. Loss OF A STEAMER.—On Thursday the screw steamer Swan, Captain Burrell, from London for Newcastle, put into Lowestoft, with her bow considerably damaged, having been in collision with the Seagull, pad dle steamer, which sunk in a few minutes. One passen ger was lost, but all the others, with the crew, were saved, and were landed at Lowestoft by the Swan. The value of the lost steamer is estimated at £15,000, and her cargo at £lO,OOO. The passenger lost was a Dutchman, and it is supposed that he was killed in his berth. Part of the crew of the Seagull, including the engineer, carpenter, and stewardess, took to the lifeboat, which was on dock, and as the steamer steadily settled the lifeboat, with those in it, floated over the taffrail, and eventually got on board the Swan. The crew sa ved nothing but what they 15t904 in. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This D3.3r. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS D.T. LI/iCOLN HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Czar (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Easby (taken) 20 to 1 agst Artesian (taken) 20 to 1 agst Grey Stocking (taken) 25 to 1 agst Purveyor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cauthleen (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 13 to 1 agst Fan (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Daisy (offered) 100 to 7 agst Tusculanum (offered) 100 to 7 agst Tennyson (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Clansman (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Helen (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agst Franchise (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lady Coventry (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst V iridis (offered) 20 to 1 agst Ilaeswing (offered) 25 to 1 agst Datby (offered) TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 17 to 2 agst Paco (taken) 100 J to 80 agst Typhceus (taken) DERBY. 4000 to 100 agst Blue Gown (taken) 40 to 1 agst Danditto (offered) THE ROTUNDA CLU3 AIND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, THREE DOORS FROM BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE,:SURREY SIDII • IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. . Annual Subscription Five Shillings. Responsible Bookmakers desiring Stands should apply immediately (as the number will be limited) to the Sacra. tart', 3, Blackfriars-road. OXFORD UNIVERSITY BOAT CLUB. THE AMERICAN EIGHT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. A Captain's meeting was held on Monday last in the University Barge, when a statement of accounts was road and passed as satisfactory. Mr. E. S. Carter, Worcester, was at the same time elected on the committee, in place of R. S. Bridges, Corpus Christi College, resigned ; and Mr. R. G. Marsden, Merton, was elected treasurer, in the place of the same gentleman. The Torpids wore fixed to begin on Thursday the 27th instant, and to continue on the six following days. Mr. W. W. Wood, University, brought forward a motion that the eight-oar races bo divided into two heats, as at Cambridge, so as to lengthen the dis tance the boats have to row. After much discussion, in. which many gentlemen spoke, the motion was lost by majority of 12, without the President 'Voting. The Pre sident, Mr. F. Willan, then made known to the meeting the whole of the circumstances under which an attempt is being made to got up a race between Oxford and American Universities, and read the correspondence on the subject. The management of the affair up to the present time by the President was highly approved, and it was finally agreed to leave it to the committee, under whose con sideration it now remains. LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 7. 7th Regiment Dragoon Guards—Major-General Lord Ge o . Paget, C. 8., to b e Colonel. 108th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Arthur Pole to be Captain. 3d Hussars—Staff-Surgeon Alfred Hepworth, M.D., to be Surgeon. sth Lancers—Ensign William O'Brien, to be Cornet. 6th Dragoons—Lieutenant Bennitt, to be Captain ; Lieu tenant Vincent Eyre, to be Lieutenant; Cornet James, Cottle, to be Lieutenant; Charles Cammell, Gent., to be Cornet. . . _ 18tlaiussars—Comet Robert Stevenson to be Lieutenant. 2d Foot—Captain Mountifort H. T. Lloyd to be Captain. 11th Foot—Cornet Godfrey C. Kynnersley Baldwin to be Ensign. 14th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Middleton Robin son to be Ensign. 15th Foot—Lieutenant Reginald Cartwright to be Captain; Ensign William Henry Dania to be Lieutenant; Gen tleman Cadet Michael Murphy to be Ensign. _ _ 17th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Charles Deane has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 24th Foot—Lieutenant George Gordon to be Instructor of Musketry. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Horniblow to be Adju tant. 33d Foot—Lieutenant Murray T. Grant to be Captain ; Lieutenant Edwin Jervis to be Captain ; Ensign Watkyn Downes to be Lieutenant. 46th Foot—Paymaster and honorary Captain John Bar clay to be Paymaster. 51st Foot - Lieutenant Richard Drought has been per mitted to retire from the service. 56th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Richard Anderson to be Major. 61st Foot—Staff Surgeon James Street, 11. D., to be Sur geon. 67th Foot—Lieutenant James S. G. Smith, to be Lieu tenant. 76th Foot - Paymaster and honorary Major Henry Win. Sibley, from the 16th Foot, to be paymaster. 78th out—Ensign George Bu•lgen to be Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Duncan Stewart to ba Ensign. 79th Foot-Ensign John Angus to be Lieutenant; Gentle man Cadet Gordon Loris Campbell Money, to be En sign. 89th Foot—Capt. James Harrell, to be Captain. 103 d Foot—Ensign Robert Shaw to be Lieutenant. 10611 Foot—Ensign George Churchill to be Lieutenant. 108th Foot—Lieutenant William Worster to be Captain; Ensign Henry Crawford to be Lieutenant. Depot Battalion—Copt Mylrca Tellet Quayle to be In structor of Musketry. BREVET. Lieutenant Robert Kelly, Bongal Veteran Establish ment, to have the honorary rank of Captain. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 5. Dr. Thomas Nelson has this day boon promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets in her Majesty's Fleet. FEB. G. Commander Gabriel Johnston, on the Retired List, has been allowed to assume the rank of Retired Captain. Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Neville Onstance has been this day promoted to ba a Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.--Last Evening. 11 18 12 0 12 0 25 35 25 35 13 10 25 17 25 30 25 32} 120} 12 15 12 15 32} 6 26} 48} 48i 29 40 29 40 29 40 29 49 29 40 29 40 51} 511 Amsterdam _ Short. 11 IFI Ditto 3 Mouths.ll 19 Rotterdam Antwerp —2 Z Brussels — 25 30 Hamburg — 13 91 Paris Short 25 10 Ditto 3 Mouths. 25 2Z. Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —119 k Vienna. — 12 10 Trieste — 12 10 Petersburgn - 32} Berlin Madrid . — 48} Cadiz _4Bk. Leghorn 29 34 Miran Genoa 29 32 29 32* Naples Palermo 29 32k 29 32k Messina Lisbon Oporto 29 34 51/ 511 OPENING OF THE TAY SALMON FISHINGS. — The salmon fishings on the Tay and its tributaries opened on Wednesday for the season 1868. The past spawning season has been most favourable in every re spect, the river having boon almost always at summer level, which precluded the danger of the spawn being left dry, as is invariably the case when the spawn is deposited. during the continuance of high water. Tho weather h w ich for months after the beginning of close time was open and favourable, changed about a fortnight ago, and &nco then has been stormy in the extreme, and on Friday last the Tay rose to an alarming height, flooding all the level lauds on its banks. The weather on Wednesday w as boisterous and.stormy, and not favourable either for not or rod fishing. The nets, however, wore at work, and, every thing considered, had a fair amount of success. At Stan ley 37 fish were got, most of them of large size. The a hefirst shot on Linn of Gampsie y ield ed 13 fine fish, and num ber more were got on the sane station in th b e course of the bridge day o f day. other The Perth lit tlittle stations was fishe d done. Yesterday well,pretty the u t belowßater was the a good deal above the level for successful fishing, but a goodly number of fish wore nevertheless landed with net. A number of rod fishers wore out, but we did not hear of any of them having obtained sport. The river is swarm ing with fish, and, should the weather prove favourable, anglers anticipate rare sport. SALMON FISHING ON LOCH TAY.—The fishing on this loch began on the sth inst. (Wednesday). Mr. Ashley Dodds, an English gentleman, fishes this season the pre served water, vice Mr.ll‘Farlane, of Glasgow, who hadi last year. Mr. MTarlane is expected at Auchmore House in the course of a few days to fish the Auchmore portion of the lake this year. We had a continued flood in the rivers here during almost the whole of last week, so that the loch is higher at present than it has been for the last nineteen years. We have had our own share of the high windi prevailing for the last ten days, and although dwelling-houses have escaped unscathed, the plantations have suffered severely. Great ;lots of larch and fir and other trees have been uprooted and smashed. THE LIVERPOOL CAB STRIKE. —The strike still continues, end it is now stated that the 'bus proprietors are about to strike also, in order to support the cabbies, and to bring the corporation moro speedily to terms. In the meantime the corporation offood er to licassenge ense rsany species of vehicle for conveyan ce of g s or p. EXTRAORDINARY CATCH OF BADGERS NEAR BODMIN.—On Monday last whilst a party of tradesmen of Bodmin were engaged in rabbit spoaing on the farm of Mr. William Pearse, at Colernnick, in the parish of Holland, a large tier of holes was discovered, and on an examination was found to contain badgers. After two and half-hours' exercise of picks and shovels, they suc ceeded in capturing, with the aid of only one small ter rier, weighing about twain pounds, .four splendid badgers, weighing about one hundred pounds.— Western, Daily ;tic/vs/v. ac and I by )ay. nder ded, of ccl- nous loyal Dom, one vhite Nei ele- rand Aid's ;sing ited, ately olent as of dec. limit E Sir V CE. s