The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-17 00:00:00

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As issue of 3ntenco he only s news- ver, we ie sub ;elected r finely sked to ces and ization, to, the may empha ords to course, news- public reach like the t refer- Births, vil and )eeches, Intelli ,ey and 11 being Is to do " The infor -38 CO lir ER'S.- - " 'clock a attend - Mr. ietor of Three at as 3 cg along unusua l wpanie ci of glaS o ' fire, he ime Ai r " inmat e° icer, by w ing pr is aware ;g thel r . ing r ill sue bow' The 70politaa Of the pro. Ines count f returned,severel )use 311 o f the ,Qtace. X 0 Y MARKET AND nOMMERCIAL IN TEL - LIG it Nc CITY', Two O'CLOCK. The prevailing opinion in the Stock Exchange appears to be that the public will soon be larger pur chasers of securities, and consequently operators are holding for a rise. But as yet the demand for invest. lnent, though increasing, keeps far short of the supply. At the commencement of business this morning specu• lative purchases produced a rise of in Consols, but absence of bond fide inquiry and some sales have since caused a relapse. All kinds of Indian guaran tees go on increasing in value. Foreign stocks are firmer, the Viceroy of Egypt's Bond s b e i ng f u lly Per cent. higher. The chief fluctuation has been in Erie Railro a d Sh ares . Th e li t i gat i on go i ng on i n New York is giving rise to the wildest speculation, and the European price is daily regulated by the cable quotation. Lombardo-Venetian are firmer. Hudson's Bay continue to decline. Atlantic Tele graph Shares are flat, but Anglo-American are firmer. The trade demand for discount keeps active, and the rate for the best short-dated paper is now 14 per cent. A good business is done at and above the official minimum. In view of an early advance in the -Ink-rate bills having more than fourteen days to ru n are with difficulty discounted, unless at terms likely to cover the contingency. The Liverpool cotton market is reported dull, witn a downward tendency. Consols opened at 934 to 931 ; but have since relapsed, and are now quoted at last night's prices -93 to 934 for money and account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 914 to 92 ; India Five per Cents. are firm at an advance of k, being dealt in at 114± to 114/. Bank Stock steady, at 249 to 25 1; Exchequer Bills remain at lOs to 15s prem. „ In the ma r k e t f or F ore i gn G overnmen t S ecur ities the chief movement continues to be in Egyptian Bonds. The Viceroy's Seven per Cents. and Nine per Cents. are 1 per cent. higher, the former at 72k to 721, and the latter at 88/ to 881. Mexican are quoted at 154 to 161 ; Greek, 12 to 13 ; New Spanish, 351 to 36 ; Italian (1861), 464 to 464 ; Turkish (1865), 33 to 33 i ; Portuguese, to 1 prem.; Orel Vitebsk, 78 to 78/ ; Egyptian (1864), 855 to 864 ; and the Railway Loan, 89 to 895. In American Securities, owing to lower prices from New York, Erie shares have fallen a f urt h er 2j p er Cent., being quoted at 45 to 46. Illinois are un altered, at 89± to 891 ; United States' 5-20 Bonds steady at 724 to 72i. Foreign Railways are in request, but the only move ment in prices is an improvement of t in Lombardo- Venetian, which is quoted at 15 to 15/ ; Luxemburg, 9 to 94. English Railway Shares are on the whole steady, Prices showing few changes of importance. South Eastern, Great Eastern, Great Western, and Metropo litan are each 4 better, while Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire is / lower, and London and North Western 4. The following are the quotations :—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 125/ to 1251 ; Midlands, 1041 to 105± South Eastern, 721 to 73/ ; London and North * Western, 114/ to 1141 ; Great Northern, 104 to , 105 ; ditto A, 99 to 995 ; Great Eastern, 31± to .„` ) q ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 48 to 48/ Metropolitan, 1131 to 114/ ; ditto District, 5 to 1 Prem. ; Caledonian, 824 to 83. The directors of the Great Western Railway have Issued a circular, received this morning, inviting the hold ers of stock' to apply for the issue of £2,000,000 debenture stock, bearing 5 per cent. interest. The importance of this amount being subscribed is ob ''ions. The debenture borrowing power will be reduced 1 1 : 1 Y the amoun t, th e company w ill h ave t h at muc h l oans, occasion to a pp ear i n th e money mar k e t f or s h ort '°alls, and the dividends for the past half-year will be Paid in cash. On the other hand, if the application fail, the company will be liable to experience the ill c onsequences resulting from litigation. , Bank Sh ares ra th er d u ll, an d b us i ness i s ver y l imited. Alliance is 5 lower, at 10- to 135 dis.; London and County and London Joint Stock are also both 5 worse, the former being quoted at 515 to 525, and the latter at 32 to 33; Agra steady, at 10 to ,ex div. ; A ng l o -Au s trian 35 to 4 prem.; Consoli oated, 45 t o 44 ; Imperial, 17 to 18; Imperial Otto to 6 8 f dis. to par ; London and Westminster, 674 674 ; Union of London, 33 to 34. Finance shares are without change. General Credit ' 4 quoted at 24 to 211 dis. ; International Finance, 2 t 0 11 dis. ; London Finance, 25 to 24 dis. ; Credit Foncier 3 to 34. Foreign Mining shares are steady. St. John del R eYs are inquired for at 19 to 195 ; Port Philip un altered, at lif to 1A ; Choutales, to 4 dis. Very little business is doing i n Miscellaneous- Securities and with one or two e xce ptions prices are Without variation. Anglo-American Telegraph is better, at 214 to 224 ; while Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cents. are 4 worse, at 54 to 5± ; Hudson's Pay are flat, at 134 to 14, being a further fall of * ; Fo re - street Warehouse, 11 to ; London General painibus, 14 to 14 ; and Universal Marine Insurance ts 4 better, at 4 dis. to par. Dealings have taken place in Metropolitan District Railway Issue of £400,000 Debenture Stock, at 1i to 11 prem. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The £67,000 in specie, brought by the West India Packet Shannon, consists of miscellaneous silver. The East India Land, Credit, and Finance Com pany (Limited), which ceased ac tive operations in one last, has announced a return of £2 per share of th e paid-up capital of the company. -A. remittance of £1,497 has been received on ac count of Ecuador dividends. The report of the H ome an d C o l on i a l I nsurance `-'orlipany does not recommend any dividend. The Atlantic Telegraph Company have abandoned th e idea of paying off the claims of the Anglo-Ameri can Company, and an amalgamation of the two com panies is being arranged. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the Ph cen i x 8 Light and Coke Company has been called for the .proximo for the purpose of declaring a dividend t O Christmas last. The annual general meeting of the Law Union Fire a nd Life Insurance Company has be en ca ll e d f or t h e ' o th inst., to declare a dividend and bo nus , an d f or other purposes. The directors of Reuter's Telegram Company have 'Yled their report, in anticipation of their meeting to- Worro w . A net profit is s h own o f £ 1 7 ,634, out of olch a di v id en d a t th e rate of 8 per cent. per "u , nutn will be declared. The Committee o f th e St oc k E xc h ange have ,1 13 Pointed Thur s d a y, th e 19 t h i nst., a spec i al settling TiY ill the Scrip of th e O r di nary S toc k ( 1868) of the I. 4, l zn rk d e o d n , , ,. Brighton, & c ., R a il way C ompany (to be Th e traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of C anada for the week ending February 22 show a de crease of £3,306, as compared with the correspond outig week of last year ; and those of th e G reat Western Canada, for the week ending the 13th inst., a decrease of £6,403, in consequence of a sudden thaw. of the i s an i ncrease o f £2,265 i n the traffic receipts I the South-Eastern Railway for the past week. An extraordinary general meeting of the Aust ra li an Tr ust Comp an y h as b een c onvened for th e 3d of April for the purpose of confirming the resolution Pa ssed at th e mee ti ng on th e 13th inst., req u i r i ng t h e , ' 4ll Pany to be wound up voluntarily. 1-/ealings n Metropolitan District Railway Issu e of X400,000 i Debenture Stock have taken place thi 111° Ming at 14 to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES 8 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols a p e r. Account, April' ) tiPer Cent. Reduced 92 1.1 4 619. 3 per Cent 9ll 2 1-1 ° A ° 2 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4 —°. 5 per Cent. J an. 1873 11,4uities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —x( „ u o. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — E ~";) (Red Sea Telet,raph), AuA. 1908 — s 'cloquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per et ' . Do £5OO l5 pin 13 De. £lOO & £2OO l5 pm I, II K of England Stock, 41 per Cent 249 ' O . Account 14,,INDLiaq GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. . N ' ll 4 tock, 101 per Cont., April 1874 ••• 217 -"°. Account / 1 : : ?,°. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ID ° . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ~o. Certificates — V I % Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — 1)O.°. per Cent., Jan. 1872 ii 51 per Cent., May 1879 — —° per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 _ Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 lO3l o '. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 1) °. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 o• under £l,000 A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Artl,,. 'e nline Republic, 6 per Cent — 1, 3trian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 63 / 4 t.. an 5 per Cent _ b o : 'II r, , , , .. Cent., 18;22 — o. u 18.'8 11 0. , u , 1 ),.. 0., 180 .. . — k J do., 1863 631 i ) ,..: Per Cent., 1865 — 8 - 4(.!c ount — f r ogli - , :' Cent — , 2 ~ rcs .) i.t.r (2 1 1 .) ," per Cent. (D.ferrsd 3 per Cent.) 0 ~a 4, G Der Cent. Üb' a n 6 per Cent — °' 4 1' per Cent - 6 - _'• t) per Cent., B .. e l ., 1867 "', 7 Per , Cent., 1866 -p0 °., Scrip £32 paid - I), w f u B ian, 6 pilr Cent. I) `.,`„,i l 3 p Cent., 1825 .):rufau Principalities, 7 per Cent — 4ktli, ° 8 Per Cent ,1 • 01 or New Coonsolidated, 1 per Cow — 41)ti an) 7 per Cent -- • Do. Second issue D .C5!)0 Bonds Do. °CNC Bonds Do. 1861 Po. ..£5 . )0 Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds B7l- Government Railway Debentures 89i 90 89i Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account G‘utternala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p Ita iian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do, Account ~ Do. Maremmana Raiway — Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 - Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French Alontevidsan C per Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 per. Cent New .Granada l3l. Do 3 per Con Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 771 6/ Do 41. per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portriguese 3 por Ct., 185:3, '6, '7, '9,'60.'2,': , 391 Do. do., 1' 67 — Do. do., Scrip, £lO paid —pm Russian 5 per Cent., 181;z, £ bi, B3l Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds., 87 -1 I Do. do. £B4 15s. d 0..., - Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 87;1 1 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sacdinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con Do Acccsunt Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive Do Account Do Corn. Cert. of Corti , . not funded Do Account Tu -lash 6 per Cont. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 651 61 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 6 li . i 5 Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 _ Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 541 4 1 Do 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i. per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,: B7l Do Account — Italian 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. — Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93 1 Do. Account, March 93 1 HA YMARKE T 7HE A. 7 RE. -+ That such an accomplished writer as Dr. -West laud Marston should have succeeded in successfully remodelling a French drama, in order to rendering it acceptable to a London . audience, is not a matter of great surprise, but the admirable manner in which he has performed his task leads us to hope that the failure of others will not deter him from giving u s additional pieces of the same class as " The Hero of Romance." That the refined and brilliant language of Dr. Marston was universally admired was matter of little wonder, as from the rising o f the curtain until its descent but one feel ing seemed to animate the audience, and that was one of unbounded pleasure. In the " Hero of Romance" Mr. Sothern has received a new part, which, doubtless, he will have to repeat for no in considerable number of nights. It suits him ad mirably, and the refined and polished language is delivered with a grace and ease that renders the •character of the Marquis de Tourville one of his most finished representations. The plot of the drama is highly dramatic, the situations are all wrought up to the highest point of interest, and the climax so admirably worked out, that the interest of the audience is retained until the termi nation of the piece. The Marquise de Tourville is a gentleman reduced through the misfortunes of Lis father, and so closely is he driven to want that he has to accept the office of land steward to a rich old sea captain, who in his early days has com manded a French privateer. This worthy, it turns out, has betrayed and robbed the father of the Marquise in years gone by, and when the young gentleman arrives to take upon himself the duty of his situation he is to an extent recognised by the old man. The heiress of the old traitor is some what struck by the Marquise, but the fact of his only being her grandpapa's steward appears quite sufficient to make the haughty lady view him as one beneath her. However, the language and manners of a highly educated gentle man cannot be concealed all at once, and thus the marquise becomes deeply enamoured of the purse proud lady. She admits his attention to an extent, but when he is addressing her somewhat ardently she reminds him that he is merely her grandpapa's steward. This sort of treatment the marquise bears for some time, until, driven almost to despair, he determines to return to Paris, but before doing so visits for the last time some romantic ruins, and here, by accident, he is locked in with Blanche. She reproves him with compromising her honour, and the Marquise, to show the groundlessness of her suspicions, throws himself from the lofty ruins into the abyss below. Blanche, on her return home, finds the Marquise has escaped death almost by a miracle, again as sumes her cold behaviour, and when at last, through the prompting of a false friend, she accepts the hand of another suitor, she becomes acquainted with the full depth of her love for the Mar quise. The old sea captain dies, but not before the marquise has become aware that he is the right ful possessor of the wealth Blanche imagines to be long to her ; but this circumstance the Marquise clears away by burning the written document which proves his title. The happiness, however, of the romantic pair is brought about by the labours of a kind and genial Dr. Lafitte, and of course the piece closes with the marriage of Blanche and the Marquise. The acting of Mr. Sotheru as the Marquise was all that could be desired. It was marked with true passion and pathos, and evoked general and en thusiastic applause. Mr. Buckstone acted alone as he can act, as Dr. Lafitte, and it is almost needless to say his exertions were universally appreciated. Mr. Compton and Mr. Chippendale have small but good parts in the play, and Miss Robertson, as Blanche, acted with grace and refinement. Mrs. Chippendale, Miss Burke, and Miss E. Fitzwilliam, have each very excellent characters. The scenery and mounting of the piece exceeds, for beauty and rich ness, anything that has yet been accomplished at the little theatre in the Haymarket. The piece, in one word, is a triumph. MARKETS—(This Day.) COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. SUGAR.—The market is firm, especiaily for strong refin ing qualities, upon which the demand chiefly runs. Refined sugars are firm, on moderate supplies, 42s 6d being the lowest quotation for common English lump. Deliveries are very good, exceeding the weekly returns last year, and although imports are relatively heavy, there is an in crease of stocks, which are now 53,490 tons, against 68,300 tons last year. COFFEE.--Floating cargoes continue in request. Co lonial sorts on the spot, when of good quality, also finds buyers, at full prices. Deliveries are well kept up, and the stock is 14,500 tons, against 9,600 tons last year. TEA•—The market generally is quiet, but rather firm. Small public sales have opened with fair spirit. RICE. —Deliveries large, and stock reduced to 17,200 tons, against 20,100 tons last year. The market is dull ;• 683 bags good middling white Bengal bought in at 14s. 3 d per cwt. SALTPETRE remains in moderato demand, at previous quotations. OILS.—The market is dull. Linseed remains at 33s 9d on the spot. nape is unaltered. METALS. —A quiet market for all desaiptions. Speller, £2O 7s Gd ; Straits tin, £9l lOs cash ; Burra copper, X 33; Walleroo, £Bl. TA LT, 0 W. The demand is moderato., and prices steady. 43s Gd, spot; 438 Gd, April to Juno ; 44s 9d, last three months. POTATOES, &c. The market continues to be well supplied with foreign and second qualities of English growths ; but of best Regents and flukes there is still a scarcity. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, March 17.—Sales probably 8,000 bales, Market limitec%demand, downward tendency. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, 111ARCII 17, 1868. Busineff dine. 114 8 114 k 1,7 1051 5 72i 3 CORRESPONDENCB FROM PARIS. (Fnom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) .?..A.IIIS, MONDAY, March 10. There was a smart passage of arms between M. Ronher .1M the Opposition during the debate on the first clause of the Public Meetings Bill. According to this clause all meetings which arc not political will no longer require a previous authorisation from the Government, but political meetings will, as at present, be subject to that restriction. 'M. Jules Favre pointed out how difficult it would often be to decide whether a meeting was political or rot. In fact, two contradictory definitions had been already given by the Government. For instance, was the organisation of labour among the subjects prohibited ? He added : " The Minister has given no explanation of the reasons for pro hibiting the Co-operative Congress which was to have been held during the Exhibition. We are continually told that you have confidence in the prudence and good sense of the people. I say that you distrust them. Unsound doctrines are often reproached as the cause of danger and disorder; but there is something worse than bad theories, and that is bad government." This epigram excited a goodly noise from the Right. In the midst of it I‘.l. Rouher got up, and with great readiness retorted : " We know that there are bad Governments. The expressed will of the people rids the nation of them. As to good Governments, the decision of universal suffrage confirms them." Having thus reminded the Opposition pretty sharply how small a minority they were, he went on to taunt them with being afraid to utter their whole opinion, with thinking, in fact, better of the bill than they liked to confess. It was now the turn of the Left to indulge in reclaniations and bruit, and Jules Favre said, tartly, "Content yourself with answering our arguments ; do not throw doubts upon our sincerity." " I don't doubt your sincerity," replied the Minister ; "you represent opinions, no doubt, but then there are passions which are even more ardent. Some times you obey an external influence rather than your real convictions." To this Jules Favre said, " That is worthy of the journals which the Chamber is prosecuting" (referring to the Situation and the Figaro) ; and Picard even more severely said, " If we searched into the motives which animate us, we should say that you fear liberty because you wish to preserve power and its enjoyments." The Minister did not lose his temper, but replied, laughingly, " Admit that you mix a considerable share of bitterness with your enjoyments." Soon afterwards the first article was voted without a division. There have been some more "black spots" in the depart ments. At St. Etienne' and Montauban the enlistments have caused disturbances, as even the semi-official Etendard is obliged to admit. But that journal makes light of them, as it did of the serious riots at Toulouse. It also says that it is quite true certain young men at Nantes went through the streets singing the " Marseillaise," but only the air, and not the words of that revolutionary song. They adapted the music to some bacchanalian rhymes. It is fair to add that the Government seems disposed to treat the Toulouse rioters lightly. One of them has been tried and sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment, a very mum punishment for what must have been considered a very serious offence. The report that the Prince Imperial's birthday would be celebrated by a general amnesty for political offences was, as I expected, too good to be true. There was, indeed , an amnesty of a partial character for a very different class of offenders, naughty sailors. They were either relieved of their punishments altogether, or allowed to get off with lighter ones. The eve of the birthday was kept by the Court in a religious manner. High Mass was celebrated on Sunday before the Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince, in the Chapel of the Tuileries. The chapel is a simple structure, oblong, and painted in white, with some good pictures on the walls. A peristyle of two columns supports the imperial tribune. Near this the choir are stationed out of sight. The Archbishop of Paris officiated. At 11.30, the latest hour at which it is lawful to commence Mass, the Imperial party entered, and the Abb6 Cuttoli, vicar-general of the diocese, presented to them the holy water. The Emperor was in the uniform of a general of division ; the Empress wore black, the Court being in mourning for Ring Ludwig of Bavaria ; and the Prince was also in black. The Emperor and the Empress occupied couches, the Prince a chair, and before them were large service books ; the ladies of honour grouped themselves on the left, the great dignitaries of the Crown on the right. In taking his place, the Emperor turned to the Empress and the Prince and bowed to them. The music consisted of the "Kyrie," "0 Salutaris," pane, Loraine," and 44 Domine Salvum." During the reading of the gospel the Vicar-General took the sacred book and presented it to Mgr. Darboy, the Grand Almoner, and he presented it to each of the Imperial trio for them to kiss. The sofas and chair were then wheeled by the vergers in front of the pulpit, and the Bishop of Vannes, who is the Lent preacher for this year , preached the sermon. A t rue courtier, he seized the fortunate coincidence by which the last words of the gospel offered him a most appropriate text : "Blessed is the womb which bare thee," &o.; and, says the courtly chronicler of this ceremony, the august auditors could not conceal their deep emotion. To-day, the Prince's birthday, the Imperial trio assisted at mass again. A letter from Rome declares that France and Prussia have concluded a convention by which those Powers agree, whatever events may arise, or whatever their own rela tions with each other, that they will maintain the inde pendence of the Holy See and the integrity of its present territory. This compact has been communicated to the Italian Government, and has called forth no objection from General Menabr ea , though it must be regarded as a solemn guarant ee of the Papal sovereignty. The same letter speaks of a fresh Garibaldian invasion, and adds that the Pope does not regard it, being assured of foreign protection. The report that Ring Ludwig of Bavaria contemplates abdication is repeated. He would have taken this step before, but felt that he could not do 80 while his grandfather lived, as his country would then be maintaining three kings. But now that old Ludwig is dead, young Ludwig would like to take his place as ex -king, and in that case his brother Otho, a lad of 20, who has taken no part in politics (and so much the better), will come to the throne. It is difficult to say if Bavaria ought to be deemed fortu nate or the reverse in having always a king and an ex king. Probably this arrangement will hasten the day when she will have none at all, at least of her own, but will come under the control of Prussia. The Pope evi dently thinks so, as he proposes to withdraw his Nuncio from Munich. According to the Frankfurter Zeitung King Ludwig has had violent attacks of spitting of blood, and his condition is very precarious. The Berlin correspondent of the Times believes tba► France has made a new move in the Eastern question with the object of working together with Prussia and Russia. The last-mentioned Power has made proposals to that effect twice within the last eighteen months ; but Napoleon, while seemingly favourable, had some conditions which the Czar did not like. Among them Alexander was to exact concessions from King Willi a m of Prussia with regard to the Rhine, and the nephew, fearing that he would thereby cause a rupture with his uncle, backed out of the affair. At the present time Napoleon has renewed his proposals in a more circumspect manner by entering into them at Berlin. He now seeks to make King William take the first move. But there is naturally considerable hesitation before commencing a complicated game which may have results that some of the players would by no means like— which might, for instance, make Russia independent of Prussia, so far as regards the Eastern question. The Star asserts that there has been no compromise between the Scotch Liberals and the Government as to the additional seats which the Ministry have promised to give North Britain. Mr. Baxter will persevere with his instruction, the object of which is to disfranchise all boroughs in England with less than five thousand inhabi tants, and thus provide the ten additional members which are to be conceded to Scotland. It is not unlikely that there will be a meeting of the Scotch members on some day this week to discuss the matter. At present, however, the instruction has the promise of support from the great body of the Liberal party, and from a large number of the Conservatives. The health of the convicted Fenian Meany, who was sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude, seems to have been failing him, for he has been removed from Pentonville to a sanitary station in Surrey. Mrs. Meany has received a letter from the Home Office, informing her that her husband will be sent out of the country on condition that he promises never again to return to it. A brother of Dr. Norman Macleod writes to the Glasgow Evening Citizen to correct an erroneous impression which has been produced by a paragraph stating that the emi nent divine's health had of late become seriously impaired. It appears that in consequence of the great fatigue which Dr. Macleod underwent, he was unwell for a day in Cal cutta, but the illness was instantly c h ec k ed, and for some time before the last letters left he had been quite restored to his usual health. From the advanced period of the season, and the fatigue attending a proposed journey to the North-west, it was thought advisable for him not to attempt that—the only portion of the .projected work in India which he has been unable to accomplish. Dr. Watson will alone complete this part of their task. The little remaining to be clone was very unimportant as compared to the main objects of the mis sion, all of which had been fulfilled in the happiest and most satisfactory manner. As nothing remained for Dr. Macleod to do in Calcutta, and as an agreeable opportu nity offered itself of proceeding to Suez, he was about to leave a few days sooner than he had originally intended ; but this departure was in no way demanded by the state of his health, but solely by the fact that his labours wit ouclusigli THE TODMORDEN AIURDERS. We are glad to be able to preface our report of yesterday's proceedings by stating that Mrs. Plow is greatly improved iii health, and that there is good reason to look for her speedy convalescence. The inquest on the late Rev. A. J. Plow was held yesterday, at the Black Swan Inn, North-street, by Mr. F. Dearden, the county coroner. The jury was composed of nearly the same persons as returned the verdict against the condemned convict in Jane Smith's case. The jury having taken their seats the Coroner inquired if there were any reporters present, and on being told there were, he said that a vast amount of rubbish had been reported. lie then said, "I forbid all reporters, without exception being present." A question was put to the Coroner as to whether he really intended such an inquiry to be a secret one, and he replied, with asperity, that he did. The reporters thereupon withdrew, to ponder over this latest manifestation of the proverbial wis dom of coroners.. The exclusion of the reporters gave great offence to the jury, who were unani mously of opinion that the inquiry should be public. The Jury proceeded to view the body, which was lying coffined in the deceased's bedroom in the Vicarage. The room presented an appearance somewhat unusual. The deceased was dressed in black trousers, and the fall robes which he wore on high days in the Church. A splendid stole, which had been recently presented to him, was the most conspicuous part of the display, the effect of which was heightened by a number of lighted wax tapers. The coffin was also of a remarkable shape —very wide at the head and narrow at the foot. Upon the lid was a cross and the coffin plate bore an in scription in memory of " Antony John Plow priest," who had " fallen asleep in Jesus." Nea to the body was a coffin containing the remains of the baby, which, it will be remembered, died at Littleborough within a few hours of its parent. The shape and decorations of its coffin were similar to those of the late vicar. The jury returned to the inn, and a formal re quest was preferred by their foreman, Mr. Thomas Priestley, for the withdrawal of the remark by which the reporters had been excluded. The coroner refused to change his decision, and said that he never admitted reporters to inquests. As this state ment was known to be contrary to the experience of every person present, the Coroner hastened to qualify it by saying that the exclusion was only at second inquiries, by which he was un derstood to mean second inquests in the same case, whenever they may have been held. He stated that he had been coroner for 50 years, and pledged his experience and authority for the wisdom of the course he was pursuing. The jury, however, were not convinced, but the inquiry was allowed to pro ceed. Elizabeth Spink was called and examined by the Coroner, who put a few questions to her as to the attack by Weatherill upon her late employer. Hav ing obtained a statement from the witness substan tially the same as that she gave at the assizes in this city, the coroner expressed a decided opinion that it would be unnecessary to call any other wit nesses. A Juror suggested that the evidence of a surgeon should be taken, in order that the cause of death might be exactly ascertained. The Coroner replied that he did not see any neces sity for such a course, which would involve a post mortem examination. Mr. Copley (Queen's Hotel) said he wished an inquiry to be made into the rumours which pre vailed in the town in regard to the late Vicar, which rumours might be set at rest by an inquiry into the cause of death. The Coroner said the matter was not worth notice, and ought not to be introduced into that inquiry, which simply related to the cause of Mr. Plow's death. He went on to comment upon the conduct of the magistrates who committed Wea therill, and whom he seemed to regard as being in some degree responsible for the fatal termination of the case. He repeated that he had had a long ex perience, and added that be was satisfied that the excitement that Mr. Plow underwent, on being brought face to face with the murderer, must have had a very injurious effect upon him. The magis trates ought not to have allowed him to be brought up. The Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Miles Weatherill. They also resolved to request the tradesmen of the town to close their places of business during the funeral to-day (Tues day). IVith reference to the condemned convict, facts accumulate of a character which show that he was not the desolate, heart-broken lover that in his let ters to Sarah Bell he seemed desirous of painting himself. We need not specify details ;it is enough to say that he seems to have been a kind of general lover, with an especial affection for cooks who had a well-filled larder at their command. It is said that he had left the church and joined the Wesleyaus some time ago, but was ejected from the Sunday school for irregular conduct. Mrs. Plow has been able to describe the scene which took place in her bedroom when the murder ous attack was made. The evidence which has been given leaves a blank between the time when the nurse ran out of the bedroom to the time when Stansfield, the parish clerk, entered it and secured the assassin. Mrs. Plow states that Weatherill tried to secure the door, and, failing in that, he struck a light with a match and came up to the bedside. The poor lady had covered herself with the bedclothes, and she felt him trying to pull them off her head. her desperate resistance prevented him from succeeding, and ho then went to the foot of the bed, removed the perceannette in which the babe was sleeping, lifted up the bedclothes at the foot, and fired up the bed. The bullets missed Mrs. Plow, and she sprang out of bed and made for the door. The murderer intercepted her, and she sprang across the bed into a sort of recess be tween it and the wall. Thither she was followed by Weatherill, and he struck her down upon the bed with the poker. The unfortunate victim covered her face with her hands, but Weatherill struck her on the hands and arms with the poker until from sheer pain she was compelled to remove them, and then followed the fearful blow upon the face which has been described. After receiving the blow, Mrs. Plo w summoned up courage enough to lie quite still, s o as to i mpress her assailant with the idea that he had accomplished his dreadful pur pose. She seems to have been successful, and eatherill, no doubt believing that she was dead, did not strike again.—lllanchcster Guardian. Mr. MILIAN will probably contribute to the forthcoming Royal Academy Exhibition-1. "Rosanne and Celia in the Forest :" a picture unfinished last year. 2. Two old Greenwich Pensioners looking by lantern light at the Tomb of Nelson in the Crypt of St. Paul's. The light is placed in a moulding just below the name o the Admiral, and sends its rays upon the inscriptions and the faces of those who read it. 3. Swift's "Stella," hold ing letters in her hand, and standing by an escritoire. Half in thought, she looks at the spectator with stedfast, dreaming eyes. 4. Portraits of three young ladies. MR. DICKENS'S RETURN HOME.--Every one, says the Athenseum, will be glad to hear that Mr. Dickens intends to return to the Old Country in the Cuba, which is to sail homewards on the 22d of next month. Every one will be yet more glad to learn that his visit to " The States," however fatiguing, has been successful beyond expectation. The same paper remarks :—" A correspon dent who inquires about Mr. Dickens's opera, ' The Vil lage Coquettes,' is hereby reminded that the book was written for tho St. James's Theatre, when the same was under Braham's short-lived management, and was sot to music by Mr. John Hullah.—The song, ' Autumn Leaves,' is one of its composer's best songs, not forgetting his Three Fishers.' THE WOOD CARVINGS OF Mr. ROGERS. —The re tirement of this veteran artist from business causes the sale by auction of all the splendid specimens of his art which fur 50 years he has collected from all quarters of the world. To the designer these models will be of inestimable value, whilst to the admirers of art a large collection of the works of Mr. Rogers is also to be disposed of. The delicate tracery and symmetric beauty of Mr. Rogers's examples of wood carving are unsurpassiblo for delicacy and grace. We expect a largo body of the admirers of true art will assemble at Mr. Phillips's auction room, in Bond-street, on Thurs day next, at one o'clock, to secure a specimen of the work of one of the greatest artists in wood carving since the days of Grinlin Gibbons. Mr. Rogers, we rejoice to say, although retiring from active labour, is yet in the the enjoyment of the best health and spirits, and we cor dially and sincerely wish him all that true enjoyment in the bosom of his family which his long and honourable moor ap an artist entitles him to. SHARE LlST.—This Day. ORDINARY SUARES AND STOCKS. Paid. 'rice. 82 53 82 83 20 80 3 4 75 77 70 72 1(2 101 at 314 6 7 li 6 101 1(5 4 .123) 90) 121 lts 95 97 Id 18 46 13 25 3 , J 'l5 28 t2,5} ,25, 473 , 14 1J I^y 114 lb h 4; ti • e 7 42i k 3 ILI 1.1 IVO V) all 10,i 107 106 IC.6i 74 76 31 35 loli 102 604 614 94 95 126 132 1:i0 132 521 3 24 :01$ 1 5 iha $ 4el 7 !Jfi 41 8 114 116- 50 t 1010 11 i 57 59 i 5 17 7: 73 9 10 143 145 Bail :eaye :tiriStol and Exeter .... !Caledonian 'Cambrian. Cork and Bandon. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc E.London, Scrip Ceti Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. N 0. 21 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A 5t0ck...... .... 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Bonds all 41 45 100 Do. do deferred all 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 33 35 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook.— all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all too Do. 4th Pref. stook all 18 13 100 Do. do. deferred st 3t. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 109 110 70 10. Gua. 5 per cent lB 15 214 to Do. New gua. sp. 0 6 14 2c• at .it. South of India gnu. 5 per cent at D.. 41 per cent lOO 91 96 st Do 2 205 3reat Wes. of Canada all 165 16: Is; 16 205 Do. New .. ..... all WO Do. 6p. Be.s. pay. 1873 all 88 100 100 Do. 55 do. pay. 1877-8 all 91 93 st Aladras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102 1031 at Do. 11 do lOO 93 95 at Do. 45 do . s t o 1 a 0 1 0 1 100 69 91 93 2') Do. Fifth Extensio n 5 at Cor. p. c. Buda. 100 • IJI 115 at N.Rl.C'da.6pc lstpf. 10 0 83 05 at Scinde . A j 100 100 101 1014 f st Do. Delhi SO Do. do ti 64 15 P st Do. Puniaub lOO ! 100 101 at Do.lndus St.Flot 100 ! 07 89 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira. 1 Ohivertan Clifford Amalgamated 3O 51 61 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 43. S 445 Drake walls 2.1.0 1 1 East Bassett (Ill ogan) 291 10 12 'East Caradon 2.14.6 4 5 East Carn Brea 3l 2 21 East Grenville 2.14.0 1 4 2 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 East Loved. 3.9.0 8 9 E. W'l Itussell (Tavistk 11.7.6 11 2 ( lam.dc StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 18 Great South Toigus 1.4.0 Great Wheal 14,9.6 (1. Wheal Vor (lielstou 10 18 19 Grenville 9.0.6 11 14 ilerod's Foot .. 8.10.0 38 40 Elingston Downs .. ... . 5.10.0 21 21 Margaret (Uny Lelant 1317.6 6 8 Marke Va11ey.,......,. 4.10.0 6 4 4 Awyndy Iron Ore, lira SA 21 11 New S ton North toskear 4.Wh Basaett(lllogan 1,4.0 North Wheal Crofty 2.13.0 2 3 erover United...... 8.11.0 2 21 l'ruvideneeJ.lny Lelant 1 1.6,; 29 $ 1 - 4. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 380 400 south Condurrow ~Wheal Fran. allogan 18.18.9 374 420 3tray Park 15.15.6 6 l'in Croft la 14 Vigra and Clogan, Um_ all West Bassett (Mogan .... W. Caradon (Liskeard 10 2 West Chiverton ll 61 66 West Seton .... 47 4 115 195 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 75 83 .... Wheal Buller(lledruthl 16 16 11 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 —.. Wheal Seton 1 58i El 87 Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 7 9 PREFERENCE SR ARES. Great Western, Orig. 44 per cent., 78 North Eastern, Cons., 4 per cent., Stockton and Darlington B, 6 per cent., 1291 bllAtt.Eh AND STOCKS. London and North-Western, 5 per cent.,go9 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 215 London and Blackwall, 834 FOREIGN RAILWAY!". Antwerp and Rotterdam, 94 ~,,reat Luxembourg, 9 1-1 a South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 141 FOREIGN MINKS. D m Pedro, North Del Rcy, 21 St. John del Rey, lim , is I DOCKS London and:Si. Katharine, 4UJ BANKS. Agra, lira., A, 10 4 Ditto, B, 7 Chartered ler. of India, London,:and Chlnaz2g Imperial Ottoman, 10 London Chartered Bans of;Australla, 231 London and County. 521 Ditto, new, 321 MISCELLANICOMI. Anglo American Telegraph, 22 Atlantic Telegraph, 55i 5 Ditto, B;pur cent 1061 2/ Bo.nhay Gas, lira., 4 4 Continental Union Gas, liin.. 14/ Credit Foncier of Mauritius, 111110 Crystal Palace, 221 Ditto, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 107 Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, Qua. by Egypt. GOT 89 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 10/ Gen. Credit and Discount, lim.. 64 Hudson's Bay, 14 131 International Financial Society, lim., 3 3-16 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavouri. 21 London Financial Association, lira., 5 London Genera lOmnibus Compan lira, 2 WillwaalFreehold Land and Dock. 391 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 194 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 59 Di to, new, 1867, 61 / Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 16 Royal Moi Steam, 66 Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, 131 Thames and Mersey Marine. Insurance, lira., 41 GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CAN A DA.--The traffic receipts fur the week ending the 22d cf February amounted for 19,652 passengers to £,6193, for mails, Scc., to £1,027, and for 14,845 tons of freight and live stock, to £13,470 ; total, £20,690, against £23,996 in the correspond ing week last year, showing a decrease of .0,306. The total receipts, from the Ist of January to date, 53 days, amounted to £171,630, and for 54 days same time last year to £173,179, showing a decrease of £1,F.67. THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL.—The Duchy ac counts for 1867 show the receipt of £50,178 for rents, .E 6,28-1 for Royalties and reservations from mines and quarries, £1,785 by divide 4 nds on stock, and £16 , 216 , the payment from the public purse in lieu of tin coinage duties. The payment male to the use of the Prince of Wales in the year was £54,927, an increase of £1,524 over the payment in the previous year. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocff. NOTICE. The Fourth Edition of The Sun of last night, containing tho Latest Betting, Racos at Rugby, and arrivals at Warwick, was published in time for the country post and for delivery in town at 7.30 pm. IMPERIAL PARLIAKENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Tins EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. QUARTER SESSIONS IN IRELAND. The Marquis of CLANRICIRDE rose to move for a select committee to inquire into the constitution and pro cedure of Qiarter Sessions in Ireland, with a view to their improvement and further assimilation. The LORD CHINCELLOR sail that the noble mar quis must allow him to remind him that an tic; had been passed last year with regard to these courts in Ireland. An order was passed that the officers of the sheriff should carry out the decrees of these courts, and he thoroughly concurred with the noble mar quis that an equitable jurisdiction should be given to the superior courts, as it was in our own county courts in England. The Government would therefore offer no op position to the proposition of the noble marquis. - The matter then dropped. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tins EVENING. The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS. _ . A long discussion ensued upon the motion of Mr. DODSON, to make certain additions to the Standing Orders, for the purpose of improving the constitution of committees appointed for transacting the private business of the house, more especially with respect to railways. Mr. Dodson's proposals were ultimately withdrawn, - aud Mr. M. Gibson's amendment, on the prAlosal of Lord Hotham, viz., "that the committee should consist of throe members and a referee," was then put by the Speaker, whon a division was taken upon the original proposal o the noble lord that the number should be four. The num bers were— For Mr. M. Gibson's amendment 159 Against it Majority - 3 Tho proposal of Lord llotham that the number should be four was then agreed to. Mr. DODSON that the standing orders 93, 95, and 96 be struck out. The motion was objected to, and the debate was ad• journed for a week. IRISH .REFORSI BILL. The Earl of MAYO gave notice that on Thursday next ho should move for leave to introduce a bill to amend the reprsontation of the people of Leland. 4U - ArtAN TINE. Sir J. C. JERVOISE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any explanation to give on a late orderof the T urkish Governinent, whereby sailing vessels passing through the Bosphorus from ports affected with cholera are expose i to a gnat aggravation of the difficulties of navigation between the Black Sea and Mediterranean ; and, whether (in tho absence of the Re port of the Cholera Congress, 1866), that of the British Cholera Commissioners would be forthwith distributed. Lord STANLEY said her Majesty's Government, in conjunction with other Powers, had remonstrated against Vie order being strictly carried out, but as yet nothing had been positively decided upon; with respect to the second part of the question, the papers were being printed. TB E SPRINGBOK. Mr. BENTINCk asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any objection to lay upon the table all papers relating to the capture and condemnation of the Springbok by the United States Government, and especially the letter to Lord Stanley on behalf of the owners of the Springbok's cargo, dated the sth day of February last, covering the joint opinion of Mr. Mellish, Q.C., and Mr. W. Vernon Harcourt, Q.C., and other enclosures. Lord STANLEY said the whole of the papers were nov, in the hands of counsel for their opinion, and until he received that he could not say whether he could give them to the hon. member. [LEFT SPEARING.] LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING. DOWNING-STREET, MAltcu Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Josuph King Wattley, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Island of Tobago, and Archibald Piguenit Burt, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the Island of Grenada. __ M ARCH 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henry Macleod Read, Forbes Scott Brown, Thomas Scott, and Robert Little, Esqs, to be members of the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements ; and William Bagnell, Alfred James Halligan, and Henry Stephens Harrigan, Esqs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Virgin Islands. WAR OFFICE, MARCH 14. —7 l The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major-General Henry Tombs, C. 8., V.C., of the Royal (late Bengal) Artillery, to be an Ordi nary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. MARCII 17. Royal Artillery—Captain and Brevet Major Henry Hey man, on the Supernumerary List., to be Lieutenant- Colonel ; Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Dixon Edward Hoste, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice George Shaw, removed to the Supernumerary List; Second Captain Ernest Courtenay Vaughan to be Cap tain, vice'Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Hoste, C.B. ; Lieut. Edward Vicars Boyle to bo Second Captain, vice Vaug han. Royal Engineers — Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Fanshawe to be Colonel, vice Ross, deceased; Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Butler Peter Nugent Hodges Nugent to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Fanshawe; Second Captain Win. Adolphus Frankland to be Captain, vice Brevet Lieut.- Colonel Nugent ; Lieutenant George Herbert Bolland to be Second Captain, vice Frankland. A 211AGISTRA7 E'S RESIDENCE ATTACKED BY FENIA.NS. CORK, March 17. Early yesterday morning an armed body of insurgents attacked the gate house of Old Court, within five miles of this city, the residence of Alexander Glasgow, Esq., a magistrate. They attempted to force the lodge door, demanding the surrender of arms ; but the keeper stood inside, ready to fire on the first intruder. Before effecting an entrance they were alarmed, and fled. There is great dread of outrages on St. Patrick's night, but up to this hour none are report;d. CO URSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 ... 11 18i Ditto Rotterdam... Antwerp — ... '25 321 ... 25 37f Brussels liamburgh ......... ... 13 91 ... 13 10 Paris Short ... 25 12 ... 25 20 Ditto A q A 3 s. ... 2, 274 ... 25 35 Marseilles...• Frankfort-on-the-Main ••• ... 25 3J ... 25 35 Vienna ••• ... 1201 ... 12611 Trieste —.... 11 821 ... 11 90 ... 11 824 ... 11 90 Petersburg Berlin — ... 32 ... 421 Madrid ****** ••, ... 6 261 ... 6 27 1 Cadiz Leghorn _. ... 431 ... 48f Milan... ... 28 85 ... 28 95 Genoa _.... 28 85 ... 28 95 Naples ... 28 85 ... 28 95 Palermo — 28 85 ... 28 95 Messina ... Lisbon ... 511 .... 514 Oporto ... 514 ... 514 HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE (THIS DAY).—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales held the second Levee of the season, on behalf of her Majesty the Queen, at St. James's Palace to-day. As so short a time has elapsed since the last Levee, there were not so many presentations as before, hut still the number was very considerable, including many of the recently-elected high sheriffs of the various counties of England and Wales. As this was a Collar day the knights wore the Collars of the various orders. ST. PATRICK'S-DAY.—To-day being the Festival of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, special services were held in all the Boman Catholic churches of the metropolis, and in most of them orations wore delivered in honour of the saint. At the schools of St. Patrick, Stamford-street, the children were regaled in the presence of a considerable number of the Catholic nobility and gentry. This evening the Prince of Wales will preside at the great annual festival. We understand from good authority that the ser- vices of Lord Chelmsford having boon thought deserving of some public recognition, he was offered the Grand Cross of the Bath, which he declined, upon the ground that it was a distinction wholly unsuited to an ex Chan cellor. BRITISII SI'IRITS.—A parliamentary paper has just been published which shows that the total quantity of British spirits exported from Ireland to England dur ing the year ending 31st December, 1867, amounted to 1,115,766 gallons. Of this quantity the duty had been paid on 907,393 gallons, amounting to £453,696 10s. ; and there were in bond 208,373, the duty leviable thereon being £104,186 10s. The quantity exported from England to Ireland during the s ame per i o d was 34,661 gallons, on 3,375 of which duty, amounting to £1,687 10s., had been actually paid, leaving in bond 31,286 gallons, the duty leviable on which was £15,643. MUSICAL trEms.--A union for the promotion of the use of Plain Song has recently been formed in the north. It is stated that Mr. IL Neilson, a fine violoncello player, :from Denmark, is about to visit London. The general rehearsal of Ambroiso Thomas's opera of " Hamlet" took place in Paris on Saturday last ; it is said that a sum of £4,000 has been paid for the musical copy right of the work.—Musical Standard. the courne of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight is about 109; per cent. At this rate there i 3 no profit on the importation of gold from the United Staten, - _ SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WARWICK RACES—THIS DAY. HANDICAP PLATE. A Plate of 50 sovs (Handicap); winners after March 12 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra; three quarters of a mile. Sugarstick Diamond 2 Dunoon 3 Seven ran. TRIAL STAKES. Tho Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added by the town of Warwick; three yr olds ist, four Bst 91b, five fist 21b, six and aged 9st 41b; the winner of the Derby, Oaks, or St. Leger 101 b extra ; maiden three yr olds at the time of starting allowed Sib, four 51b, fivo and up wards 101 b. The mile course. 5 subs. Uncas baat Lozenge. RACING STAKES. The Racing Stakes of 5 sore each, with 23 added ; two Sr olds 7st Slb, three 9st ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered for 70 sovs allowed 71b, if for 50 sovs 1-Ilb ; maidens allowed 41b, and fillies and geldings 31b. Six furlongs. St. Valentine Ottoman Dr. Wilson 3 Five ran. STAND PLATE. • The Stand Handicap of 5 sows each, 2 ft, with 50 added, winners after March 12 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra ; one mile. 19 subs Rampart Carlos Tyrone Four ran. WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP. The Willoughby Handicap of 13 sovs each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 50 added ; winners of any handi cap after Jan. 17 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; gentlemen riders, jockeys 61b extra; one mile ; 27 subs, 11 of whom pay 3 sovs each. Silenus..... Indigestion 2 Langham 3 Master Willie FARMERS' PLATE. The Farmers' Plato of 50 so vs (given by the gentlemen of the Warwickshire and North Warwickshire Hunts), for maiden horses bona fide and unconditionally the property of farmers; two miles on the flat. Scandal Solicitor 2 Forester Six ran. lIUNTERS' STAKES. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sous each, 2 ft (to the second), with 40 added; four yr old list, five list 101 b, six and aged 12st. Two miles on the flat. Esparto Jove 2 Rivets ..... 3 HURDLE RACE. A Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 sous each, 1 ft, with 30 added ; winners of a hurdle raee handicap after March 12 (at ten a.m.) 7lb extra : the second to save his stake ; two miles, over five hurdles. 58 subs. Lord Waldegrave 1 Orne 2 Brick 3 Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. A Sweepstakes of 25 sous each, 10 ft, for two year olds colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst Glb ; untrieds allowed 31b, if both 51b ; straight run in (about three furlongs); 9 subs. Hi da beat Sedition in a canter. MATCH. Match 100, h ft ; no weights mentioned ; half a mile.-- Duke of Hamilton's Baden agst Sir C. Legard's Carlos— (both two year olds). Carlotta Baden 2 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 9 agst Abergeldio (taken) 1000 to 70 agst Captain Kidd (taken) 1000 to 6 agst Mayflower (taken) 20 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken) 20 to 1 agst Nyanza (taken) 20 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (taken) 25 to 1 agst Kettleholder (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 5 to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken) 7 to 1 agst Pace (taken) 9 to 1 agst Typhoeus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rabican (taken) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Pace (offered, take 12 to 1) RUGBY RACES—Tins DAY. MILITARY SWEEPSTAKES. Legerdemain 1 Louisa 2 Begum 3 g ix ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Doctor 1 Sylph Buszke Six ran. GRAND MILITARY HUNT CUP. Juryman 1 Redberry 2 Gamecock Seven ran. SCURRY STEEPLECHASE. Basquine Ladbrook Lass Sybil Eight ran. FARMERS' PLATE. The Count 1 Darkie 2 Carradoc Five ran. . VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tors DAY. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 8 agst Nemca (offered) 13 to 1 agst Abergeldie (offered) 11 to 1 agst Captain Kidd (taken) 100 to 6 agst Kettleholder (taken) 100 to 6 agst Knight of the Garter (offered) 100 to 6 agst Blinkhoolio (offered) 20 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken) 25 to 1 agst Speculum (taken and offered) 1000 to 30 agst Grey Stocking (takonn 10 to 1 agst Bliukhoolie and Knight of the Garter coupled (taken) NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 100 to 8 agst Lord Hastings (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Thalia (offered) 100 to 6 agst Leap Year (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 100 to 8 agst Tibthorpe (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to lon tho field offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 2 agst Rosidrucian (offered) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE. Throo Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Annual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications for membership should be made to the Secretary, 4 1 Black friars-road. RACING FIXT MA RES FOR, 1868. Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 CIII. 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