The Sun. — London, England, 1868-02-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMEUCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The week opens with very much the same features as were previously noticeable. The continued over flow of gold from the Bank is more and more leading to the conviction that the Funds will not rise while it lasts, and Consols remain at the reduced prices current after regular hours on Saturday. Foreign Stocks, however, keep firm. This morning the chief movement is in Egyptian, which have advanced per cent. Italian are better. United States Binds are depressed upon the telegraphic statement that during the month of January the gold held by the Treasury decreased two millions sterling, and the public debt increased to a like extent. Railways are heavy, and what changes have occurred are un favourable. The discount market is quiet, at 1-1- to 11 per cent. for the best bills. Corn is dull, at a reduction of is. The Liverpool Cotton market continues active. Consols are steady - at Saturday's prices, being quoted at 93f to 934 for money and account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 931 to 934; India Five per Cents., 1111 to 1121 ; Bank Stock, 248 to 250 ; Exchequer Bills, 203. to 253. prem. In Foreign Government Securities, Egyptian Bonds are f per cent. higher ; Italian, } ; and Greek, 4. The quotations are—Mexican, 16 to 161 ; Greek, 13 to 13f ; New Spanish, 36k to 361 ; Italian (1861), 43i to 44f ; Russian (1866), 89 to 90; Portuguese Scrip, to a pram; Egyptian (1864), 91k to 92f ; Railway Debentures, 93} to 94 ; and Viceroy's, 761 to 77i. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are jlower, at 711 to 72k ; Eric Railroad steady at 471 to 474 ; Iliinois, 87} to 88i. English Railways are flat. Caledonian are f per cent. lower, at 75f to 76"; in Midland at 106 to 1061 Great Northern, at 109 to 110; Great Eastern at 294 to 304, I each ; in Brighton at 454 to 464 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire at 1264 to 1264, e each ; South Eastern, 71 to 74 ; Lon don and North Western, 118 to 1181 ; Great Northern A, 110 to 111 ; Great Western, 464 to 46 i ; Sheffield, 43; to 434 ; Metropolitan, 75} to 76. The changes in Bank shares are not important. Union of London shares are rather firmer, at 34 to 35. Agra (A) Shares are steady, at 11 to 14 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 3i to 34 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 27f to 28} ; Consoli dated, f to f prem. ; Imperial, 17} to 18 ; Imporial Ottoman, 4 to f dis. ; London and County, 52 to 54 ; London and Westminster, 67f to 68k ex. div. ; ditto New, 39 to 40 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 33f to 34f ; and Union of London, 34 to 35. In Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are re stricted and prices generally are without alteration. Anglo-American Telegraph is quoted at 191 to 191 ex div. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent., stosi ; do. 10 per Cent. par to preni. ; National Discount, 11 to 11i ; Hudson's Bay, 141 to 14i. ; General Credit, 21 to 21 dis. ex div ; Egyptian Trading, 44 to 41 dis. ; Credit Foncier, 3 to 3; ; International Finance, 2to 1 dis. ex div; Moscow Gas, 8 to 9. Colonial Securities are quiet, and the only varia tion is an improvement of 1 in Canada Six per Cents., which are inquired for at 99 to 101 ; ditto Five per Cents. steady, at 86 to 87 ; Mauritius Six per Cents, 103 to 105 ; New South Wales Five per Cents., 99 to 101; New Zealand Six per Cents., 108 to 110; Queensland Six per Cents., 1031 to 1041; Victoria Six per Cents., 110 to 111. The New Honduras Loan is steady, at / to 11 prem. Atlantic and Great Western Raillay Debentures have receded 1, to 26 to 27, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 23} to 24k. - - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Of the specie brought by the Weser from New York X 5,000 is for England. The stun of £68,000 in bar gold was taken from the J-salik on Saturday for export. The Oneida leaves to-day with £115,000 in specie for the Brazils. The half-yearly meeting of the Victoria Dock Gas Conipany has been convened for the 26th instant, to receive the directors' report and statement of accounts. The directors of the Eateliff Gas Company have convened the half-yearly meeting of shareholders for the 28th instant, when the report will be presented and a dividend deckired. The failure is reported of Mt Clement Gibb, late of Birmingham, but now of London, for about X 30,000. Tieprospectus is in circulation of the Javali Cora 1-3"v, which has bean formed for the purpose of 4 Luking over the Javali gold and silver mines, situated in the Chontalles district of Nicaragua. The share holders of the Central American Association have, it is Stated, subscribed four-fifths of the capital re !lnired by the new company. The capital is divided into 50,000 shares of £2 each. Consequently only .10,000 rema i n to b e a ll otte d . Th e li sts w ill c l ose for London on the 18th, and for the country on the 19th. The following is Messrs. Hunt and King's monthly silk circular :—" Business in the silk market through out the month of January was upon the most limited scale, th e l ower c l asses ofsilk being unsaleable, and good and finer sorts were firmly held at the Previous advance in prices—our quotations now show further decline of nearly 10 per cent. in the I lleditlin kinds of China and Japan silk, but the best remain nominally without alteration—during the past week some appe a rance of activity has sprint , up, and the cheapest parcels offering have been taken to the extent of 1,000 bales, giving a temporary firmness to the market. From Shanghai the latest telegrams to t ll° , 7th January give the total settlements, including OPans, 42,000 bales : stock 1,000 ; prices were rather higher, and the residue of the crop in the interior estimated at 7,000 bates. From Yokohama but a moderate business is reported, prices rather lower ; stock 2,000 bales. In Bengal silk there is little doing, th e small arrivals, and sca rce ly a d eman d even for le best sorts ; prices nominal. In European silk P ri ces advance as the supply becomes exhausted." The following is from Messrs. Layton and Corn rcircular ilY's tea :—" The tea market has, in some r es pects, assumed a decid e dly fi rmer t one s i n ce our Pert of 25th ult., and there has been a more general disposition on the part of the trade to operate ; but this improvement applies mainly to the lower grades of black tea, which have met throughout an active competition bo'tn privately and at auction, recent sales of these showare an advance of id to id per lb. Fair to medium minds of black-leaf Congou nave, on the o th er n an d, f oun d no p ro p or ti ona t e l y fair Value, and the firmness of importers has for the most Part prevented any extended transactionsin them, while the demand for fine and finest Monings and Kaisows continues only moderately active at barely late rates. There is a good inquiry for Foochow broken-leaf and Paintings ; several parcels of the latter, in faulty con dition, sold in public sale at 7id to 8d per lb. Cora uion Kaisow kinds of new import have realised from ld to is 2d, and "new make" Congous of fair quality in half-chests is 3d per lb, but few, if any in boxes remain in hand. Oolongs, except the finest, are very unsale ble—mediu in kinds are offering at much reduced prices. prices in scented teas have been moderate, but ic es of Canton descriptions are maintained. Foo chowd orange Pekoes meet a slow sale at a slight su pply The recent arrivals have afforded a further 13 P l Y of Ping Suey green, the fine and finest de scriptions,r of which have gone off with spirit at fair iLlces—inedium qualities are rather cheaper. Public 4t e 8 of 17,201 pac k ages were b roug h t f orwar d on th e 1 !, inst.: of th ese 14 , 170 f oun d b u y ers , near l y a ll t lthout reserve." Common black-leaf congou showed 4 cj ,a c ivance quoted above, but fair to medium kinds nt irregularly, and occasionally rather under the val uatio ns " Th e ' to I ,, i_ naiili P ii r l g ospectus of the Australian United Gold th_ . 1 ,"1?)'' Company (Limit e d) h as j us t been issued, and Association (Limited) are now prepared Th e reee ive applications for shares in the new comioany. e ach, eaPital is /50,000 in 20,000 shares of £2 105 s er j h ,ef which a large amount are already sub h„ the' which, with 5,200 fully paid-up shares, taken oil , Vendors in part payment of the mines, leaves y en u f ortis 11 ,404 for p u bli c t en d er . Thi s company is e e ,,:ed for th e purpose of purc h as i ng an d wor ki ng t h e i n 'NI and Duke of Cornwall Gold Mines, situate in th e mining division of Fryer's Creek in the co tiv t a i ns of Victoria, Australia. The prospectus con neBs v ery satisfactory reports with regard to the rich of t heseproperties,worked out by some of the e ad; __ mining surveyors. .e a C O e prospectus of the Javali Company (Limited) sh., rea Just issued. Th e ca pi ta l i s £lOO,OOO in 50,000 a r paid Her_ ti o f £L each. The s h ares 1 to 40,000 are already .P by and all o tt e d t o s h are h o ld ers in the Central 10 ,0 ,,„"An Associ a ti on (Li m i te d) , an d th e rema i n i ng T hi ,7 shares are open to subscription by the public. th e j " t niPany has been formed to acquire and work eh ont ,` , ,vali Gold and Silver Mine, situated in the le district of Nicaragua. Reports of assays of fact or Pies, appended to the prospeotus, are of a satis -3r eni oy „ uitracter. and many superior advantages are WQMing the mine. BRITISH FUNDS CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, March 5 92k f 3 per Cent. Reduced 931 New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. can. 1873 &nnuities, 50 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telet,raph), Au o ., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2it 21 per Ct. 24 pin Do £5OO — pm Do. £lOO & £2OO pm Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent 250 481 Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 215 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cont. July, 188 U Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Ce-rtificates; Do. Eufaced Paper 1 per Cent B7l 1 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 lOBl Do 5 per Cent., Rup, Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 lO3l Do. do. 1882 — Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 1 o. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRIUI S. Brazlian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 18 - 8 — Do. do., 18.30 — Do. do., 18133 67i } Do. 5 per Cont., 1865 Do Account 71 31 k Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cont. °willful 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B . Do.. 1867 D0., 1 7 per ,Cent., 1866 931 Do., Scrip £32 paid C , , mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p 3r Cent., 1825 Dlnubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 691 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 68 17 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Celli._ C;gyptian, 7 per Cent i )o. Second issue 9ok DD. £5OO Bonds Do. .£IOG Bonds — Do. 186 Do. .£s',o Bonds — D0..£100 Bonds ..... 921 3 Government Railway Oebeitcures ..... 93} I i Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ox Coups — Do. Account Do. Coupons .... Do. Account G•iatemala 5 per Cent .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Iti Ilan. 5 per Cent, 1865 — Do, Account Do. Maremmana Raiway — nexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Bl Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — riontevideau 6 por Cent. .. — lioorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada — Do 3 per Con 331 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hoctares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 771 61 Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 40 4 Do. do., 1.:':67 — Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid ll pm Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Bll Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BBl Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 8 94 4 4 Do. do. £B4 15s. do Sardinian, 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cen . Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Tuskish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £l.OO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 631 44 Do. 1863 534 24 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 541 1 Da 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cont. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cont. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austnau o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins „. 51 Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil„ Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French .Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Do Account - It%Hai, 5 per Cont. 1851, Ex. zoi. Do. Account 431 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 931 .1- Do. Account, March .. 93} 111ARIs:ET8—(This Day.) CORN. The corn trade wears a quiet aspect, and with some in crease of supplies ; the general tendency of prices is in buyers' favour, without amounting, however, to any seri ous depression, as there is nothing in the statistical posi tion of the trade to alter previous opinions as to the ulti mate course of prices with the advance of the season. From the country markets the reports speak of a quiet tone, with a decline of is to 2s per quarter on wheats, and easier rates for other grain. At Mark-lane, this morning, there was a fair attend ance, but the trade ruled quiet, and sales of wheat could hardly be effected 11121885 at easier rates, but frosh arrivals of samples in stock being light, sales were not pressed. About is decline may, however, be quoted. Foreign wheat was relatively well held, and the market opened with sellers asking last Monday's rates. This checked sales, and eventually easier rates were in some in stances accepted, say about is per qr. Flour met a quiet sale, without material change in quo tations. Malt quoted as before, but tho demand confined to the better qualities. Barley moved off slowly, at about previous advances. Beans sold in retail at late gates. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. MEAT. —The dead meat markets presented rather a firmer tone this morning generally, although trade was not active. Prime small Scotch mutton realised 2d per et. more, say, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; large fat sheep, 33 8d to 3s 10d ; ewe, 3s 2d to 33 4d. Beef, best, are 4s to 4s 2d; 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; inferior, 3s to 3s 401, rather a dull sale. Veal scarce, 4s 4d to 5e 4d. Pork dull, 3s 4d to 4d per stone of 81bs by tho carcase. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supplies of the principal kinds of stook this morn ing were rather short, and the tone of the trade was firm without being very brisk. The number of beasts on sale was 3,460, including 1 , 96 6 English, 461 Scotch, 280 Irish, and 750 foreign. For the bettor kinds there was a fair demand, but prices tended against sellers for middling kinds. Of sheep the supply was 16,480, including 1,260 from abroad. The mutton trade was firm, 'with good sale, and prices rather higher. The number of calves on sale was 106, of which 100 wore foreign. The veal trade was brisk at advanced rates. Fork sold at unaltered prices. The number of pigs on sale was 360, of which 10 were from abroad. Quotations, per stone of 81bs, sinking the offal :—Beef, 3s to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 6s; pork, 3s to 4s. TALLOW. The market is quiet at 42s Gd on the spot. Stock 33,729 casks against 36,652 casks last year. Deliveris; last week, 2,244 casks against 796 casks. COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 10.—Market opens strong, with good demand. Sales probably 15,000 bales. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. --The visit of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kimbolton Castle was brought to a close on Saturday, the festivities having been throughout of every brilliant and successful character. Th e present stay of the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sand ringham House is expected to close this week, their Royal Highnesses returning to town for the season, although they will probably pass a few days in Norfolk, during the Easter recess. The Earl of Derby, who is recovering from his attack of gout, is still so weak that be will be unable to come to town for the meeting of Parliament. Tho Earl and Countess Spencer leave town to. day on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Boaufort at Badminton. The Countess Dowager of Kinnoull has arrived at her mansion, in Belgrave-square, for the season. Viscount Hamilton has recovered from his in disposition, and has gone to Dublin, to join his Excellency tho Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Marchioness of Abercorn. MELANCHOLY FATE OF A POLICEIIAN.—It may be remembered that, while the inquest was pending on young Macdonald, the guardsman, Police-constable George Saunders, 153 E, was shot in New Church-mews, Euston road, at three o'clock in the morning, and wounded in the thigh, as well as badly wounded about the head by his assailant. Tim unfortunate man is now reported as hope lessly insane, consequent upon the injuries to his head. He has been sent to Stamford, in Lincolnshire—an idiot for the rest of his life. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ` 1. a) A i to t in i a n . t ß i c a rtSdta.,Ltacwerne.nione. 100 IC3 1(4 103 1 all 64 4 6 st gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. shares lO p 1 10 04 Butt.,Brant, &Goderich Bula . lo rr & efe L r a e k n e oc Huron all 31 4 100 Bin lOO et Ca s lc P Ut e t . a lB /¢ 72 13 -3 . 1U6 68 71 at Jape Town & Dock, gu. 100 (8 52 100 st eD:aesnaterßaernag, Bengal, gu., . g o. u p . er s . d p c; 1 %1 0 1 10 9 3 9 1 1 ‘ 02 10915 llO 10211141 2 4 3 0 t !Last po i lndian, xte g n u s .: o s n p..o 10 a 0 t all 73 12 1 charge 6 p.o D i ro Eq u ip.l .' ru Mort. tßonds Canada lOO 15 16 100 Do. lst Pref. Bonds all 43 45 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 33 35 100 Do. do. deterred all 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 27 29 37/ 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred st tt..lldivaf 5 Pen. geruac.esnpt lB 14 2 4 .c lOO IC9 110 1091 10 13 0. 1 G 20 Do. New gua. sp. o 6 1 4 2 0 at t. South of India gua. 5 per cent et Do. 41 per cent lOu 91 96 951 5 at Do 2 201 , ;rcat Wes. of Canada all 164 161 161 201 Do. New ...... all 100 Do. 6p. o 13C.s. pay. 1873 all 98 100 911 LOC Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 91 91 at Madras, gua. 5 P.O 100 100 102 I'3 at Do. 44 do lOO 93 65 at Do. 11 do lOO 69 91 934 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 at llelb. Cor 6p. c. Buda. 100 50 Mel. & Hobson's Bay all st N.lll.C'da.opo latpf.bs.l 100 83 65 st Oude & Rhiik'nd, g - . 5 p.c . 100 lil4 1 0 54 at Scinue .... 100 100 101 at Do. . d 100 1004 1014 1004 1 20 Do. do 4 " 15 t P at Do. Pu n i au b .... 100 99 1 0 at Do.lnd us S t. Fl ot lac I 100 85 87 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 54 64 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 440 430 lirakewalls 2.1.0 -- ilLast Bassett (Illog an ) 2 91 1 0 l2 East Caradon 2.14. 5 6 ast Cant Brea 3l 2 24 East Grenville 2.14.0 11 2 East Gunnislake 8.3.0 . 1 4 East Lov e d 3.9.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 50 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited.. all 17 18 181 Great South Tolgus.... 0.14.0 Great Wheal n05y..... 11.9.4 G. Wheal Vor (lielstou 40 20 21 194 21 Grenville 9.0.6 11 14 Herod's Foot 8.10.0 35 37 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 24 24 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17. 6 8 "- slarke Valley 4.10.0 41 51 :4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, Urn" 34 24 It New S ton . ....... 56/ 60 70 North toskear - N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13.0 2 3 . Prosper United....... 8.11, 2 21 Providence kUny Lelan ti 10.6.7 29 3 1 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 390 110 - (South Condurrow -s. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 371 124 21 tray Park . 36.15.6 4 6 Tin Croft 9 13 14 Vigra and Clogan, lim.. all West Bassett ((Mogan .. 14 11 W. Caradon (Liskeard 12 10 12 WestChiverton ll 67 so West ..... 471 195 Wheal Bassett /Mogan 54 85 95 Wheal Buller (itedruth 10 16 19 -- Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 18 20 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawnev (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd., 85 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent., 46 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10} ~ K m-FEItEN(IN atiAlti AND STOCICS Great Easter 4i per Ditto, 5 per cent., 1862, 8 0 :IWRICJGN'SAILWAyr. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Dutch Rhenish, 214 Ditto, all, 23* Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 2; Eolith Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 11* :IeOII.I 4 IIGN MIN KS. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, Hm., 41 lion Pedro. Nor.h Del Rey, 22 Frontino and tsolivia Gold, lun., Rosss Grande, 1 -16 SL John del Rey, lim , 22 If DOCKS. London and Si. Katharine, 4i 9 BANK.d. Agra, lim.. A, 111 Alliance, 11m., 13 Anglo-Austrian, Anglo Egyptian, Um., 18 Australasia, 66 Bank ot New Zealand, 191 Chartered Aer. ot India. London. and China, 28 2 English and Rio de Janeiro, lim., 7j Imperial Bank, lim.. 171 Imperial Ottoman, 91 1 London and River Plate, 438 Ditto, new, 101 London and County, 532 22 London Joint Stock, 33i 4 London and Westminster, 681 1 Ditto, Scrip, 4 • Merchant Bank, lim., 16 Midland Bank, lim., 191 National Provincial of England, 133 _ _ Ditto. - ,fd and 3d issue, 38 Union of Australia, slj Union of London, 34 MISCELLANZOLIEG Anglo American Telegraph, 19} Atlantic Telegraph, Dit. o, 8 pm' cent., 1024 Australian Agricultural, 16 Beriin Water Works, Inn., 14 Ditto, new. 61 B. and 1. Magnetic Telegraph, Urn., 1241 City Discount, lim, Ctty 01 London Real Property, lim., 4 Credit Foncier ot Englann. inn.. 3 3-i6 Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. Govt., 22} Ditto Scrip, 21 ,4 Gen. Credit and Discount, Ilrn.. 5 International Financial society, lim., 3 Lon on nod Provincial Marine, 11 Madras Irr.gation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent, by Indian Goveenment). 102 j j Peel River Laud and Mineral, 32 l'eninsu! a and Oriental steam, 551 7 Royal Mai Steam, 67k Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim., 4 7-16 Upper Assam Tea, lim 41 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 761 Viscount and Viscountess Milton have arrived at their residence in Curzon-street, from Wentworth Yorkshire. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 10, 1868. 88 - ARE LlST.—This Day. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This ray. LORD JUSTICES' COURT. THE NEW LORD JUSTICE. Sir C. J. Selwyn, the successor of Sir J. Rolt, took his seat on the bench this morning in the pre sence of a very crowded bar. The learned judge was received by the whole assembly with the utmost respect. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) IZOD V. MORGAN. This was an action for damages for an assault. Mr. Sergeant Parry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Coleridge for the defendant. Tho plaintiff said he was a medical man, and in the year 1863 he was called in to attend the defendant. After his recovery a bill for £2 10s. was sent, and this, he believed, was the occasion that eventually led to the assault. The bill, he believed, was sent to the plaintiff at the Prince of Wales'favern instead of his private house, but of this he could not be quite sure. In about eight months after that, the debt not being dis charged, he met the defendant and told him of the matter, Defendant seemed highly offended, but the money was sent in the evening. Some time after that he (plain tiff) was shooting in company with a friend, when a wounded bird fell in the field belonging to the defendant. He went into the field without his gun to find the bird, when the defendant came up, and, in the moat offensive manner, threatened, if he did not go off the land, that he would kick him. He, however, left, but on the next occasion that he met defendant it was at the Esher station, when he behaved in a most outrageous manner. lie told the plaintiff that he had turned up his nose indig nantly at him (defendant), and that he would knock him down. He (plaintiff) might have called de fendant after that a bloated fellow. Defendant continued to abuse and attempted to strike him (plaintiff) with his whip, but he stepped aside ; but, notwithstanding that he avoided the blow, he fell, and was greatly injured. He attempted to strike in return, but did not succeed. Defendant then struck him a violent blow on the shoulder, and told him (plaintiff) he would repeat the operation when he next met him. He told him he was quite capable of doing that, as he (plaintiff) believed he was well acquainted with prize-fighters. The de fendant was held to bail by the Windsor magis trates for the assault. The defendant, on the occa sions he had referred to, had acted in the most violent manner towards him, and he (plaintiff) denied ever doing anything by word or deed unbecoming a gentleman. Cross-examined by Mr. Coleridge—He thought he was correct in stating the defendant was a horse dealer. When defendant spoke to him at the Esher station, defendant did not address him with a scowl, but he looked pleased, as if he had said something witty. He was sure the defendant did not say when he (plaintiff) went into the field that he was sur prised to see him, as he had not heard the re port of a gun. He did not make any other reply than he had spoken of. He did not by ges ture refuse to leave Mr. Morgan's field. He did not go, when he (defendant) told him he would hit him ; of course not, he thought Mr. Jupp would interfere, as he was the mutual friend of both. On the 26th b e positively denied that he did anything to induce the outrage that had been committed upon him. He might have used the term ic pot-bellied" or bl oa t e d, b u t h e would not say which. He did not recollect hear " You would b e g l a d o f some ing the defendant reply of my potbelly, you herring gutted fellow." He did not square up to Morgan before ho struck the plaintiff. He felt quite certain he should not have fallen down had it not been for the conduct of Morgan. He was bruised by the fall, and although it did not show itself he thought it quite correct to term the bruise an inward one. He admitted call ing Morgan a low bully, but it was not until after he (plaintiff) had been struck by him. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Coleridge said there were always two side s to a question, and he thought it was remarkably strange that the plaintiff had not called Mr. Jupp to corroborate his statement. The defendant was not, as had been stated, a horsedealer, and he (Mr. Coleridge) believed it would be found that the whole of the matter which led to this action arose out of an act which the plaintiff had himself committed. In the year 1863 Mr. Morgan was taken unwell, and Mr. Izod was called to attend him. After his recovery, Mr. Izod, instead of sending in his bill to Mr. Morgan at his private house, sent it to a tavern, which the defendant thought highly objec tionable, and on his next meeting with that gentle man led to some conversation. After that matters went on until the occurrence took place which led to the present action. He would oall the defendant, from whom the jury woull hear another version of the affair as given by the plaintiff. Mr. Morgan, the defendant, stated that he re sided near Esher, and in the year 1863 he returned from India, and being unwell he sent to Mr. Izod, and a debt of £2 10s. was incurred, but he never received a bill, and th e f i rst i nt i ma ti o n he had that such was sent in was on the occasion of his meeting with the plaintiff about eight months after, when he (the plaintiff) told him that he ,had sent in his bill, and that he did not care about such trifling amounts remaining on his book. He asked him where he had sent the bill to, and ho told him the Prince of Wales Tavern. He (de fendant) told him he regretted that such had been done, but that he would, as he had demanded the money in an offensive manner, send it him that evening, which ho did. On one occasion that he met the plaintiff, it was true, he was d r i v i ng a hi g h spirited horse, but that he never did anything to drive plaintiff into a ditch; and with respect to some of the other statements of the plaintiff, they were pure inventions. With respect to the matter about the bird, the facts were that he had some high grass in a field were partridges were in the habit of laying, and his attention was directed to Mr. Izod, who he saw working about the grass with a pointer. He went up to Izod and asked what he was doing, when he said ju a very offensive manner that he (plaintiff) was lookng for a wounded bird. He told him he was a trespasser, and having expressed his aversion to the plaintiff personally he told him to leave his land. He ap peared disinclined to do so, when Mr. Jupp came up, and then he (defendant) told him he had a great objection to Mr. Izod. The defendant then told plaintiff that if he did not leave the field he would kick him out, after which he went. Towards the end of the year he Was standing at the Esher Station when Mr. Izod drove up, and having left his chaise he d e lib erate l y wa lk e d up to him (defendant) and made a most offensi v e face. He looked straight in his face and turned up his nose in a most objectionable manner. He (defendant) took no notice of that, but when he met Izod again he repeated the conduct, and then he (defendant) said " What are you making those faces for ? you are already ugly enough." Plaintiff used a very vulgar express i on, an d said he should do it as often as he pleased. He denied ever squaring up to plaintiff, but he told him that if he attempted to strike him he would knock him down. The plaintiff replied, " I have no doubt you w ould, you pot-bellied, bl oa t e d , brute 1" The defendant replied, " Pot-bellied and bloated I may be, but I have no doubt you, you herring-gutted wretch, would be glad of some of my fat." (Laughter.) Mr. Coleridge—These compliments passed before the conversation about plaintiff's nose. (Laughter.) plaintiff himself was the Defendant—No, th© aggressor on the occasion, and he told Izod that if he did not go away he would give him the soundest thrashing he had ever had in his life. All the plaintiff had stated as to his having used foul language was untrue, and the other statements he had made were pure inventions. Cross-examined by Sergeant Parry —lle denied being a horse dealer. Ile drove two teams, but being desirous of getting rid of some of those horses he advertised them for sale instead of sending them to Tattersall's. lie never bought horses for re-sale. lie bad, however, put several adyertimement4 into the newspapers, but they all related to the horses he had just spoken of. He had been summoned before the Windsor magistrates for an assault, but he was not the aggressor. It was the pikeman who was iu fault. The magistrates, however, fined him (defendant) about £7 for the offence. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. Da mages, £2O. MISS ADAII ISAACS MENKEN. -In the Court of Com mon Pleas, before the Lord Chief Justice Bovill and a special jury, Mr. Murphy made an application in the case of Menken v. Smith. The learned counsel said that the plaintiff was Miss Menken, the equestrian actress, and she sued to recover damages for an alleged breach of a contract to employ her at Astley's Theatre. The present application, made on behalf of the defendant, was that the trial should be postponed upon the ground that Mr. Myher, who was a material witness for the defence, was in Paris, ill of the smallpox, and of course could not be for some time brought to London.—Mr. Joyce, for the plaintiff, said that the defendant had already delayed the trial by sum moning a special jury, and said if any long delay took place it would be a very serious matter for the plaintiff, because she expected to have to go to California in a month's time.—The Lord Chief Justice said that the defendant could not be forced to go to trial in the absence of a necessary witness, but, in granting the appli cation, he should direct that the venue should be changed to some place on the Home Circuit, so that the plaintiff could try before she had occasion to leave the country. — Application granted, and the venue changed to Essex. DARING BURGLARY.—WiIIiam Hart and Henry Tindall were brought up at the Southwark Police-court for final examination, charged with burglariously breaking into the premises of Thomas P. Ackerman, draper, New-cut, and stealing therefrom several pieces of printed calico, a large quantity of red woollen, and other property, worth about £5O. Police-constable Phelan said that he was on duty in the New Cut near one o'clock onlTuesda.y morning, when he saw Tindall come running with another man from the direction of pro secutor's premises, carrying a bundle. Witness pursued him up Windmill-street, when he threw the bundle away. Witness called the attention of Police-constable Chanter, who pursued him and took him to the station-house. He then returned to the prosecutor's premises, and found that they had been broken open, and on rousing Mr. Ackerman up he identified the bundle as some of his property.—Police-constable Chanter said that on Tuesday afternoon, from information received, he proceeded to 21, Windmill-row, New-cut, and saw a female who lived with the prisoner Hart. He searched about, and found in a back room a large hamper containing red flannel, several pieces of print, and some linen, all of which the prosecutor iluntified.—Mr. Acker man having proved that the things stolen belonged tc him, the prisoners were committed fur trial. ASSA7LT UPON THE POLICE.—At Guildhall, a labourer named John Hawkins, was placed at the bar, before Alderman Salomons, M.P., on a charge of having assaultee t a o p d o y l i f c o e r officer un whilst e i s ss. The n il e the as s a a c u t l to was a s taking ofas, r h o i s m s into character u c s and the prisoner was sentenced to seven days' imprison ment with hard labour. ORDINARY BIIA.RKS AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. Pl Paid. 'Closing Business I done. et jtriatol ancli.Xeter .... 100 85 1 7 st Caledonian lOO 76 77 76 }5; 61 at Cambrian - Cork and Bandon - - 20 Cornwall all 3 4 at Dublin & Belfast June. 100 741 751 at Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. 100 70 72 100 IC. London, Scrip Certi. all - - Do. 100 - - d at Glasgow AS. Western 100 100 102 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 296 SO 291 30/ 291 at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 01 74 at Great North of Scotland 100 15 16 at Great Northern lOO 109 111 109 et Do. A stock . 100 110 111 11‘. , 1 10 110 st Do. B stock lOO 1226 123 st Do. New, is. at 25 pm 100 - - at GtS, and W. of Ireland 100 96 93 st Gt. Western -Original 100 46 46, 16} 6 st Do. 6. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - - et Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.-Oxtord 100 zs 30 27 at Do. Newport lOO 29 31 at Do. Hereford .. . .. 100 - - st Lancashire dz Yorkahin. 100 126 1261 st London and Blackwall 100 - - at Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast 100 46 461 4 5 5 1 6 1 et Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 18 161 164 1 i st Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOO 11 14 at Lon. & North Western 100 1171 Ilt-} 1;8 1 171 st Lon. do South Western 100 87 6 9 87 at Man., She., & Lincoln 100 4 3 14 4 3 1 at Metropolitan..... all It 6 109 110 81 8 1 st Do. New lO - - at Do. Extension at Itctropolitan District all -- - 20 Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 Do. and St. John's 11 0 t.1 6 - - at Midland - Do. .C 9 Share 7 - - st Do, Biranin.. d‘ Dub) 100 75 77 - .did Kent . . all - - at North British at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. 100 - - at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 105 107 106 1 25 Do. G.N'E purchase 16.13.1 - - at Do. Leeds ..... 100 63 04 at Do. York lOO 911 98 98 at Do. Carlisle . . ... 100 130 134 at Do. Stock. & 26 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - p at North London et Do. do. 1864 5 . - - Do. do. 1866 10 North Staffordahire at N. &S. W. Junction at ,Scottish Central - soot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 - Uo. Soot, Mid. stook lOO - Shropshire Union °t south Devon lOO 14 16 at South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., A Wok all 9 10 at rail Vale lOO 146 150 10 Do. C 5 - ale ofr death - Waterlord & Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 6 - - West Cornwall lOO - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'British Columbia, 6 per cent.,Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 IDo. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug l,O 100 102 ID°. sp. a. Mar. & Sept lOU 100 102 1 )0. sp. c. Jan. & July; 100 86 88 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk! 100 85 87 ,Cape Gr.llope, 6 p.c.18731 100 102 104 104 Do.Apl.&Oot. 1800-1900 , 100 106 108 108 I Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 107 109 Do. 5 per. cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 05 07 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.i 100 Do. 1878, do lOO 113 1106 hlauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. uo. 1882, Mayls, Nov. i 5 100 105 107 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 107 109 Natal 'joy. 6 per cent.. 100 104 106 N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 103 105 105 N. S.W. Gov.s p•c., 1866 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 976 936 9j 51 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent—. ... 100 95 99 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 105 } 4 1 ! S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 11l Vio,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 1 Do. do, April & Oat , 100 110 112 1111 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 7.—The strong and active market at Liverpool, which impels the manufacturer to advance his quotations for cloth, is seriously checking operations, but the yara market is toler ably active, and spinners are more successful than manufacturers in obtaining higher prices. For shipping yarns a good deal of business has been done at extreme rates. The demand is almost general for export markets. There is also a fair home demand, though from the fact that buyers and sellers have done a good deal of business dur ing some weeks past, there has not been a large trade to-day. The price of these yarns has again advanced, and buyers report that in some cases they have found the market ed. to id. per lb. dearer than last week. The leading sellers of cloth say they cannot find that buyers are willing to re spond to this upward movement. Manufacturers have to pay the increased cost of yarn, and put up their own rates to cover it, but they have not been able to get India and China merchants willing to give prices which will enable them to book new contracts under the altered conditions of the yarn and cotton market. To-day sellers have generally advanced the rates for shirtings and other fabrics suited to India, and the market closes steady, manu facturers being well under engagement, but with a very restricted business. Domestics, T-cloths, and other goods for the home trade, which have not ad vanced in price to the extent of shirtings, but are still somewhat dearer, have been rather in better r sa eq le u s est. have P b r e i e n n t in e ff g eclothst to - r d e a s y t i a l i t i a n m d e o tn d a e r n a d, te a a nd d vance in price. BARNSLEY, 7th.--There is not much doing at the works in the South Yorkshire district, and no re action has taken place in the trade, though, perhaps, the reduction of wages has had the effect of bringing orders in rather more freely, and also enables masters to enter into contracts at lower rates ; but orders on the whole are limited, and merchants are tardy in speculating beyond their immediate requirements. At the Milton and Elsecar works the men still remain on strike, and there is great suffering and distress in the villages, as they are almost dependent upon the ironworks. The men have been out since the general strike against the reduction, as the masters wish to impose another reduction to the one made at the other works, and this the men refuse to accept. At the armour-plate works the men are well employed, but for other plates ship builders are only giving out orders to meet present wants, Nvhile there are few orders for boiler-plates owing to the slackness in the boiler trade. In other departments transactions are limited. At the steel works there aro some fair orders for railway mate rial, but, on the whole, the trade is extremely dull, and even at the Bessemer Works slackness prevails. The coal trade is quiet in all its branches, and many of the pits are working short time, and at some collieries a good deal of coal has been slacked. The trade with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire is inactive, owing to the state of trade there. With the London depot there is also not so much doing in house coal as usual. The coke trade remains pretty brisk. LEICESTER, 7th.--Trade remains very much in the same state as reported last week. A great failure of a London house having just occurred has cast a shade over business here, and caused consi derable uneasiness, inasmuch as the establishment is closely allied with Leicester ; many of our manu facturers will be sensibly affected, as well as the entire of the Midland markets. As to the immediate condition of things, manufacturers derive much consolation from the belief that materials are at a low level, and that they are safe against any further depreciation in the value of stock. There is an increased inquiry to report for fine wools for the Yorkshire trade, at rather firmer rates. A few lots have come in from the growers, who do not seem disposed to part with wools very freely, and still ask more than the staplers can realise. Worsted yarns unchanged in value and in but trifling request. Cottons are higher, and a brisk sale. The fancy trade is improving, and some further orders are said to have been placed by Ca nadian travellers, who buy pretty freely. The worsted spinning trade continues in its usual dor,- mant state at this period of the year, but both the Leicester and Hinckley cotton hosiery branches are stated to be flourishing, particularly at the latter place, where full employment is being given. There has agttiin been a fair amount of orders for elastic webs, fully up to expectation, taking into consi deration the general depression in every trade throughout the country. In the shoe department some of the houses are tolerably busy with export orders ; still in the trade gen erally there is not much animation, the home trade showing rat her less doing than is usual at this seaso n. Not withstanding, materials of all kinds have an upward tendency. HALIFAX WOOL AND WORSTED MARKET, FED. B.—A decided improvement is observable in business hero. Better descriptions of wool are fully per lb. dearer, and most kinds are more firmly held. A moderate quantity is changing hands. Some good contracts have lately been placed for yarns ; spinneas are therefore much bettor em ployed, and are attempting to got better prices. Manu facturers of pieces continue to produce light goods for the home trade. Heavy manufactures are in demand for the Eastern markets. There is also a good demand for union lastings for the States. TILE DurEitOlt MAXIIIILIAN.—Father Fischer, private secretary of the late Emperor Maximilian, was a passenger in the Australasian, and landed at Queenstown Oil Ofturclay moruiDg• SPORTING NOTES. Mr John Sheldon has issued a most flattering pro gramme of Birmingham Steeplechases, which take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next, and from the number and quality of the animals engaged some capital sport may be anticipated. No doubt there will be an unusual eagerness on both sides, from the long truce which has of necessity prevailed between backers and layers, to speculate, and my anxious desire is to give your readers such informa tion as will enable them to draw " first blood." Five races are set down for decision on the first and six on the second day. The Erdington Plato is the principal event to be decided on Tuesday, and has forty-two horses handicapped for it. I have no fancy for the three top weights, Comberton, Flytisher, and Gameboy ; but the next on the list, Sir William, list. 81b., who won this race last year in a canter, with only 61b. less on his back, is by no means out of it; nor are Steamboat, llst., and Moose, 10st. 101 b., at all badly handicapped. Greenland will pro bably be reserved for the Grand Annual next day, but he is not a flyer. Corkscrew met with an accident at Car marthen, and ho is therefore a doubtful starter; but under any circumstances HIGIIPLYER, lOst. 61h., and IMOGENE, lOst. 41b., ought to furnish the winner. If the Hunt Cup should be considered worth the attention of his owner. TILE GUIDE is good enough to beat the lot engaged in it. The Hunters' Plate I know nothing about; and as regards the Sutton Handicap Plate LA PIQUE and ACE OF HEARTS will most likely run first and second. The clerk of the course may justly be congratulated on the success of his efforts iu the apportionment of weight for the Grand Annual Steeplechase, as it is no little com pliment to obtain "content" from thirty-four out of sixty six nominations ; indeed there dons not appear a single one of those remaining in which has not a fair chance of winning. At the same time, without going into an ela borate analysis, I feel persuaded that Benazet, list 121 b, will beat all the top weights down to The Doctor, list 51b. The latter, if well at the post, is one of the most dangerous competitors engaged, but it is no use backing him unless the party to whom he belongs have got their money on, otherwise it is sure to ba a repetition of the Croydon policy over again. Albrighton carries list 21b, as he has incurred a penalty of 141 b for winning twice at Carmarthen ; still the form he displayed there must give him a chance second to none, and of.course he will have the assistance of Walter White, who is quite at home over this country. I question if Tally-ho is quite good enough in this company, besides which he has the worst of the weights, having to give King Arthur 21b for the short dis tance (a neck) he beat the latter in the Grand Metropolitan Steeplechase at Croydon ; and although he defeated them some little distance, Greenland, who ran fifth in that race, meets him hero on 51b, and Knave of Trumps (sixth) on 101 b, better terms. Such animals as Archimedes, Moose, Pearl Diver, and Musketeer have no attraction for me un til they have had more experience in jumping, as all or any of them are likely to come to grief if called upon to negotiate the obstacles which will come in their road over this country. In the same category I should also place that useful half-bred mare The Nun, lOst 121 b, who is best able to take her own part in Hunters' Stakes over the Flat. The only other animal which it seems to me neces sary to allude to is Highflyer, lOst 71b, and should he be reserved for this event he will certainly make every thing gallop to win. I have a decided preference for BE NAZET, and next to him ALBRIGITTON is my recommendation. It is of course very uncertain what will run for the Craven Cup, and in the absence of Benazet and Flyfisher, I have a good deal of faith in SPRITE. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate has a lot of horses engaged, of which I have most fancy for ACE OF Mumps, but too much depends on pre vious running to prevent me saying any more about it. A good deal of money has been invested on the Lin colnshire Handicap during the past week, and at the time of writing The Czar and Cauthloen are evidently backed for good money. The former is a fair performer and re markably well in, but I have not yet heard of his arrival in England. As regards the latter, who is by Trumpeter, and a good-looking mare, she has hitherto performed very indifferently ; still, if the stable money should bo on, she will be very near winning. There is always a large field lot this handicap, which commences the season, and in a few days it is not unlikely a great re volution may be made in the betting. Lord Westmorland has four or five engaged, and from other stables some de monstration is to be expected. The best policy under the circumstances is to " wait a little longer," as there are sundry animals at present amongst the outside division by no means without a good chance. A FRESH MAN. SADLER v. SMITH. We understand that this celebrated aquatic trial, the cause of which originated in the late match for the Championship between Kelley and Sadler, is likely to take place about the 23d inst., before Lord Chief Justice Cock burn, at Guildhall. Tho next term commences on the 15th inst., and the trial in question is the twenty-sixth on the list of special jury cases. Respecting the jury summoned it is to be expected they will all be city merchants or tradesmen, and consequently not likely to be biased one way or the other, unless it be from the ruling of the judge who has to decide the case. The counsel for the plaintiff are said to be Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Henry James, and Mr. Brickwood ; and for the defendant, Sergeant Ballan tine, Mr. Garth, Q.C., and Mr. Emerson Tennant. The trial is likely to last at least two days, as some forty wit nesses have to be examined. HISSING AT THEATRES. The following letter upon the above subject is extracted from the columns of a contemporary : Sir,—To afford a strong motive for hissing and yet to forbid a man to hiss is, to my thinking, a gross inconsis tency in a manager. It is absurd, not to say inhuman. The right to hiss is inherent in a British audience, and in every unit of it. Hoar what a groat judicial luminary has laid down upon the subject. Sir James (afterwards Lord) Mansfield, summing up in the fatuous case of Clifford v. Brandon, reported in 2d Campbell's Report, p. 365, thus disposed of the matter:—" The audience have certainly a right to express by applause or hisses the sensations which naturally present themselves at the moment, and nobody has ever hindered or would ever question the exercise of that right." Such is the law of sibilation, and, for my part, I mean to stand upon the law. If a man gets in upon an order it is perhaps desirable that, as a matter of good taste, he should pocket his indignation with the cash ho has saved. The rule which Precludes beggars from being choosers may also dis qualify them from being hissers; but surely the man who pays his money may have his hiss. It is all nonsense to talk about giving back their money to people discontented with the performance ; a man doesn't go to the play to have his money returned ; he goes to be amused, and if he is not amused he has a griev ance, whether ho is a pecuniary loser or not. Besides, even regarded from this point of view, the remedy would not be complete unless one's cab hire and incidental ex penses wore refunded as well as the price of admission.— I am, sir, yours very obediently, SIBILATOR. Feb. 4. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Spring half-yearly change of quarters will be made on the 4th of next month, viz. :—Grena dier Guards—First battalion from Windsor to the new wing of the Wellington Barracks; 2d battalion from Chelsea and St. George's Barracks to the old wing of the Wellington, Buckingham Palace, and Kensington Barracks ; 3d battalion from the Wel lington Barracks and out-quarters to Dublin. Cold stream Guards-Ist battalion from Dublin to Chel sea and St. George's Barracks ; 2d battalion from the Tower to Windsor. Scots Fusilier Guards -Ist battalion from Chelsa Barracks to the Tower; 2d battalion from the new wing of the Wellington Barracks to Chelsea Barracks. _ _ It is expected that the sth Dragoon Guards will leave Colchester for Aldershot some time next month. It is not yet known what regiment will succeed them. The examination of candidates for commissions in the Medical Department of the army com mence at Chelsea Hospital this morning, under the superintendence of Major-General W. C. E. Napier, Vice-President, and the members of the Council of Military Education. Yesterday an order was received at the head quarters of the Ist division Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, for a detachment of 180 non-commissioned officers and gunners to proceed from the 3d divir sion, at Warley, t o augment the strength of the Ist division. On Saturday Major-General R. Wilbraham C. 8., Governor and Commandant of the Royal Victoria Hospital, at Netley, paid a visit of inspec tion to the General Hospital at Fort Pitt, Chatham, together with the Lunatic Hospital and medical establishment, over which he was conducted by the medical staff attached to the hospital. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Euphrates left Bombay on the Ist inst., with troops for Suez. They will be brought from Alexandria to England in the Serapis. Her Majesty's screw iron troopship Simoom, Captain Thomas Lethbridge, arrived at Spithead early on Sunday morning, on her return to Ports mouth from a round of troop relief service on the home station. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge entertained a largo party of military officers at dinner on Friday, at Gloucester House, Park-lane. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio relin quishes his appointment as Italian Minister Plenipotentiary at the Wirt vi §t. bum uot Louth. G REAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN , That the Eleventh Half-yearly General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the City Terminus Hotel, Can non-street, in the City of London, on TUESDAY, the 25th day of February, 1868, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose of receiving the Director' Re port, and for the transaction of the other general busi ness of the Company. And Notice is Hereby further Given, That immediately after the conclusion of adjournment of the Half-yearly General Meeting an Extraordinary General Meeting of Proprietors will ho held at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, in the City of London, for the purpose of taking into consideration and, if thought fit, of sanctioning a working agreement with the Mullis and Eye Railway Company. Proxies will be sent to every proprietor, and any special instructions as to their use which any proprietor unable to attend may give will be observed. The Trin - sfer Books were, pursuant to notice previously given, closed on the evening of the 4th day of February instant., and will remain closed until Wednesday, the 26th day of February inst. CRANBORNE, Chairman. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station, Feb. 8, 1868. ' Lit I) E • SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TATTERSALL'S-TIIIS EVENING. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst King Charming (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Czar (taken) 100 to 7 agst Purveyor (taken) 100 to 6 agst Rhino Wine (taken) 25 to 1 agst Leases (taken) 25 to 1 agst Moleskin (taken) 33 to 1 agst Skirmish (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mount Palatine (taken) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 12 to 1 agst Fan (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thallassius (taken) 25 to 1 agst Chimney Sweep (taken) 25 to 1 agst Despatch (taken) 33 to 1 agst Clansman (taken) 33 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken) 100 to 3 agst Deceit (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 4 agst Rosicrucian (offered—take sto 2) 7to 1 agst Formosa (offered) Bto 1 agst Pace (taken to £700) 6to 1 agst do. (taken with a start) 100 to 7 agst Typhoeus (offered) 7to 1 agst do. (taken with a start) 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 6 to 4 agst Sir J. Hawley's lot (offered—take 7 to 4) 500 to 200 on Rosicrucian agst Formosa with a run (taken) DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rosicrucian (offered—take 7 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered) 25 to 2 agst Pace (taken to £400) 25 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 83 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) 1000 to 20 agst See Saw (taken) 5000 to 50 agst Franchise (taken) vicToniA. CLUB BETTING—Tais DAT. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Czar (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agat King Charming (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rhine Wine (taken) 100 to 6 agst Puryeyor (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Easby (taken) 100 to 6 agst Grey Stocking (taken) 100 to 6 agst Indigestion (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mount Palatine (taken) 20 to 1 agst Moleskin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cauthleen (taken) 100 to 3 agst Feodor (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 8 agst Fan (offered) ICU to 7 agst Tennyson (offered) 15 to 1 agst Daisy (taken) 15 to 1 agst Tusculanum (offered) 25 to 1 agst Thalassius (taken) 30 to 1 agat Captain Crosstree (taken) 33 to 1 agat Chimney Sweep (taken) 33 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 3 agst Weather Star (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 25 to 1 aget Mandrake (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 7to 1 agst Formosa (offered) Bto 1 agst Pace (offered) 100 to 8 agst Typhoeus (offered) 100 to 6 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 700 to 400 agst Sir J. llawley's lot (taken) DERBY'. 17 to 1 aget The Earl (taken) 33 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 40 to 1 agst Banditto (offered) 100 to 1 agst Michael do Basco (offered) THE ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, THREE DOORS FROM BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE, SURREY ►SIDE , IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual Subscription Fivo Responsible Bookmakers desiring Stands should apply immed;ately (as the number will be limited) to the Secre tary, 3, Blackfriars-road. PROGRAMME OF BIRMINGHAM (SUTTON COLD FIELD) ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES. TUESDAY, Fob. 11. The Erdington Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap); any winner after Fob. 5 at noon, 71b, twice, or the winner of 100, 101 b extra. About three miles. Age st lb Age st lb Comberton ... a 12 9 Walterstown ... 6 10 6 Flyfisher a 12 5 Snowstorm (h-b)... 5 10 6 Gameboy a 12 0 Charming Woman a 10 6 Sir William a 11 8 Highflyer ... a 10 6 Steamboat... 5 11 0 Venturesome ... 5 10 5 Archimedes 6 10 12 Mrs. Allan... 5 10 5 Woodburyllill(hb) a 10 12 Rocket ... 6 10 4 Moose a 10 10 Chesterfield ... 6 10 4 Redmiro 610 10 Lord Waldegmve 610 4 Lytham ... alO 10 Ace of hearts ... alO Knave of Trumps. a 10 9 Birdie (h-b) ... a 10 4 Sinite a 10 8 Imogene ... a 10 4 Truebeart... ... a 10 8 Rivets ... ... 6 10 4 Huntsman (late Troubadour ... 610 2 ... a 10 8 Risk ... 6 10 0 Greenland ... a 10 8 Sylph ... 6 10 0 Ballycasey ... a 10 8 Effie ... 6 10 0 Corkscrew (h b) ... 6 10 8 Priestess ... 6 10 0 Lisette ... 610 7 Under the Cloud alO 0 Franciscan a 10 7 Excitement 4 10 0 Whitley . Rosa, by Colonso 4 10 The Era... ... 6 10 7 Prima Donna 4 10 0 The Hunt Cup of 60 sovs ; four year olds lOst, five 11st 41b, six and aged 12st ; winners of 50 sovs 71b extra. About three miles. Dermot AQtbore agod, The S witcher aged, Roue 6 yrs, Corkscrew (h b) 6 yrs, Bannockburn, aged, Tottie 5 yrs, Bosco 5 yrs, Waltorstown 6 yrs, Sensation aged, Relics 6 yrs, Aco of Trumps aff ° ed,Ballysax 6 yrs, Lady of the Vale 6 yrs, Tiverton (h b) aged, Rivets 6 yrs, Under a Cloud aged, Perfection aged, Priestess 6 yrs, Miss Dodson (h b) aged, The Guido 6 yrs, The Dictator aged, Brocklesby (h b) aged, Bunbury aged, Order 4 yrs, Oak Apple (h b) 5 yrs, Snowdrop aged, Forest Lass aged, The Lion 6 yrs. The Hunters' Plate of 40 sovs, and 10 sovs for the second; four year olds lOst, five list 71b, six 12st, aged 12st 51b. About three miles. Jack the Dandy (h b) 5 yrs, B g by Fulbeck or Gros venor, dam h b, 6 yrs, Alhambra aged, Oakley 4 yrs, Come Again aged, Lady Port (11 b) 6 yrs, Dowager (h b) aged, Lady Bird aged, Irishman aged, Primula (11 b) 4 yrs, The Orphan (h b) aged, Frolic 5 yrs, Sdlarney 5 yrs, Jacob 5 yrs. The Maiden Hunt Plato of 40 sous, for horses that have never won a bteepleehase value 20 SOTS; 12st each. About three miles. The Sutton Plate of 40 sore (Handicap); W i nners of any steeplechase after Feb. sat noon, 71b extra. About two miles. Age st lb a 6 11 11 7 5 Beverley Rapturervoenrbei ey ... a 11 4rg Countess 8010 ... 5 11 2 Strike 11 0 La Pique 6 10 12 The Dictator a 10 12 Ace of Hearts ... a 10 9 Lady Blanche (h b) a 10 9 Boxnioor a 10 7 eA Jack by Ratan (11 b) a g I st 0 17 Under the Cloud alO 7 Priestess, by Loyola 6 10 7 Wisdom a 10 7 Quicksilver a 10 7 Joker 6 10 5 Cruiskeen a 10 5 Mariana, by Brocket out of Texana ... 4 1 0 2 RACING FIXT [RES FOR 1868. JARY.; Nottingham Spring .., 25 Derby Spring Lincoln Sprin FEBR 18 M tnsfield — }Jarrow 2O Liverpool Spring M 3 C-elnisford Spring M 10 Shrewsbury Spring 10 West Drayton l2 Warwick Spring Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Croxtou Park Northampton Bromley Spring 6 1 Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Crayon Knighton l4 Abergavenny ..... 16 I UL. Catterick Bridge l6 Lewes Spring Thirsk C urr agh April 2l Newmarket Ist Spring 27 ILLNESS OF SIR DAVID BREWSTER.—We regret to learn that the venerable Principal of Edinburgh Univer sity is in a state of he alth that causes considerable anxiety to his friends. On Thursda y night he was very ill, and on Friday he cont inued extremely weak, and no improve ment took place in his condition.—Scotanan. We have to announce the death of Francis Harriet, widow of George, sixth Viscount Torrington, and daughter of the late Admiral Sir Robert Barlow, G.C.8. , w hich took place at Shipbourne Lodge, near Tunbridge, on the 7th inst., in the 82d year of her age. The boomed lady was methg to the pre faQnt yimint. MA ,Cll. re ? ,on nds Ho ould and ;v ery hial bad )ital• ) the the lvvise any 100' the le by re ,UteS' jited d Lbour g ` y 1° a suro