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

NONE IsZ MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEMIR, 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 Bands 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 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 93/ to 931 for money and account. New and Reduced Three per Cents., 934 to 931; India Five per Cents., 111/ to 1121 ; Bank Stock, 248 to 250 ; Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 255. prem. In Foreign Government Securities, Egyptian Bonds are / per cent. higher ; Italian, } ; and Greek, 1. The quotations are—Mexican, 16 to 164 ; Greek, 13 to 131 ; New Spanish, 361 to 361 ; Italian (1861), 431 to 44/ ; Russian (1866), 89 to 90 ; Portuguese Scrip, 1 to 1 prsm ; Egyptian (1864), 911 to 921; Railway Debentures, 93k to 94; and Viceroy's, 761 t 0.771. In American Securities United States 5-20 Bonds are lower, at 711 to 721 ; Erie Railroad steady at 471 to 471 ; Iliinois, 871 to 88k. English Railways are flat. Caledonian are 1 per cent. lower, at 751 to 76'; in Midland at 106 to . 1061 Great Northern, at 109 to 110 ; Great Eastern at 29/ to 301, 1 each ; in Brighton at 451 to 461 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire at 1261 to 124 / each ; South Eastern, 71 to 711 ; Lon don and North Western, 118 to 1181; Great Northern A, 110 to 111 ; Great Western, 461 to 46 1 ; Sheffield, 431 to 43/ ; Metropolitan, 751 to 76. The changes in Bank shares are not importint. Union of London shares are rather firmer, at 34 to 35 . Agra (A) Shares are steady, at 11 to 114 ; Alliance, 13 to 12 .dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 31 to 31 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile, 27i to 28i ; Consoli dated, to f prem. ; Imperial, 17} to 18 ; Imperial Ottoman, / to k dis. ; London and County, 52 to 54 ; London and Westminster, 67} to 68f ex. div. ; ditto New, 39 to 40 ; Oriental, 42 to 43 ; London Joint Stock, 33} 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., 5 to 51; do. 10 per Cent. par to 1 prem. ; National Discount, 11 to 111; Hudson's Bay, 141 to 141; General Credit, '2l to 21 dis. ex div; Egyptian Trading, 44 to 41 • dis. ; Credit Foncier, 3 to 31 ; International Finance, 2 to 11 dis. ex div; Moscow Gas, 8 to 9. Colonial Securities are quiet, and the only varia tion is an improvement of 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., 103 i to 1041; Victoria Six per Cents., 110 to 111. The New Honduras Loan is steady, at .1 to 1} Prem. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have receded 1, to 26 to 27, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 231 to 241. - - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK • Of the specie brought by the Weser from New York X 5,000 is for England. The sum of £68,000 in bar gold was taken from the .1-;ank 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 Company has been convened for the 26th instant, to receive the directors' report and statement of accounts. The directors of the Rated Gas Company have convened the half-yearly meeting of shareholders for the 28th instant, when the report will be presented and a dividend declared. The failure is reported of Mr. Clement Gibb, late of Birmingham, but now of London, for about £30,000. Tie Prospectus is in circulation of the Javali Com- Pany, which has been formed for the purpose of In over the Javaligold and silver mines, situated lu the Chontalles district of Nicaragua. The share holders of the Central American Association have, it is stated, subscribed four-fifths of the capital re quired by the new company. The capital is divided into 50,000 shares of £2 each. Consequently only .1 0 ,000 remain to be allotted. The list s will close for London on the 18th, and for the country on the 19th. The following is Messrs. Hunt and King's monthly Silk circular :—" Busirress in the silk market through out the month of January was upon the most limited Scale, the lower classes of being unsaleable, and t he good and finer sorts were firmly held at the Previous advance in prices—our quotations now show a further decline of nearly 10 per cent. in the Inedium kinds of China and Japan silk, but the best remain nominally without alteration—during the past Week some appearance of activity has sprung up, and the cheapest parcels offering have been taken to the extent ofl,ooo bales, giving a temporary firmness to the market. From Shanghai the latest telegrams to the 7th January give the,total settlements, including hisans, 42,000 b a l es : s t oc k 1,000 ; prices were rather her, and the residue of the crop in the interior estimated at 7,000 bales. From Yokohama but a Moderate business is reported, prices rather lower ; stock 2,000 bales. In Bengal silk there is little doing, tilefor best sorts ; prices nominal. In European silk Prices advance as the supply becomes exhausted." The following is from Messrs. Layton and Com- P a ny's tea circular :—" The tea market has, in some __ r espects, ass ume d a d ec id e dl y fi rmer t one s i nce ou r r eport of 25th ult., an d th ere h as b een a more gener al i lsposition on th e p ar t o f th e t ra d e t o o p era t e; but this improvement applies mainly to the lower grades of black tea, which have met throughout 0,11 active competition bo'tn privately and at auction, .recent sales of these shown an advance of id to id per lb. Fair to medium niuds of black-leaf Congou have, on the other hand, found no proportionately fair value, and the firmness of importers has for the most Part prevented any extended transactions in 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 Tannings ; several parcels of the latter, in faulty con dition, sold in public sale at 711 to 8d per lb. Com mon KaisOw kinds of new import have realised from is 1~l to is 2d, and "new maize" Congous of fair quality in pair -chests 1 s 3d per lb, but Sew, if any in boxes remain . in .hand. O olongs, except t h e f i nest, are very unsale able - -medium iu in kinds are o ffering at much reduced prices. Transacti ons in scented teas have been moderate, but hots of Cant on d escr i pt i ons are ma i nta i ne d . Foo fw orange P e k oes mee t a s l ow sa l e a t a s li g h t s upply The recent arrivals have afforded a further I) .PIY of Pi ng S ney green , th e fi ne an d fi nest de ac`l br i : l Ptions of which have gone off with spirit at fair sa res—inedium qua liti es arc ra th er cheaper. Public . 40 ! 8 of 17,201 packages were brought forward on the inst.: of these 14,170 found buyers, nearly all w i t h i eUt reserve." Common black-leaf congou showed the wi„aa•vance quoted above, but fair to medium kinds irregularly, and occasionally rather under the 41 uations " Th e • m ii. . prospectus of the Australian United Gold the Company (Limited) has just been issued, and to receive applications for shares in the new company: eac , , capital is £50,000 in 20,000 shares of £2 lOs zeo n , of which a large amount are already sub b,'"'ed, which, with 5,200 fully paid-up shares, taken by th e vendors in part payment of the mines, leaves fo 1 11,404 for public tender. This company is ro te a e en , for the purpose of purchasing and working the it, the and. Duke of Cornwall Gold Mines, situate olt : I nc mining division of Fryer's Creek in the t ;i i tis iv of Victoria, Australia. The prospectus con-- li e very satisfactory reports with regard to the rich oe these properties, worked out by sonic of the Tling mining surveyors. e of the J. yen Company (Limited) .s Prospectus sh ires u Just issued. The capital is £lOO,OOO in 50,000 Paid of 42 each. The shares Ito 40,000 are already 4,, 1er f1) by and allotted to shareholders in the Central 10 0 ,,lean Association (Limited), and the remaining T his ou shares are open to subscription by the public. ft ) , Zmipany has been formed to acquire and work Oho nt ' i , v ali Gold and Silver Mine, situated in the ie district of Nicaragua. Reports of assays of WI") appended to the prospectus , are of a satis eiaio°2,character, and many superior advantages are 1"; i ' l4 %ming the mine, BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'SLOCI. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 par Unit. Consols Do. Account, March 5 92i. I 3 per Cont. Reduced 9O New 3 par Cent 9 3i)l i i Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 tnnuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 g — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Toli4Japh), AU e ., 1908 — E tchciuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &24 per Ct 24 pin Do £ooo — pin Do. £lOO & £2OO pin Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent 250 481 Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Wtock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 215 Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. Jr' v. 1630 Do. 4 r e.- . Cent., 0e,.. 1883 Do. Csi - iticates — Do. En awed Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872 Do. 5 Cent., _ Ma-1879 lOBl i per . . Do 5 per Coot., tup. Deb., 1572 Do. do. 1877 Do. do. P 382 — Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 L'o. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 o. under £1,000 FORNIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. Brazdian 5 per Cent — Do. 4/ per Cent., 1852 — Do. do., 18 8 — Do. do., 18.io — Do. do., 1863 67 I Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — uo Account 76 s Bue. os Ayros 6 per Cent — D i 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Vent ) C ...ba, 6 per Cent. Ciu , an 6 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent — Uo. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 93} Do., Scrip .£32 paid C - mbiau, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p ir Cent., 1825 Diaaubian Principalities, 7 per Cent...... C9l Do 8 per Cent., 1867 6Bl rquador New Consolidated; 1 per.Ceui — Olgyptian, 7 per Cent — oe. &wad Issue ... 90/ D ~ .fSJO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds — Do. 1861 Do. £5 , 0 Bonds D0..£100 Bonds ..... 92} 3 _.. Government Railway Deboutures 931 1 1 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ox Coups Do. Account . Du. Coupons Do. Account Giateinala 5 per Cent .. Honduras Gov.Rai I. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Itittau 5 per Cent, 1865 — Do, Account Do. Maremniana Raiway Slexican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Bl Do 6 per Cont. Ang'o-Freuch vionte N id9au 6 per Cent. Sloorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Cen 331 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (fiectafes) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 771 61 Do 11 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 11 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account • Portuguese 3 per Ot., 185 3 , '6, '7, '9,'6 0 ,' 2 ,' 3 40 1 Do. do, 1;67 — Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid ll pin Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 6 Bll Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds BBl Do. do. • £B4 15s. do. Do 1 1866 t £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 Turkish 6 per Cent. - • Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1853 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account 6 1 Do £lOO Bonds 34 4f Do. 1863 s3f 24 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cant., 1865 5ll 1 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — • Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. !MA Dividends on the above payable in uundon. Austnan o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., E. 251. Dutch 24 per Cent. .071. 12 Gni' Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Nantes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 251 - Do Account liau 5 pip Oent. 1851, Ems. 251. Do. Account 43i TWO treILOCK. Consols, Money 93/ Do. Account, March .. 93k MARKETS—(I his 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 unless at easier rates, but fresh 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 the demand confined to the better qualities. Barley moved off slowly, at about previous advances. Beans sold in retail at late gates. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 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 st. more, say, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; large fat sheep, 3s 8d to 3s 10d ; ewe, 3s 2d to 38 4d. Beef, best, are 4s to 4s 2d; middling, 33 6d to 38 8d; inferior, 3s to 38 4d, rather a dull sale. Veal scarce, 4s 4d to 5s 4d. Pork dull, 3s 4d to 4d per stone of 81bs by the carcase. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supplies of the principal kinds of stock 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 1,966 English, 461 Scotch, 280 Irish, and 750 foreign. For the better 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 were foreign. The veal trade was brisk at advanced rates. Fork sold at unaltered prices. The number of pigs on sale was 860, 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 6d on the spot. Stock 33,729 casks against 36,652 casks last year. Deliveries 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 bee n throughout of avery brilliant and successful character. The 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 front his attack of gout, is still so weak that ho will be unable to come to town for the meeting of Parliament. The Earl and Countess Spencer leave town to. day on a visit to the Duko and Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton. The Countess Dowager of Kinnoull has arrived at her mansion, in Belgra.ve-square, for the season. Viscount Hamilton has recovered from his in disposition, and has gone to Dublin, to join his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Marchioness of Abercorn. MELANCHOLY FATE OF A POLICEMAN.—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 tho thigh, as well as badly wounded about the head by his assailant. The unfortunate mau 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. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENLN G FEBRUARY 10, IS6S. SHARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chivertan Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East earn Brea 'Nast Grenville ..... East Gunnialake East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk am.& StA übyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal basy G. Wheal Vor (llelstsin renville H erod's Foot Elingston Downs Margaret (Uny Leland Slarke Valley Awyncly Iron Ore, line New S ton North toskear . N.Wh Bassett (Mogan North Arheal Crotty Prosper United Pr uvideuce k Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow s.Wheal Fran. (11logan -Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (kedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Sam). Wheat Trelawnev (Lis LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Lay. LORD JUSTICES' COURT. TIIE 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. The plaintiff said he was a medical man, and in the year 1863 he was called iu 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 WalesTav,rn instead of his private house, but of this lie 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 lie (plain tiff) was shooting in company will 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 most 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. He told the plaintiff that he bad 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 he positively denied that he did anything to induce the outrage that had been committed upon him. - He might have used the term "pot-bellied" or bloated, but he would not say w hich. He did not r e c o ll ec t hear ,‘You would be 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 he 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 sides 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 w hole 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, i ns t ea d 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 call the defendant, from whom the jury wou ld h e ar another version of the affair as given by th e p l a i n tiff. 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 the first intimation he had that such was sent in was on the occasion of his meeting with the plaintiff a b out e i g h t mon ths 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 he 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 he did. On one occasion that he met the plaintiff, i t 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 in 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 be deliberately walked up to him (defendant) and made a most offensive face. He looked straight in his fa ce an d t urne d 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 expression, and 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 DO doubt you would, you pot-bellied, bloated 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.) Defendant—No, the plaintiff himself was the aggressor on the occasion, and he told Izod that if he did not go away be would give him the soundest thrashing he had ever bad 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 —He denied being a horse dealer. He 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. He never bought horses for re-sale. He had, howeyer, put oeYeral advertinmento into the newspapers, but they all related to the horses he had just spoken of. Ile had been summoned befo e the Windsor magistrates for an assault, but he was not the aggressor. It was the pikeman who was in fault. The magistrates, however, fined him (defendant) about £7 for the offence. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. Da mages, £2O. MISS Anaii ISA ACS MENKEN. - In the Court of Com mon Pleas, before the Lord Chief Justice - Boval 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 ',vas a material witness far the defence, was in Paris, ill of the smallpox, and of course could not he for some time brought to Lomlon.—Afr. Joyce, for the plaintiff, said that the defendant hail already delaycd the trial by sum rnonin special jury, and raid if any long delay took place it would be a very serious matter for the p!ain tiff, bemuse she expect.:d to have to go to California in a meiath's time.—The Lord Chief Justice sail that the defendant could not lie 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. DAnTti.l I nG I. ArsY. William Hart and Henry 'Tindall were brought up at the Southwarl; 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 1 roperty, worth about £5O. Police-constable Phelan said that ho was on duty in the New Cut near one o'clock on:Tuesday morning, when he saw Tindall come running with another man from the direction of pro secutor's premises, carrying a bundle. Witness pursued bin 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 hampercionneZ all of which hiiiigrecl the flannel, pieces of print, and some l i ified.•—Mr. Acker man having proved that the th in g s stolen belonged tc him, the prisoners were committAl for trial. ASSAULT UPON THE PO MC E. —At Guildhall, a labourer named John Hawkins, was placed at the bar, before Alderman Salomons, M. T'., on a charge of havin g assaultei a police officer whilst in the act o f takin g him into ens tody for drunkenness. The assault was of agross , character and the prisoner was sentenced to s even days imprison ment with hard labour. 3hare Railways.' l Paldsl Closing Busine done.ss "Lee. et Bri stol and Exeter .... No 85 67 at Caledonian lOO 77/ 78/ 76 51 st Cambrian - Cork and Bandon - - - 20 Cornwall all 3 4 st Dublin A Belfast June lOO 741 75/ at Dun„Perth,&Ab.Junc lOO 70 72 100 E.London, scrip Corti all - 100 - - d st Glasgow AS. Western 100 100 102 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 3:2 321 29$ 301 st Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 0/ 71 at Great North of Scotland 100 15 • 0 at Great Northern lOO 100 %IA st Do. A 100 110 11l 1101 10 at Do. 13 stock lOO 122/ 123 st Do. New, is. at 25 pm 100 - - at GLS, and W. of Ireland - 100 16 93 at Gt. Western -Original ICO 40 10 ; 461 / st Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - - at Do. South Wales st Do. W. Mid.-Oktoru NC 25 30 at Do. Newport too 29 3, at Ilereford lOO at Yorkshir, 100 126 ,27 at London and Blaokwaii 100 - - •st Lon., Brigh., AL S Coast 10.: 40 iGi 41 51 61 at l•on., Chat., and Dover 10) IS 181 18; at Do. Aletrop. P.:x. A too 11 i 4 st Lon. A .North Wester , 100 t 8 1184 18 4 at Lon. Jc South Wester lOO 05 84 87 t at Stan., Shel., Et Lincoh . 100 13 t 4 43s st stetropolitan..... ail tll 112 XllO ti st. Do. New lO - - at Do. Extension all I')J 101 LOi 100 at 'lletropolitan Di,trict all - 20 I Do. do. do. 10 - - l 0 00. and John's W'u 6 - - at NUM:mad - Do. 1:0 Share 7 - - st Do, Birmin.. A Darb 3 100 75 77 - aid Kent . . all - - et North British at Do. Ed., PLIL, A Dun. 100 - - at :I ch. Eastern-Berwick 100 101 105 106 25 Do. G.Z1•1 , 1 purchast 15,13.1 - at Do. Leods ..... 100 62 61 st Do. York lOO 95 97 98 s;, Do. Carlisle - - at Do. Stork. & Darling. all 1"3 135 25 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - p st North London at Do. do. 1803 5 . - - Do. do. 1866. 5 1 lip 10 North Staffordshire • at &S. W. Junction all 100 i t et Scottish Central - Scot. N. E., Aber.. stock 100 - 00. Soot, Mid. stock- 100 - Shropshire Union 100 58 10 Et South Devon lOO 43 45 Et south Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., A Wok all 2 10 st Vale lOO 140 150 10 Do. C 5 - ale of Meath - - Waterford A Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whitelia t 6 - - Nest Cornwall lOO - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ißritivb Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1972 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug lO 100 102 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 100 102 00. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 85 88 Do. sp. e. Inscribed rek 100 85 87 Cape (x.110pc,6p.c.1873 100 102 104 104 Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890-1900 100 11.6 108 108 Do. do 1880-9, 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 95 i 7 Ceylon, N0v.1868, 6p. 100 - - Do. 1878, do lOO 11) 1104 Mauritius, 6.p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... lOO 106 108 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 100 105 107 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 104 106 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 103 105 105 N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1866 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 100 98 09 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 974 934 9 , 4 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 1031 44 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c.1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 ill Vlo,Uov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 Do. do, April & Oot lOO 110 112 Illf BRITISH POSSESSIONS. , LOU Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 63 55 st i ßom.,Baroda,&Cen.ln. 1 00 104 105 103 1 gu. 5 per cent.... 20 Do. 1 1 shares lO P iP 204 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference 100 / 1, Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-4 IUO 68 71 st Calcutta &S. E., lim lOO -1 100 1 '; Otna tj e c T ra o r w a, 7 p ,o. er a n,lvDoc p k, 10101 9918 10252 at least Indian, gu. p.o. 1 00 110 1104 109 4 st East Bengal, gu., sdo 100 103 IG4 20 Do. J Extension - - at irand Trunkot Canada 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 83 85 100 Do. let Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred all - - 100 D. 2d Pref. Bonds all 23 33 LOU Do. do. deterred - - 100 . Do. 3d Pref. stock all 27 29 271 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred - - at (3 t. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 107 108 1091 a 'o. Gua. 5 per cent lB - 2fl 10 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 - 2 0 at ut, South of India gua. 5 per cent at 13.). 44 per cent lou 92 94 951 5 -at Do - - 204 ;rent Wes. of Canada all 151 151 204 Do. New .... . . all - -- 100 Do. 6p. o Bt.& pay. 1873 all 95 17 100 Do. 5/ do. pay. 1877-8 all 85 137 at Madras, gua, 5 p.O 100 100 102 IC3 at Do. 41 do lOO 93 25 • at Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 931 2') Do. Fifth Extension 5 - - at Afelb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - - 50 Het. & Bahama's Bay.. all - - at N.Rl.C'da.6pc let pf.hs. 100 83 85 at Dude &Rhiik'nd, g. 5 pp 100 1.114 !CM at witricte . at Do. Delhi 20 Do do s a . ,I 15 / V at Do. Punjaub ;s . 100 99 100 at Do.lndus St.Flot be 100 85 87 5 51 51 61 4W 430 lu 12 N 6 2 21 11 2 4 8 D 11 2 4 5 17 18 20 21 it 25 37 2} 21 6 s 41 5; 2j 1Y 65 70 5 7 2 3 2 24 29 31 3 90 410 37a 42a d 13 14 lU i 2 67 89 115 .205 85 95 16 19 18 20 85 go 6 8 PREFERENCE SHARES. London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent., 40 :rOREJGN4ILAILWAYr. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Dutch Rhenish, 214 Ditto, all, 23i Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 21 South AU.Striall and Lombardy Venetian, 14k ;TIM MGM MIN ICU; Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lim., 4i Don Pedro. North Del Rey. 21 pm rontino and Bolivia cold, Rossa Grande, 1-18 St. John del Rey , llm , 22 if DOCKS. London and Si. Katharine, 491 BANKS. Agra, lim.. A, lit Alliance, lim., A nglo- Aus trl an . 9 Anglo Egyptian, Um., 18 English and Ilia de Janeiro, lim., Imperial Bank, Lim.. 171 Imperial Ottoman, 9 1 London and River Plate,— Ditto, ne rv, 101 London and County, 531 London Joint Stook, 33 London and 11 estminater, 681 Ditto, Scrip, 4 Merchant Bank, lim., 16 National Provincial of England, 133 Ditto, i 1 and 3d issue, 31 MISCELLANICOUS; Anglo American Telegraph, 194 AtlAntic Telegraph. lilt o, 8 par cent., 1024 Australian Agricultural, 16 Credlt roncier ot Itlm-riauft, lira.. 3 3-16 Egyptlan 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. Govt., 211 Ditto Scrip, 2 Gen. Credit and Discount, I im.. 5 International rinancial Society, lim.. 3 Madras Irr gation and Canal (guaranteed 6 per cent. by Indian Government), 1021 Peel River Land and Mineral. 32 reuineu a and Oriental 4team, 55} Royal Mai Steam, 67f Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 761 Viscount and Viscountess Milton have arrived at their residence in Curzon-street, from Wentworth House, Yorkshire. 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., which took place at Shipbourne Lodge, near Tunbridge, on the 7th inst., in the 82d year of her age. The deceased lady was mother to the present viscount. ILLNESS OF SIR DAVID BREWSTER.--We regret to learn that the venerable Principal of Edinburgh Univer sity is in a state of health that causes considerable anxiety to his friends. On Thursday night ho was very ill, and on Friday ho continued extremely weak, and no improve ment took place in his condition.—Scotsman. STATE OF TRADE• at MANCHESTER, Liverp Feb. ol, market which . The impels s the h r o e n n g i a and nu fa c a t c u t i r v e e r to advance his auotations for cloth, is seriously checking operations, but the yarn 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 id. 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 y arn 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 request. Printing cloths are still in demand, and sales have been effected to-day at a moderate ad 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 s 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, while 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 are some fair orders for railway mate rial, but, on the whole, the trade is extremely dull, and eyen 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 alienes 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 again 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 generally there is not much animation, the home trade showing rather less doing than is usual at this season. Not withstandinffol materials of all kinds have an upward tendency. HALIFAX WOOL AND WORSTED MARKET, FEB. B.—A decided improvement is observable in busin( 83 here. Better descriptions of wool nre fully I 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 better em ployed, and are attempting to get bettor 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. 'TIE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.—Father Fischer, private secretary of the late Emperor Maximilian, was a passenger in the Australasian, and landed at Queenstown on. boturday =ruing. 2.1.0 2 , 4 2.14.( 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 11.7.6 all 0.114 14.9. E 9.0.6 8.10.0 5.10.6 13 4.1 0.6, Si 561 384 4.4.ta 2.13 M 8.11.0 3.2.0 :18.18.9 WI 201 58 4 1 5.t7.0 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 Plate 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, Plyfisher, and Gameboy ; but the next on the list, Sir William, list. 81b., who won this race last year in a canter, with only 6th. less on his back, is by no means out of it ; nor are Steamboat, llst.; and Moose, lOst. 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 en accident at Car marthen, and ho is therefore a doubtful starter; but under any circumstances liranamyEn, 10st. 61b., and IMoGENE, lOst. 41b., ought to furnish the winner. If the Hunt Cup should be considered worth the attention of his owner. THE 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 or HEARTS will most likely run first and second. The clerk of the course may justly be congratulated on the success of his efforts in 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 does 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 boat all the top weights down to The Doctor, list 51b. The latter, if well at the post, is ono of the most dangerous competitors engaged, but it is no use backing him unless the party to whom he b3longs have got their money on, otherwise it is sure to be 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 tanco (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 here 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 NA Z ET, and next to him Aranuctirron is my recommendation. It is ot 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 or TRUMPS, 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 Handicttp during the past week, and at the time of writing The Czar and Cauthloon 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 be on, she will bo very near winning. There is always a large field . foi this handicap, which commences the season, and in a few days it is not unlikely a great re volution may bo 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. The next term commences on the 15th inst., and the trial in question is the twentytsixth 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. IIISSIATG AT TIIEATIZES. Tho 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. Hear what a great judicial luminary has laid down upon the subject. Sir James (afterwards Lord) Mansfield, summing up in the famous 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 exorcise 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 he 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 ; ho goes to b) amused, and if he is not amused he has a griev ance, whether he is a pecuniary loser or not. Besides, even regarded from this point of view, the remedy would not be complete unless one's ctb 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 divi sion, at Warley, to 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 medic a l establishment, over which he was conducted by the tal. m edical staff attached to the hospi Iler 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 Alljesty's screw iron troopship Simoom, Captain Thomas Lethbridge, arrived ht Spithead early on Sunday morning, ou 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 large 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 c9ttrt 91 st. Jana pat moth. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE hi 4 Day. VICTORIA CLUB BITTING-THIS DAT. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Czar (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst King Charming (taken) 15 to 1 agst Rhine Wine (taken) 100 to 6 agst Purveyor (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Easby (taken) 100 to 6 agst Grey Stockings (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 apt Fan (offered) ICO to 7 agst Tennyson (offered) 15 to 1 agst Daisy (taken) 15 to 1 agst Tusculanum (offered) 23 to 1 agst Thalassius (taken) 30 to 1 agst Captain Crosstree (taken) 33 to 1 agst Chimney S svoep (taken) 33 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 3 agst Weather Star (taken) NORTHAMPTONSIIIRE STAKES. 23 to 1 agst Mandrake (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 7to 1 agst Formosa (offereu) Bto 1 agst Pace (offered) 100 to 3 agst Typho3as (offered) 100 to 6 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 700 to 400 agst Sir J. Hawley's lot (taken) DERBY. 17 to 1 agst The Earl (takeu) 33 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 40 to 1 agst Banditto (offered) 100 to 1 agst Michael de Basco (offered) THE ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, THREE DOORS FROM BLACKFRIAILS BRIDGE, SURREY SIDE, IS NOW OPEN FOIL BUSINESS. Annual Subscription Fiv© Shillings. Responsible Bookmakers desiring Stands should apply immediately (as the number will be limited) to the Secre tary, 3, Blackfriars-road. PROGRAMHE OF BIRMINGEIAbI (SUTTON COLD FIELD) ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES. TUESDAY, Feb. 11. The Erdington Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap) ; any winner aftor Feb. 5 at noon, 71b, twice, or the winner of 100, 101 b extra. About three miles. Ago st lb Ago st lb Comberton a 12 91 Walterstown_ _... 6 10 6 Flyfisher ... a 12 5 Snowstorm (11-b)... 5 10 6 Gameboy ... al2 0 Charming Woman a 10 6 Sir William a 11 8 Highfiyer a 10 6 Steamboat... ... 5 11 0 Venturesome ... 5 10 5 Archimedes ... 6 10 12 Mrs. Allan... ... 5 10 5 WoodburyHill(hb) a 10 12 Rocket ... 6 10 4 Moose a 10 10 Chesterfield ... 6 10 4 Radmire ... 610 10 Lord Waldegravo 610 4 Lytham alO 10 Aco of bearls ... alO 4 Knave of Trumps. alO 9 Birdie (h-b) ... a 10 4 Sinite alO 8 Imogene a 10 4 Truoheart... alO 8 Rivets ... ... 6 10 4 Huntsman (late Troubadour 610 2 (Feigie)... - ... alO 8 Risk ... ... 610 0 Greenland ... a 10 8 Sylph Ballycasey .. a 10 8 Effie •.. ••• ... ... 6 6 1 10 0 0 0 Corkscrew (la b) ... 610 8 Priestess ... ... 610 0 Lisette ... ... 610 7 Under the Cloud ... alO 0 Franciscan ... a 10 7 Excitement ... 4 10 0 Whitley Rosa, by Colons° ... ... 410 0 The .Era... ... 610 7 Prima Donna ... 410 0 The Hunt Cup of 60 soya ; four year olds lOst, five list 41b, six and aged 12st ; winners of 50 sovs 7lb extra. About three miles. Dermot Asthore aged, The Switcher aged, Roue 6 yrs, Corkscrew (h b) 6 yrs, Bannockburn, aged, Tottie 5 yrs, Bosco 5 yrs, Walterstown 6 yrs, Sensation aged, Helice 6 yrs, Aco of Trumps aged, 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 Guide 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 (h 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, Killarney 5 yrs, Jacob 5 yrs. The Maiden Hunt Plate of 40 sovs, for horses that have never won a bteeplechase value 20 sous; 12st each. About three miles. The Sutton Plate of 40 sous (Handicap); winners of any noon, 71b extra. About two steeplechase after Feb. 5 a miles. Age st lb Kronberg ... 6 11 7 Rapture ... a 11 5 Beverley ... ... a 11 4 Countess 8010 ... 5 11 2 Strike ... a 11 0 La Pique ... 6 10 12 T tie Dictator a 10 12 Ace of Hearts ... a 10 9 Lady Blanche (h b) a 10 9 Boxmoor a 10 7 Age st lb Jack by Ratan (h b) a 10 7 Under the Cloud ... a 10 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 10 2 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. FEBRUARY.: Lincoln Spring M tusfield Derby Spring Harrow 2O MA. ,Cl-1. L'verpool Spring M 3 .elnisford Spring M 10 Sdrewsbury Spring 10 West Dray ton l2 Warwick Spring Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 21 Croaton Park Northampton Bromley Spring 6 Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven Knighton l4 Abergavenny 'RM. Catterick Bridge l6 I Lewes Spring T h i rs k I Curragh April 2l Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Chester 5 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpouden Epsom Summer West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 13cverley, Hull, and East _Hiding, lO IVindsor Summer Nowton lia.inpton No %yeast lo 23 Bibary Club '23 Stockbridge -Alexaudra o"" I' - - - _3O Chelmsford Worcester Summer Carlisle ... Newmarket July Pontefract Reading Down itoyal Corp. Liverpool July M. 16 Stamford Iladcliffo Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lowos Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 Egham lB Hastings York August Dovor Oxford Scarborough 24 Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge 31 Margate ~....• SEPT Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Brecon Richmond llampton Autumn l5 OCT( Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Chelmsford Autumn 13 Kelso ........................ 15 Hendon ..................... Monmouth .. Newmarket Ist October 22 Walsall 23 West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western M IBER. Cheltenham l3 Ealing Nowniarket Houghton 19 Worcester Autumn. 27 'SPECIAL CONSTABLES. On Saturday, the magistrates, Henry White, Esq., and J. G. Stillwel, Esq., attended for the twenty-third time at the Head-quarters of the Covent-garden Division, for the purpose of adding to the already strong force of special constables which have been enrolled in this parish. The utmost excitement was occasioned in the neighbourhood by the arrival of Mr. Strange, and the whole of the employds of the Alhambra Palace, headed by the splendid band of that establishment. Immediately the officers were sworn in, the Chairman of Cie bench (11. White, Esq.) addressed the assembly in the most loyal terms the hon. gentleman's address calling forth repeated cheers. Mr. Web ster then led the whole of the company, and the employes of the Olympic and Adelphi Theatres, into the room, and immediately the first batch of gen tlemen had taken their places in front of the table, Mr. White also addressed them appropriately. lie said he saw there before him many gentlemen who had distinguished themselves on the mimic stage, but he felt that in the event of any emergency arising the same gentlemen would as greatly distin gish themselves in defending their Queen, and main taining the peace of the country. The address was received with the most enthusiastic cheering, and altogether the proceedings of the afternoon were of the most enlivening character, which were not at all diminished by the fact that, after the whole body had been sworn, they formed up out. side the Vestry-otilees, we 'ring their badges and shouldering their staves, the baud during the time k playing the " National Anthem." UST. ds ho ry re of Len oV an - He aila and (CI iilrt bad was cu re