The Sun. — London, England, 1868-03-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Stock markets are steady, but still there is an absence of demand from the public, who, pending the close of the quarter, abstain from dealing either for investment or speculation. In Railways the variations are inconsiderable. Foreign Stocks are rather stronger, especially Egyptian, in which the reaction seems to be supported by boa fide pur chases. Portuguese are also better, and Mexican have to some extent .shared in the improvement. In Atteriean Securities a fall has occurred in Eries, but the Five-Twenty Bonds are steady. ,The demand for money this morning is Con sidc!rable, and rates are firm at 1i to 1, 7 z per cents Corn is dull, but without quotable reduction. Consuls are dull, at a shade decline, being quoted 924 to 93 for money, and 92 .7 to 938 for account ; New and Reduced . Three per Cents., 91 7 4 to 92 ; India Five per Cents. are firm at 11-11 to 114 ; Bank Stock, 219 to 231; Exchequer Bills, lOs to 156 Vero. The Foreign Stock Market is somewhat firm. There is a good demand for Egyptian at a,:vance of per cent. ; in tlie Railway Builds, at 89 to 89 ; of -t) : in Viceco.,'s S,v,:n per Cent. Bonds, at 712 to 721 ; and the Sille per Cei“. at 87.2 to 881. The 1864 Bonds are steady at 8-1;,- to 85. There is an advance of * i n M ex i can a t 151 t o 16 - ; in Italian (1861), al 454 to 4G ; ; and in Portuguese, at to 1 prem. Greek Bonds are steady at 121%- to 13 ; New Spanish at 352 to 35, ; 'inrkish (1865), 33 to 33*; and Brazilian, 711 to 74 The New Honduras Loan is steady at to 11 prem. The pilicipal fea:ure ii, American Securities is a fal. of Erie Shares, wl. 3h 're q loted 47 ; i to 4a), ; Illinois. are a b:gher, 8! to 90 ; and the 640 Bonds *, 72 to 72t. Ajautic and ;Great Western Railway Debentures rernnin at 26i to 27i, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 28 to 29. Colonial Bonds are without movement. The fol lowing are the quotations :—Canada 6 per cent., 100 to 101 ; 'Mauritius 5 per cent., 104 to 106 ; New South Wales 5 per cent., 99 t,) 101 ; New Zealand, 6 per cent., 105 to 107 ; Queensland 6 per cent., 102 to 103. The Railway Market is dull, but the 'changes are quite unimportant. Lancashire and Yorkshire are quoted 125 to 124 ; Midland, mil to 104 oath Eastern, 721 to 73t ; Great Northern, 104 to 105 ; ditto A, 98 to 99 ; Great Eastern, 31± to 31 4 ; Great Western, 461 to 47 ; Brighton, 48 to 485 ; Sireffi-id, 431 to 431 ; Metropolitan, 114- to 1 4 ; Ca:edonian, 824 to 83 ; North British, 334 to 344 ; and ChaLharn, 18 to If 4. Bank Shares are steady, the only change being an advance of 4 in London Joint Stock, which are quoted at 32iY i to 33k; Agra (A), 10 to 10k ; Alliance, 144 to 1 3;y dis.; Chattered Mercantile, 284 to 294 ; Con solidated, 4i to 4k ; Imperial 17 to 18; London and County, 52 to 53 ; London and Westminster, 671 to 68k ; Union of London, 33 to 34. In Foreign Mines St. John del Reys are firm at 1 8i. to 19 ; Port Philip steady, at 1i to 14 ; Chon tales, 1f to 1 dis. Miscellaneous Securities are without feature, arm prices generally are without change. Anglo-American Telegraph, 211 to 22 ; Atlantic Telegraph Eight Per Cents., 51- to 54 ; Hudson's Bay, 14 to 141 ; _London General Omnibus, 11 to 2 ; and Fore-street Warehouse, 11 to 11 dis. The ordinary general meeting of the City Steam boat Company has been convened for the 27th inst. The new issue of Metropolitan District Railway De- Denture Stock (X 400,000) has been dealt in at 2 prem. this morning. £lO,OOO in bar gold and coin were wi lid:awn from the Bank on Saturday for export. The Ceylon has arrived from Alexandria with £32,500 in specie. The Cuba, from New York, brings Z 38,000. The particulars are published of Chilian Govern nlent Bonds to the value of £60,163, which have been drawn for redemption at par on the 31st inst. Subjoined is the report of the Crystal Palace Gas Company for the half-year closing with 1867 :—" The Works and plant are iu a state of efficiency, and some further improvements that will contribute to the con- Yenienee of the manufacture have been commenced. The reports of Dr. Letheby and of the chemical in spectors of the various parishes supplied by the com pany, have been satisfactory as to purity and illumi nating power. The directors going out of office by rotation are Dr. Frederic Hetley and Mr. Robert John Clarke, and, being eligible, these gentlemen offer them s elves to the shareholders for re-election. The auditor going out of office is Mr. William Purvis, and Mr. Purvis being eligible, offers himself to the shareholders for re-election. The balance-sheet for the half-year to the 31st of De cember last, and appended to this report, shows the financial position of the company. The profits for the half-year are - .£6,243 lOs 71, which together with X 69 4s ld, the unappropriated profit of the preceding half-year, make the available balance £6,312 14s Bd. Out of this sum the directors recommend the declara tion of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the preference capital ; a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the ordinary 7 per Cent capital ; and a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on the original capital, all free from i ncoine-tax ; the sum of £lOO to be written off pre liminary expenses, and £574 7s 3d off parliamentary expenses ; the balance of £2BO 13s 9,1 to be carried forward to the profit of the succeeding half-year." The annual general meeting of the Oriental Bank C orporation will be held on the 16th of April, for the transaction of the ordinary business of the company. The directors of the East London Waterworks ‘-'empany have called the half-yearly meeting for the 24 of April, after which the meeting will be special for the purpose of considering a plan to be submitted for raising additional capital. At Marseilles, on the 11th inst., wheat advanced °Oe to lfr. per hectolitre upon the prices on the Previous days of the week. No arrivals were reported en the 12th, and the demand was then active. The details of the projected Land Bank of Spain Ider the sanction of the Government, are st a t e d . in hag l e tt ers t o b e a l most conc l u d e d. A propos i t i on the been ma d e i n th e C ortes f or g i v i ng aut h or i ty to 'le Government to grant a concession to the bank of eowers similar to those proposed in France by the •elench Credit Foncier. The first mails for Australia under the new arrange .rn,ent will be made up on th e morn i ng o f S a t ur d ay, . 141 .. e 21st of Mar c h, an d th e even i ng of Friday, the 27 th of March, and then c ef orwar d on every f ourt h Saturday and Friday throu g h o ut th e y ear . A s he packet from Marseilles to Alexandri a will no t tall at Malta, the correspondence for that island Will be sent wholly by t h e wee kl y pac k et f rom Southampton. Messrs. Charles Barker and Sons (Birchin-lane), c ompanies' just issued their well-k nown J o i nt S toc k ` j onpanies' Directory for the current year. Useful as Were the former editions, this one has extended claims r 4 Support, many of its features having been enlarged a nd others a dd e d. A s a b oo k o f re f erence it i s w i t h out _ ri val,whether considered in regard to its completeness 1 :) ! its accuracy. Mr. G eorge S tree t (Cornhill) sends u s La e ?, • vines of India Calendar and Directory for 1868, an lavaluable guide to all who have any connection what :per with India. The Docks of London, and Silty V Tea T a bl es are t wo pu bli cat i ons from Mr. E ffingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. The former is Uy Tr . sur- Henry Butler—a sufficient guarantee for its re_liability. Mr. Wilson has also publish e d M r . ei I;' l3 chen's well-known speech before the Liverpool ;gal:ober of Commerce, relating to bankruptcy BRITIS II FUNDS -TWO O'CLOCK. * GOVERNMENT FUNDS. " Per ()enc. Consols a Do. Account, April 2 Zper C ent. R e d uce d 92 1; Nelv 3 per Cent 9l; '2 11 ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 - A 1) % 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 "'flunkies, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - xd Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 - , Do (R e d S ea Teleiaraph), A 11,.,., 1908 - •c4tolioquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ck pm Do £5OO pm )3 Do ' £lOO dr £2OO ll pm ank of England Stock, 41 per Cent - D 0• Account I„, INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- ` 1, 4 stoek, 10f per Cent., AprillB74 - D o .g Account - DO . 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ,'(:). 4 pot- Cent., Oct. 1888 ' l O. Certificates - D O. T , Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent - n u fl• 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - ". 5 per Cent., May 1879 - D 0 5 per Cent., lop. Deb., 1872 lO3l Do. d o . 1877 lOBl 1 Do. do. 1882 ~. - - e per Cent., Deb., 5 Aug. 1873 - n lO5l 0 - Bonds, 5 p er C e nt., £l,OOO - pm O. undor £l,OOO - pra FOREIGN FUNDS -TWO CLOCK. Ar v A utitine Republic, 6 per Cent - 13ectrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 ;' - ilian 5 per Cent _ 1 3 0 1 : 41 per Cent., 1 1 8 8 T 5 )8 ? _ do.,- ij o• do., 18 ;0 - ° l,), IDL, do., 1863 63 . • 5 per Cent., 1865 %A,• lin - Account 7ll 1 1 L 4 03 Afros 6 per Cent - 0 A b j 2 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) - 0 , 'S 6 per Cent. - Illati 6 per Cent - °• 4i per Cent , h -^per Cent., t, ° B . b 1 1867 ^f T-,,,0..7 i , per ,Cent., 1866 9si 0 e , Scrip £32 paid - b i rn biarl, 6 per Cent. p a -84 , 3 Prr Cent 1825 ~ - D o h Principalities, 7 per Cent - t 1 7 1 ° 4 1 per Cent., 1867 - - ' 414 New Consolidated, l per Cent - ITat ch 15. , mpanied [chess of A:11& from the of Peace the Hon. for the previous Edmund troduced (posed it )andlish, said that ng to al mesident 'lad been 1 peace. aged too ness, the They re human ale they In. They 3o all in . In so .e acting tnents of n in the imerica. id noble le world. gigantic by the United y forces. ntrasted it on the . ngs and perma- ich were atertain- ipon him address ; re of the he had r talents, tnd calm bey (the re every ►—a war atricidal. to leave regret at iim per aity and , elonged, Bible alli nation s. aid that, he depu- ich said : country re union 'ou have to your ;ard you lg a term have la- ccess, to nild ever rica and at of ex- s us into •anged a tisanship veowners !. Under ibrab am and you e secure Ler mar- - ;,lemen Cy victory. be able in Eng of right •ong and You will D 135 here lic is re- nd pros (on will, ,tied this iscussion threaten f such a must be in arms fore, to country vful me his land piratical ce. The rauds of cannot ell them ower of it is in L perfect ately in e to say r, sir, as a race to .oved by r to need )r us, sir, in a hap nt, so as .t we are th a very said he he senti- trymen, 't of his r line of 'or yet to tied. It goodwill lave that r, hear.) ) receive for the aaturally lad been by that n power sides he alarra will was are ulti- the sum in the )our that ito you. hat into eontro ,o accept lappineSS bben per tly after the Fes Brooks'S. m.r., (si f neat), holm eleif athesoOf M.P., 31r. ,ophensovi Veruo°' Egyptian, 7 per Cent Do. Second Issue .£5OO Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 1861 Do. .£5 - )0 Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds B7 Government Bail way Debentures ..... 89 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups Do. Account Du. Coupons. Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent .• Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p It Tian 5 per Cert., 1865 — ' Do, Account ~ 724 3 Do. Maremmana Raiway 11 , ,xiear. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 Dr g per Cent. Anglo-French tilontevideau 6 per Cent. Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada. Do 3 per Con., Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (hectares) Peruvian 5 per Con'. 1865 Do Account 76i 7 Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 4f per Cent.. 1862 Do Account P,,rt.guese 3 per Ct., ,'6, '7, '9,'60,'2.':- 391 ; Do. -do., 167 Do. do., Scrip, £lO p.tid I pm ILAsslau 5 per Cent., itszz, Do 41 per Cont. 1850 DO 4; per Cr!nt., inn Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1 , ~ G 2 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds,. Do. do. £Bl 15s. d 0...,, Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sardinian, 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Con . Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Do Corn. Cort. of Coup. not funded — Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. - Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account, Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 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 Loudon. French Routes, 3 net Cont., Ex. 23f. — Lustrian a psr Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian. 41per cent., Ex. 25f. - Dacia z per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Do Account Italian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 251. Do. Account 46 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 924 3 Do. Account, March .. 93 REGULATION OF RAILWAYS. The Board of Trade Bill has been printed. It proposes to enact that, after this year, every railway company in every passenger train travelling more than 15 miles without stopping must provide such efficient means of communication between the pa s _ sengers and the company's servants iu charge of the train as the Board of Trade may approve ; the penalty for default not to exceed £lO in each case. In regard to compensation for accidents the bill proposes to provide that, in cases where the com pany and the claimant desire it, the Board of Trade may appoint an arbitrator to determine what com pensation, if any, shall be paid ; and that in compen_ sation cases, the judge or any arbitrator may order an examination of the claimant by a medical prac titioner not being a witness on either side. Several clauses are devoted to the subject of railway ac counts. The half-yearly accounts of the companies are to be made out on a uniform plan, according to a form to be given in a schedule to this bill, and are to be signed by the chairman and secretary ; and, if these statements of the accounts are false in any particular, the auditor of the company who signed the same is to be liable to fine or im prisonment, unless he satisfies the Court that he was ignorant of such falseness. The Board of Trade, on the application of a certain consider able proportion of the shareholders or debenture holders, supported by such evidence as the Board may require, and security for payment of the costs Leing given if required by the Board, to have power to examine by an inspector into the affairs of the company awl the condition of the undertaking, and report thereon ; the report to be delivered on application to sharesholders and de benture-holders. The inspector will have power to examine upon oath, and compel answers,. Inspectors also for such an examination may be appointed by the company at an extraordinary meeting, and will have the same powers as the Board of Trade inspectors. The Board of Trade may, upon appli cation, in pursuance of a resolution at a general meeting, appoint (at the company's expense) an auditor in addition to the company's auditors. Auditors need not be shareholders. The " Wharn cliffe meeting" principle is to be applied when there is a bill for additional powers, or an application to the Board of Trade for a certificate conferring additional powers; but the forms of proxy sent out by the directors are not to be sent stampe I, nor is " any 'intimation to be sent as to any person to whom the proxy may be given or addressed,"--.- a rebound from one extreme to another. There are some other clauses relating to the mode of limiting a company's liability during sea transit, repealing the old Act requiring a declaration of the value of silk sent by common carriers, and prescribing that goods sent in large aggregate quantities by a dealer to the real consignee are not to be liable to the small parcels toll by reason of their being divided into separate packages, as :bags of sugar, bags of coffee, sacks of meal, and the like. MR. lIENRT LESLIE'S CHOIR. —At the orchestral and choral concert, on Thursday next, a selection will be given from MendelsSohn's " Antigone and (Edipus." The programme also includes Mendelssohn's music to "A Mid summer Night's Dream." Solo parts by Mdlle. Sophia- Vinta and Miss Emma Charlier. Herr Joachim plays Beethoven's Concerto and Bach's Chaconne. COVENTRY ELECTION PETITION.---:The Committee appointed to inquire into the alleged corrupt practices at the last election for Coventry have come to the following resolutions :—" That Henry Mather Jackson was by his agents guilty of bribery at the last election for the city of Coventry; that the said Henry Mather Jackson is not duly elected for the said city of Coventry ; that the last election is a void election ; that it was proved that Thomas Yard ley, John Lee, William Oswyn, and William Moon wore bribed by Stephen Knapp ; that it does not appear that the said bribery was with the knowledge and consent of the said Henry Mather Jackson; that it further does not ap pear that corrupt practices existed or prevailed to a largo extent at the last election for the city of Coventry." ACICDENT TO MR. SOTHERN.—Mr. Sothern, the celebrated comedian, nearly met with a serious accident on Thursday. Whilst hunting with Baron Rothschild's hounds, he took a very deep drop fence in a road, coming along which at a sharp trot was a baker's cart, driven by an old woman. The latter, frightened at the sudden ap parition, pulled her horse quickly on one side, causing about a foot and a half of the shaft of the cart to run into Mr. Sothern's horse. By a quick movement he threw his foot out of the stirrup just as the shaft grazed the saddle, thus saving himself from what would doubtless have been a severe, if not fatal, accident. The horse (Blazes), well known with the Baron's hounds, was shot. —Field. THE PRINCIPALITIES. —The officers who were sent by the Austrian Government a short time ago to the dis tricts of the Lower Danube for the purpose of obtaining accurate information regarding the military preparations made in those districts, have reported that the countries in that quarter are all busily occupied in increising their ar maments. In Servia everything is now rc-arly for a lung campaign. A considerable number of guns aro stored in the arsenals, a volunteer force has been organised on the Laudwehr system, and the army is amply provided with arms, ammunition, and war materiel of all kinds.—Pall Mall Gazette. THE FIRE AT TRURO.—The fire at Truro, re ported in. The Sun of Saturday, may be said to have been mastered at 4 o'clock that morning, having raged with great fury for nearly six hours. About 330 the wind went down, and the hard and incessant labours of the people were soon afterwards rewarded by the stoppage of any further communication of the flames. Engines, how ever, were kept at work all day and night on the ruins of the destroyed and partially destroyed buildings. The damages are estimated at from £16,000 to £21,000 Various insurance offices will be called upon to contribute nearly the whole amount. The origin of the fire is not known. florniman's Pure Teas arc Bd. per pound cheaper. Their 2,500 agents—confectioners in London, and chemists in the country —are constantly receiving fresh supplies of these long-approved tea, sold only in Packets. PREP icitE NCE S%4ARES. tWestern, Wt. Midland, Oxford at guaranteed, 100 Mid Consolidated, 6 per . cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and limn., 8 per Cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. rd., o North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail,. 821 rtcmrsitmDitm oktAttic, AND STOCKS nidland A and B £5 per cent., 105 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Greenwich, 62 Alidland, Bradford Pref., 92 trOltEl GN RAIL WA Yr. Great Luxembourg, 9 1-10 Siutli Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 141 FORMIGN MINI b, Don Pedro. North Del Iley,„2i St. John dcl Itey, , 18 DOCKS East and West India, 125 BANE S. Chartered ?der. of India, London. and China.:29 Imperial Ottoman, 10 London Chartered Bans of Australia, 23i London and County, 51 Ditto, new, 32) KISCHLLANBOUB. Anglo American Telegraph, 22 Atlantic Telegraph, 56! Dit.o, 8 per 108) Berlin Water Works, City of Moscow (Uas, liin., 811 Credit teoneier Ar,ziand. iim.. 3 1-:(1 Viceroy of Egypt (Alortgage) Loan) 71 li A Q n 1 7ICS. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.- CUANGE OF OXFORD STROKE. CAMBRIDGE, Saturday. The University boat went yesterday afternoon to Clay bithe and back, a distance of about 10 or 11 miles, Mr. Maule coaching. This morning Mr. T. E. Egan is ex pected to arrive, and give the crew the advantage of his judgment and experience. liAley has not returned, nor will he do so again, but his services hive not been value less, as the alteration of the stretchers has made a mani fest improvement in the crew. According to present arrangements the Cautabs will go up to London this day week, and will remain till they have either gained or lost the verdict. OXFORD, Saturday. The crow went the long course this afternoon, Carter, of Worcester, who has been rowing six, taking Win a w s place as seven, and Willan filling Carter's former position, Tottenham steering and au ox-member of the Oxford crow coaching. TIIE EASIEEN FISIIEEIES.—The Spring herring fishery has commenced off the Eastern coast. A fleet of boats has also proceeded- westward, and others are pre paring to follow, with a view to tho prosecution of the mackerel voyage. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E ENING, MARCH 16, 1868. SHARE LlST.—This Day. OILDINAitI AND STOCKS. Railways. p aid. l Closing J Business rrioc.done. 1 I°° 100 100 82 114 82i 834 2u 30 3 4 75 77 70 72 102 14 31 31i, 6 7 11 :6 104} 105, 981 91), 121 125 1 95 97 lui 17 46* iS :e5 3u 27 2J 12.'4 25 47k 444 18 1,1 12 15 1 4, 1 • 8 k 7 111 Lk 1)S 107 105 1(.41, •1 76 3i 35 1011 104 60i 6111 91 t),5 121. 132 1.10 -112 i :04 luO 461 7 12; & 115 141 43 2i 111 1 1'.7 105; } 5 721 31 ALBNT SECUILITIh. DO 100 100 'Co 100 100 ISSIi:S, 100 too 100 all 100 100 100 1011 93 100! 98 101 80 87 b 6 b 7 103 105 106 109 107 100 106 108 98 100 11) 111 103 107 104 106 106 10, 107 100 It 6 IQB 99 10 9'4 101 VS v 9 001 lootloc, 15 100 too 97i 98} 102 104 103 105 110 ill 100 99 1124 103 1021 109 i I 103 } ICI} LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (IN RE LEOPOLD REDPATH.) This bankrupt was the well-known convict, whose forgeries upon the Great Northern Railway Co., by whom he was employed as a clerk, created such an intense degree of excitement some 13 years ago. The extent of these forgeries was about £200,000, or at least so it was said at the time ; and the bankrupt being convicted, was sentenced to a long term of penal servitude, he being now known as the " good convict." The private estate of the bank rupt has been in this Court ever since the convic tion, and from time to time various small dividends have been paid. To-day was appointed for the de claration of the last dividend, but the proceedings were of a formal character, and the amount of the dividend, which will be advertised in due course, was not made known. POLICE• INTELLTGENCE.-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF FURIOUS DRIVING AND INJURING A FEMALE.—flenry Garey, a young man in the em ploy of Mr. Taylor, liuendraper, at the corner of Rathbone-place, was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with furiously driving a pony and cart, and knock ing down a female named Sarah Taylor and break ing her collar bone Mr. G. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defence. Police-constable Waugh, 184 E, said that be tween half-past 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday night he was on duty in Mortimer-street, when he saw the prisoner driving a pony in a cart as fast as the pony could gallop. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the constable whether the prisoner was doing anything to the pony ? The constable said the prisoner appeared to be trying to stop the pony, but he did not succeed till he got to the corner of Regent-street, and he then said that the pony had bolted, and that the female was injured by accident. Mr. Lewis said that he was prepared to show that the injury the female had received was the re sult of au accident. Mr. Tyrwhitt (the female not having been called) said it appeared to have been an accident, and the prisoner must be discharged. The injured woman had her remedy in another court, but he would suggest that compensation should be made her. THREE DEAF AND DUMB PERSONS CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Henry Pope, Eliza Pope, and Peter Moyer, all deaf and dumb, were charged with being drunk and fighting together. A constable proved seeing the defendants drunk and fighting together, and screaming in a very pe culiar fashion, and after trying for a quarter of an hour to get them to go away he took them into custody. _ _ The evidence having been explained to the defen dants by a sister of one of them, by means of signs, they denied being drunk. The sister said she believed that some children had been teasing the defendants, and that they then got in a rage, as persons so afflicted generally did. Mr. Tyrwbitt ordered the defendants to enter into their own recognisances to keep the peace. vering. THE LIME LIGHT. The Dundee papers report some important experi ments which have lately taken place at Perth with the lime light, "the new substitute for gas." It appears that in consequence of the refusal of the Perth Gas Company to reduce the prices at which they supplied the. barracks with gas, the Government accepted a contract for the supply of the barracks with the lime light. Several ex hibitions of the illuminating power of the light has taken place, when a day or two ago a deputation from the Dundee Chamber of Commerce paid a visit to Perth to witness the experiments. These were shewn by the Government contractor, and gave the highest satisfac tion. The following description of the light will be found interesting The lime light is produced from substances capable of emitting light during ignition, and is entirely independent of, and unaffected by, atmospheric air, or any other medium capable of, or necessary to support, combustion. All other practical artificial lights are produced by the combustion of wax, tallow, oil, ea , -plane, coal, and other compounds, known to the chentL, as hydro-carbons—so called because they are comp,,sed of hydrogen and carbon. In their combustion, 'n every case, without exception, the oxygen, or life-supporting air of the at mosphere, unites itself with their hydrogen and with their carbon to form carbonic acid, which is a deadly poison, mid in it neither combustion nor life can be supported. It is thu; clear that in every case where light is obtained by combustion a portion of oxygen is ab stracted from the atmosphere, and a quantity of nitrogen, four times as bulky, is set free. - Seeing, therefore, that by the present method of obtaining light we not only de teriorate the atmosphere of a room, by abstracting from it the vital air, but in addition pour into it one deadly poison and set another free, but little stress need be laid upon the immense advantage that must accrue by the adoption of the lime light, produced by ignition, and from which no poison is eyolved, no vital air abstracted. With regard to the nature and quality of the lime light, three substances are concerned in its production, viz., two visible gases and a white solid. The first of the two gases is the pure hydrogen ; the second gas is oxygen ; and the third substance is the white solid lime. The mode in which these three substances—hydrogen, oxygen, and lime—are used for the,evolution of light is as follows :---A jet of hydrogen being lighted, a jet of oxygen is turned on so as to mix with the jet of hydrogen, and the solid incombustible lime being so arranged with regard to the oxy-hydrogen flame as to expose it instan taneously to its intense heat, it emits a light so pure and so powerful, that it is only rivalled by the light of the sun. Lieutenant Drummond, who was appointed to conduct the Ordnance Survey in Ireland and Scotland in 1826, connected Ben Lomond in Scotland and Knock Lad in Ireland, a distance of ninety-five miles, by placing the lime light in the focus of a paraboloid. It is important to observe that this combustion of the two gases is entirely independent of the atmosphere, and that there are, there fore, no products of a deleterious character. The method of using and lighting the jet is precisely the same as with a common gas burner : so that no special knowledge or instruction is requisite for its management. Where the consumption of the lime light gases does not exceed 1 feet per hour, the light produced is equal to four gas lights, each burning five feet per hour. Three feet per hour gives a light equal to fifteen gas lights, each burning five feet per hour. Six feet per hour gives a light equal to sixty gas lights, so that six feet are equal to 300 feet of gas. The advantages of the lime light may he thus briefly stated :—lt is perfectly pure in every sense of the word. An abundance of light may be obtained without heating or deteriorating the atmosphere, and without injury to the most delicate colours, or the slightest tarnish to gilding or other ornamental work. Where an exact recognition of tints of colour is requisite, the lime light in the absence of the sun stands alone. By it paintings may be appreciated, the most delicately-tinted goods examined in their true colours, and distinguished or matched as easily and as certainly as by daylight. It is as easily distributed through a glass 'globe as any other light. . _ The barrack square, in which the experiments were made, was crowded with spectators. As soon as darkness set in the gases were ignited, and the light evolved was brilliant in the extreme. It had more the appearance of an intensely bright moonlight than an illumination produced by artificial means. The great square was lighted up in every corner ; the features of the specta tors were as clearly distinguishable as at noon. At the distance of 300 feet it was possible to read small print. The visitors from Dundee were evidently struck with the unexpected brilliancy of this "new light," and were not slow to express their admiration. Some rain fell, and the wind blew pretty strongly while the exhibition continued, but the light burned clearly and steadily, though quite unprotected from the atmosphere. Neither wind nor rain appeared to have the slightest effect upon it. Subsequent experiments with the light were made within the buih-ling, and theS'e also were thoroughly successful. All who witnessed them, even the most sceptical as to the adaptability of the light to general purposes, were loud in their praises and free in their predictions as to its ultimate general adoption. The somewhat oppressive manner in which the rate paying clauses of the new Reform Act are at present operating in the case of the poorer classes of house occupiers resident in the various metropolitan parishes, espe cially those at the East-end, appears to have engaged the earnest attention of the Government, the Poor-law Board now being actively engaged in making close inquiry respecting the effects of the abolition of the compound householder system. This inquiry is not confined merely to the metropolitan parishes, but will include Manchester, Birmingham, and other provincial cities and towns. It is hoped that the authorities will be successful in applying a remedy to one of the greatest defects in the new Reform Act. In addition to Sir John Trollope, M.P., whose approach ing elevation to the peerage has been already announced, it is stated that Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., M.P., is about to be raised to the Upper House. Sir Brook has already established before the House of Lords that he is one of the co-heirs, and in all probability the sole heir, to the barony of Fitzwalter, which bas been in abeyance since 1156. No sooner has one Liberal candidate withdrawn from the contest at Huddersfield than another makes his appear ance. It is now rumoured that Mr. Mitchell Henry, who made such a poor fight at Manchester some months ago, is coming forward in the " moderate Liberal " interest. Mr. Campbell Sleigh has addressed the constituency as a Conservative. Mr. Sleigh appeared as a Liberal at Plymouth and at Lambeth six years ago. The rapid pro motion of Conservative lawyers has educated the Old Bailey advocate. The nomination will take place on Wednesday. The town of Todmorden was on Sunday thronged by crowds of visitors who inspected the scene of the tragedy with an interest that seemed never to tire. Every par ticular connected with the fearful crime is eagerly sought for. The late vicar was the eldest son of the Rev. Henry A. Plow, rector of Bradley, near Winchester. He was a graduate of Queen's College, Cambridge, and held respec tively the curacies of Staines, near London ; Wickham, near Winchester; Cosham, Dover, and Rochdale, whtnce he was appointed to Todmorden, in 18G4, by the vicar of Rochdale. While at Rochdale he held the caracy of St. James's under the late incumbent, Mr. Ffarrington, and his labours during that memorable " cotton famine" will not be readily forgotten by the working classes of St. James's, Rochdale. The rev, gentleman has left two children, who are both of tender years. On Sunday even ing there was a very large congregation in Todmorden Church. The sermon was preached by the Rev. H. A. Plow, father of the murdered clergyman. Before the sermon was delivered, the prayers of the congregation were earnestly requested on behalf of the culprit, Miles Weatherill, " now lying under sentence of death," and for Mrs. Plow, "now in great distress of mind and body." It was understood that during the day Mrs. Plow's illness had taken a more serious turn. THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. —The bulletins from Farnham Castle arc a'l of a favourable character, announcing, as they do, that the bishop is slowly reco- RESPITE. —The convict George Nuttall, who lay in Lancaster Prison under sentence of death for stabbing a man in a drunken street brawl has been respited during her Majesty's pleasure. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning, as three Brighton labourers, named William Tullett, Edward Tullett, and George Isaacs, were passing along the Upper Shoreham road on their way to the little village of Port elade, which is about three miles from Brighton, on a bank at the corner of a by- road leading to Blaehington they found the body of a gentleman apparently about 23 years of age. He was dressed in a light brown coat with velvet collar, and in his pocket he had a hunting watch attached to a gold Albert chain, from which were suspended several coins and charms, and in his left hand he held a seven chambered revolver. He was quite dead, cold, and stiff. William Tullett immediately reported the discovery to the Hove police, and, with the assistance of Police-constable Aldridge, the body was removed to the Windmill Inn, Preston, where it now awaits a coroner's inquest. On the body being examlned, it was discovered that the deceased had discharged the whole of the seven chambers of the revolver against the left breast, the whole of the charges having entered the body within the radius of three inches. In the course of the morning the body was indentified as that of Mr. Dalrymple, son of Sir Adolphus DalryMple, who from 1837 to 1841 was one of the members of the borough of Brighton. 114 116. lil ) 56 :1 . 8 10 Ili 57 59 45 47 7.4 73 9 10 143 145 WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OF STEALING A FoWL.—Alfred Pluck, a respectable man, was charged with feloniously stealing a tame fowl, value 55., the goods of one Henry Rose. _ Mr. W. D. Smyth, the solicitors of Rochester row, defended. _ Mr. Henry Rose, landlord of the Hope public house, Arthur-street, Chelsea, said on Tuesday last he went into his back yard to feed his fowls, and about a minute after the prisoner, who had been drinking in his house, went into the back to the urinal, and shortly after, when prisoner returned, witness again went into the back yard and found the head and neck of one of his fowls torn from the body and lying in the yard quite warm. He im mediately sent for a constable, and upon searching behind the yard door he found the body of the fowl. In reply to the magistrate, witnes3 was quite positive that between the time of feeding the fowli and finding the head no one had been out but the prisoner ; it was quite impossible, from the height of the wall at the back, that any one could have got over and committed the act. In cross-examination, witness admitted there were six or eight other men in the tap-room. Pri- soner stated that one of the men went out after him. There was a dog chained near where the body was found. The prosecutor's evidence was confirmed by a little girl named Ringham, who swore that nobody else but the prisoner came into the yard. Giles, 287 B, the warrant officer, proved that he went to Millman's-row on Saturday night and saw the prisoner, who, when taken into custody, said, " I suppose you want me about a fowl. I was going down to Mr. Rose to settle for it to-night." Mr. Smyth called two witnesses to character, and contended that even assuming if the prisoner was the man who killed the fowl, there was no evidence, and could be none, that he intended feloniously to steal it and deprive the owner of the possession of the property. The prisoner therefore was entitled to be discharged. Mr. Ingham remanded him till Saturday, and took sureties in £4O for his reappearance. MARKETS —(This Day.) CORN. The trade is quiet in its general features, with very little variation in prices. A. dull demand on the spot is counter balanced by the supplies ; and a good number of grain cargoes off the coastis met by acoutinuous steady demand, partly for the continent. At Mark-lane to-day the attendance was moderate, and the trade dull. English wheat of good quality and condition brought late rates, but secondary sorts were cheaper to sell. There wore good offers for foreign at a Is decline, at which factors were not free sellers, and b ut little was done Barley brought late rates. Flour moved off slowly, at rather easier rates. Oats a dull sale, but not quotably altered in value. Maize dull. Linseed and Rapeseed quiet, at late rates. COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE. The declaration of supplies for public sale have been enlarged, and the catalogues to be offered this week are more numerous than for some time past, but although the markets are better furnished, the quantity to be offered is not in any case heavy. The firmness of quotations is therefore undisturbed. S UGAIL —Floating cargoes continue to meet an inquiry for out-port delivery, and rates are firm. On the spot there is also a steady inquiry. COFFEE.—Demand is dull, and, except for best qualities, rates still tend in buyer's favour. TEA.—Pending the auctions to commence to-morrow, there is little passing beyond th o examination of samples of teas in catalogue. EICE.—For Bellam and Dacca grain inquiry continues steady. Quotations are firm. SALTPETRE.—Prices are quoted 19s 6d to 19s 9d for good and fine Bengal on the spot, with a firm market. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. MEAT.—Supplies only very mod erate, but the demand dull, and prices less firm, although not quotably reduced. Beef, best ox, 4s to 4s 2d ; good second qualities, 3s 8d to 3s 10d ; middling, 3s 4d ; inferior, 8s to 33 4d. First quality, mutton, 45 2d to 4s 4d ; second, 3s 10(1 to 4s . inferior, 3s 4d to 3s Bd. Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 3d. Pork, 3; 8d to 4s Bd. Lamb, 6s 8d to is 4d per stone of 81bs. by the carcase. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of stock at market this morning was in excess of last week, and the accounts from the dead meat markets bring dull, trade opened flatly, with weaker prices. _ Of beasts, thero were 382 from Scotland, 2,622 from the various grazing grounds of England ; 53 from Ireland, and MO from abroad, Trade was heavy, but quotations not lowered. The number of sheep on sale Was good, and included 3,790 from abroad. The market was dull, and prices easier for shorn sheep, but good wools maintained their value. The number of calves on sale was 113, of which 107 were foreign. The demand was good and rates steady. Pork met a brisk demand at higher rates. Total at market: Beasts, 8 , 720 ; sheep, 22,780 ; calves, 113 ; and pige, 360. Quotations: Beef, 3s 4d to ss; mutton, 35 4d 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 4d to 6d : and pork, 4s to Is 2d. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, March IG.—The market opens firm, at full ratos of Saturday. Sales probably 12,000 bales 9r iu9re. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian •iatubrian Jork and 8and0n...... Cornwall—. Dublin & Belfast J um% Dun„Perth, & Ab.J unc. E.London, scrip CertL Do. Glasgow t S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. K Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland, Great Northern Do. A stock ..1 Do. B stock Do. .New, is. at 25 pm (RS. and W. of Ireland t. Westein -Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua.l I Do. South Wales { Do. W. Slid.—ollorn! Do. Newport Do. Lancashire& Yorissairi, ILJudon and Maximal; !Lon., tirigh., 4: S Co an; ehat., and Lover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. :North ‘N esters Lou. 4 South %Venters:, Man., 8110., Lineetii, Metropolitan .... Do. New Do. Extent:ion 51etrupolitau do. to. Do. and St. John's ‘‘ tilidt. Do. £9 Shure Do, Dr' b ) ttid Bent .. . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dui) Leh. Eastern— lier wion 1)0. U.N•E purohaa, Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 *forth London Do. do. 1861 5 . . Do. do. 18436 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junotion Scottish Central IScot. N. E ,APer, stock uo. Scot, M. stook Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern . 'taiues, Wok., & Wok Ca' Vale Do. C ..• Vale of Meath Waterford .. 4 z Kilkenny! Waterloo & Whiteha :1 Wet Cornwall t;OLONIAL (10 Vila{ British Columbia, b per 1872..,. Can. (I (iv.° p.c.ia.J4J uly 1877-84 Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 P.C. Mar. & 6ept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. o..linscribed sic Uape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 uo.AplArOot 1890-IVOO Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&J uly, 1890-9, 1 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., MO Ceylon, Nov. 18715, 6 p.c Do. 1872, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, J an..and July Do. 1878 00. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug'. • Natal Liov. 6 per cent N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186b1 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876' Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1896' New Zealand, 6 p. cent! Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1575 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p.c. 1868-1 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,tiov. 6 p.c. Ja.44 July Do. do, April .1L Oct , lIHITI6II r Atlantic & St.Lawrenoe Born., Baroda, gu. B per oent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 5 p.o. Calcutta & B. E., lim cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension rand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred ;ft. India Pen. gua. sp.c. t 0. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o qt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D st per cent Du .reat Wes. of Canada.., Do. New "r ...... do. 6 p. o IJ(.s . pay. 1873 1 O. 54 do. pay. 1177-5.. i tladras, g,ua. 5 p.o Do. 42 do Do. 4 do Do. Fifth Extension elb. Cor 6 p. e. Buds. Ala Hubsoc's Bay N. Itl.C'da.6pc Ist pf.las Dude& Ithilk'nd, g. 5 p.O Nelncle Do. Delhi Do. do • Do. Puniaub.... z Do.indos St.lelot BR1T1S1:1 MINES. Cam. Consul. Gold, lim. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 51 61 Devon G. Cons. (Tavtat 1 13. 413 Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 Nast Caradon 4 5 East Cara Brea 34 2 21 e;ant Grenville 2.110 i 1 2 East Gunnislake .. 1 4 aot Loved 3.t/.0 8 9 h W'l Runsell (Tavistk 11.7.6 1/ 2 StAuhyn(G wen. 66 4 5 ;teat Laxey, limited.. all 17 18 treat South Tolgus.... 1.1.0 ireat Wheal 14.9.6 .4. Wheal Vor 40 18 19 ./renville 9.0.6 14 L 4 ' tlerod's Foot .... 8.10.4+ 28 40 Dingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 24 2/ Nlargaret (Uny Lelant 13.17 .6 6 8 Starke Va11ey.......... 1.10.6 6 64 4 , lwyndy Iron Ore, ilia 34 21 i i New S ton ...... 561 65 70 North toskear ........ 384 5 '1 '.Wh Bassettallogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.t3 . a 2 3 t'rosper United....... 8.14.0 2 24 i'rovidenoe,UnyLelaut / 4.6.; 29 31 5. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 11 280 400 iouth Condurrow ...... 1.2.0 f I Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 371 421 stray Park . 35.15.6 t 6 Cruit 2 13 14 7igra and Clogan, lim all - - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liakea r d lo West Chi verton ll 61 06 West 5et0n....... ..... 471 1131 193 Wheal Bassett ( Mogan 54 75 8) Wheal Buller (ftedruth 16 16 19 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 21 23 Wheal Seton - Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 110 112 1610148. 64 66 1021 1031 i 3 4 l) 5 6 68 71 I 8 52 99 102 iO4j IG5y 109 110 151 16a 78 62 43 45 33 35 27 29 18 1J IC9 110 1# 2l+ 16 2 u 102 103 ti V 6 16k 161 98 100 91 gt 100 102 03 05 60 91 83 65 1•i1 105 100 101 1004 10141 10J 101 e 7 89 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day VICTORIA CLUB BETFING—Tnis DAY, CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 9 agst Abergeldie (offered take-100 to 8) 100 to 8 agst Captain Kidd (taken) 13 to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (offered) 100 to 6 agst Breach (taken) 100 to 6 agst Nemea (offered) 20 to 1 agst Knight of the Garter (offered) 20 to 1 agst Cheltenham (offered—take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 25 to 1 agst Nyanza (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Stradbroke (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Grey Stocking (taken) 33 to 1 agst Voltigern (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Montagnard (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Chelsea (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ilippia (offere , t) 50 to 1 agst Fralchise (oft..red) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 8 2gst Lord Hastings (taken) 100 to 7 agst_ Bouswing (taken) 25 to 1 agst Thalia (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mandrake (taken) 33 to 1 agst Portunio (takes)) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst V r:d:.s (otrired) 10 to 1 agst Dalby (offered) 25 to 1 agst Weathet' Star offered) TWO 'THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst llosierucian (offered—take 6 to 1) 7 to 1 agst Paco (tak!n and offered) 7 to 1 agst Formosa (offered) Bto 1 agst Typho3us (offered) Bto 1 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 12 to 1 agst Blue Gown (offered) 20 to 1 agst Bauditto (taken and offered) 100 to 30 agst Chelsea (taken) 25 to 20 that Rosicrucian don't start (taken) DERBY. 100 to 12 agst Rosicrucia❑ (talon) 10 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered—take 11 to 1, 13 to 1 agst Puce (offered) 100 to 7 agst Suffolk (offered—take 16 to 1) 20 to 1 agst TyLo3us (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 30 to 1 agst The Earl (taken) 33 to 1 agst Uncas (taken) 40 to 1 agst Speculum (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ela.rvester (offered) 100 to 1 agst Chelsea (taken and offered) ROTUNDA CLUB AND COMMISSION EXCHANGE, Throe Doors from Blackfriars Bridge, Surrey Side, IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. A nnual subscription, Five Shillings. Applications foi membership should be made to the Secretary, 3, Black friars-road RACING FIXT [RES FOR 1868. CH. Croxton Park Northampton tIL. Catt.erick Bridge l6 Lewes Spring Thirbk Curragh April 2l Newmarket Ist Spring 27 MA] Margate Epsom Spring Meeting 24 AP. Bromley Spring 6 Hurham aendon 33 Newmarket Craven Knighton l4 Abergavenuy .31: Chester 5 Wiachester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath . Croydon Ist Summer , Harpenden Epsom Summer West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer 3 Manchester 3 Ascot Summer 9 Beverley, Hull, and East Riding lO Windsor Summer Chelmsford - 2 Worcester Summer Carlisle 7 Newmarket July 7 Pontefract Reading Down Royal Corp. l5 Liverpool July M. AUG Brighton I Brighton Club Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor August l3 I Egham lB Hastings York August SEPT I Baden Warwick September Abingdon 3 Leicftter Doncaster September._ 8 recon Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 OCT Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newmarket 2d October 5 Chelmsford Autumn NOV, Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and War' Newton Hampton Newcastle Bibury Club Stockbridgo Alexandra Park Odiham, Stamford Radcliffe ..... Huntingdon: Nottingham July , Southampton Goodwood UST. Dovor Oxford Scarborough Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge , Margate MBER. Kelso Hendon l7 j Monmouth .. Newmarket Ist October 22 23 \Vest Drayton 29 loyal Caledonian Runt and Western ➢i )BEEt. Cheltenham l3 Ealing Newmarket lioughtou 19 I Worcester Autumn 27 EMBER, ickshiro Hunt l7 STEEPL: 'CHASES. toll West Somerset 24 Cheltenham . 26 Southdown Hunt Cambridge iIL. Grand National Hunt Knighton (Bedford) 2 Abergavonny Roy. Artillery (Wool wich) 3 Hambledon Bromley .. 6 Kildare Hunt Aldershot Hendon OCTOBER. Bromley 1 I Ealing l5 __ 111 A: Grand Military l6, 17 War wick l7 Chertsoy 2O Margate 23 Al' DEC EMBEIE St. Albans 1 Ealing 26 Kingsbury Programme of Warwick Spring Meeting. TUESDAY, MARcu 17. The Racing Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added; two yr olds Tat 51b, three 9st; the winner to bo sold for 100 sovs ; if entered for 70 soya allowed 71b, if for 50 sovs 141 b; maidens allowed 41b, and fillies and geldings 31b. Six furlongs. The Farmers' Plate of 50 sovs (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 fiat. The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added by the town of Warwick; three yr olds 7sc, four Bst 91b, five 9st 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 31b, four 51b, five and up wards 101 b. The mile course. 5 subs. Lozenge 6 yrs, Unces 3, Speculum 3, Tumbler 4, Lady Lambton 4. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the second), with 40 added ; four yr old list, five list 10Ib, six and aged 12st. Two miles on the flat. Alice Fauconberg aged, Woodbury Hill (h h) aged, Jove 4 yrs, L'Alouette 4 yrs, Esparto 4 yrs, , Rivets 6 yrs, King Alfred (h b) aged, Chan c e Sh o t (h b) J yrs, Curtagh aged, Gem (h b) aged, Archimedes 6 yrs, ifedan (h b) aged, Meteor (It b) 6 yrs, Buffoon 6 yrs, and Orgaa Grimier 4 yrs. The Stand Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 50 added, winners after March 12 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra ; one mile. 19 subs. Age st lb Exceller ... 6 8 12 Tremble ... 4 8 7 Salamanca... 4 7 12 Sister to Vedette... 4 7 11 Ulphus 5 7 10 Secrecy ...4 7 7 Rabbit Trap 4 7 7 Cromwell ... 4 7 4 Ironmaster ... 3 6 12 Tribuno 5 6 10 A Hurdle Race Handicap a added ; winners of a burl] 12 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra : two miles, over five hurdle Age et lb Pearl Diver ... a 12 7 Steamboat... ~. 512 0 Moose a 11 7 Flandrin 6 11 7 Tumult 511 5 Orno 4 11 5 Brick ~.all 0 Redcap !... a 11 0 Seakale 6 11 0 Fan „. 6 10 13 Knav3 of Trumps... a 10 12 Surney . 6 10 12 ... 610 12 Bon Espoir ... a 10 12 thous ... a 10 11 Age st lb Second Hand ... 4 610 Easby ...4 6 8 Patrician ... ... 3 6 7 Manton ... ... 3 6 6 Rampart ... 3 6 5 Tyrone ... ... 3 6 3 Alicia ... ... 4 6 2 ffammerton 3 5 11 Carlos 3 5 7 d 5 sovs eacb, 1 ft, with 30 le raoe handicap after March the second to save his stake ; 13. 58 subs. _ Age st lb Drum ... 5 5 1 10 0 7 6 Monitrass Mountain Maid ... 5 10 6 Musketeer... ... 6 10 7 Prima Donna 4 10 6 Triumpher ... a 10 3 Wellesley 5 10 3 Melinda ... ... 510 3 Venturesome ... 510 3 Bretoline ... 5 10 2 Turmoil ... 4 10 2 True Heart ... a 10 2 Colenso 4 10 2 Wild Bee... ... 6 10 0 Lord WaldegraNe 610 0 Nothing_ More 6 10 0 Owen Roe ... 5 10 0 5 10 0 Maid of Kent g ... 4 10 0 Maid of the Mill fleurlys a 10 11 Skirmish 6 10 11 Despitch ... a 10 11 Clown ... a 10 10 Vigilant ... 6 10 10 Grapeshot... ... 6 10 10 Le Ilagicien ... 5 10 10 Sweet Willie ... a 10 9 Said ... 6 10 9 I Chevy Chase ... 5 10 9 Roving Maid ... 4 10 9 The Rock ... 4 10 8 Nil 6 10 7 Clansman 6 10 7 Risk .610 7 A Sweepstakes of 25 sous ear colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst both 51b ; straight run i 9 subs. Lady Stanley, Gipsy, Well breaker, Runaway, Hilda, Sik Match 100, 11 it i 110 Weight) (bb) ... ... 410 0 Arundel ... ... 410 0 Rambling Ratio f... 4 10 0 Colours ... ... 410 0 Spurgeon ... ... 410 0 Bonno Fortune ... 4 10 0 Mario ... ... 6 (pd) Boadlo ... ... a (pd) Sultan ... ...6 (Pd) :h, 10 ft, for two year olds ;lb; untrieds allowed 31h, if in (about three furlongs); ington, Lelia, Sedition, Nut ter to Lemonade. 3 mentioned i hP.II 4 mile.— Duke of Hamilton's Baden agst Sir C. Legard's Carlotta (both two year olds). Tho Willoughby Handicap of 15 soya each, 10 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 50 added ; winners of any handi. cap after Jan. 17 (at ton a.m.) 7lb extra ; gentlemen riders, jockeys 61b extra ; one mile ; 27 subs, 11 of whom pay 3 sous each. e lbA st Knight of the Garter 4 g 12 2 Indigestion 6 11 2 Longhorn -;,10 10 Archimedes ... 6 N Tremble ... ... 410 2 Silouus 4 10 0 ' Midwife ... 4 10 0 Skirmish ... 6 9 12 Grand Cross ... 4 9 11 A Plato of 50 sovs (flandica (at ten a.m.) 51b extra; thr Age st lb ... 4 8 12 ... 5 8 0 ▪ 5 711 ... 4 7 .1 7 '5 ▪ 7 4 ▪ 1 7 ... 4 6 12 • 3 6 10 WEDNEz:DAY. Age st lb Master Willie ... 4 911 11,:he 5 9 8 The Clown ... a 9 8 Ganymedo... 4 9 6 Innerdale ... 3 9 3 Lord Palmerston ... 3 8 12 Turenno 3 8 12 The rest pay 3 sovs each. p); winners after March 12 •eo quarters of a mile. Bismarck ... fire Alist.lutoo S:darriatica... Adamamlwa. The Star CronnvAl Dianiond Elsby Age st lb 6 Manton ... ••• 34 6 7 Neittlier ••• 3 6 5 /Uic'a ••• 4 02 Citron ... 3 511 lf &amity 3 5 7 Dunoort ••• 3 5 7 Su,;-trstiek.. ..• 3 5 7 t'Jlll2liL;Cl' A Hurdle llaca Stakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added three ye u• olds 10st lib , live 12st 10in, six acd aged 13st ; a w:na.,r of a hurdle race 51b extra ; the winner to ,be sell fin• 100 sous; if ent!red for 60 sous allowed 51h, 40 101 b, 30 161 b ; one mile and a half, over four hurdlers. The Walton Handicap of 5 sore each, 21t, with 23 added, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 200 :ors; winners after the weights are out 51b extra ; five furlongs. The Debdalo Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for alt ages ; 12st each; winners of 60 soya once 71b, twice 101 b, three times 141 b extra; half breds allowed 71b; those that never started allowed Sib; gentlemen riders; jockeys 51b extra ; two miles ; 10 subs. General Sherman, 4 yrs. Steamboat 5 yrs, Le Magieiett, 5 yrs, King Alfred (h b) aged, Chance Shot (11 b) 5 yrs, Maid of the Mill (h b) 4 yrs, D aw dl er 6 yrs, The Limb, 6 yrs, Archimedes 6 yrs, Maid of Kent b g 4 yrs. A Plato of 50 sovs (llawlicap); winners after March. 12 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra; half a mile. ,Ago st lb Nike 4 812 Dick Turpin 4 8 9 Pantaloon ... 6 8 5 Lady Clint'n ... 4 712 Marquis of Worce- Age st 113 Retty Lily ..• 3 6 Patrician ... ... 3 6 4 Weather Isle 3 6 3 Miss Alice... ... 4 6 0 Ramps' t ... 3 6 0 Eau do Vio 3 5 12 Alicia ... 4 5 11. Proctor ... ... 3 5 7 Precocious... ...3 5 7 Dunoon 3 5 7 Futurity ... ... 3 5 7 ster ...4 7 9 Goodfellow 4 7 7 Syceo ... 4 7 Secrecy ... ... 4 7 3 Adamanthea 4 7 2 Columbine.— ...4 7 0 Torch 3 6 12 lronmaster ... 3 6 10 SALE OF THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S RACING STUD. This sale was held on Saturday afternoon in the saddling-paddock at Ascot, and in the stabling of the adjoining hotel the horses were inspected by a crowd of well-known owners and trainers, native and foreign, whom the fame of the stud had at tracted to the spot. There was no attempt to make the lots attractive for selling purposes. With the exception of Lord Ronald, Vauban, and one or two of the young ones, all had their winter coats, and few had doge any work since the end of last season. Lord Ronald, who had previously led Gomera, Europa, the Roe colt, the Farfalla filly, and one or .two others a canter on the heath, was the first lot put up by Mr. E. Tattersall, who in troduced the winner of 17 races with an expres sion of his confident belief that he would win. 17 more, and in some prefatory remarks took occasion to observe that, as John Day had won £60,000 for his employers last year in public money alone, racing was not such a bad speculation as some people supposed. Lord Ronald, once en tered in a selling plate to be sold for £lOO, was put in by M. Cavallero, the Austrian commissioner, at 1,000 guineas, and was ultimately knocked down to Mr. T. V. Morgan at an advance of 550. lie looked the perfect model of a steeplechaser, as did the next lot, Gomera, also once considered a selling plater, the winner of the Goodwood Stakes, with fine ac tion and great speed. Nor did the Duke of New castle give too much for her when she fell to his nod for 1,000 guineas. Ceylon, the winner of the Grand Prix in 1866, had a more than doubtful leg, and only realised 420 guineas ; but Viridis made some amends by bringing 2,000 guineas, though a thousand less than the Duke gave for her at New- market last autumn. This is the mare which has unanimously. been selected to win the Chester Cup since the weights came out, but her appearance to • day was anything but promising. She has not grown or thickened at all, and looked very light. Vauban, the great money-getter of last year, beating in this respect both hermit and Achieve.. ment, was the subject of a keen competition be tween Mr. Pryor and Captain Machell, and the price the latter secured him at, for, it is to be pre sumed, Mr. Chaplin-3,200 guineas—fairly sur prised every one. It is true, the horse looked remarkably well, but his very upright pasterns bode so ill for his future career that his few valuable en gagements look anything but certainties for him. Herald, brother to Vauban, a Derby candidate once figuring in the quotations, though much im proved since last year, failed for some time to elicit a bid, and only realised 200 guineas at last. 'rho increasing taste for steeplechasing was exemplified by the good prices which any thing that looked like jumping brought, and the Duke of Hamilton, iu Aquila and Painshill, has, we fancy, secured two that will repay him in this favourite sport. The heavily-armed two year olds sold well. Ono of the handsomest, and also the most deeply en gaged, a chestnut colt by Trumpeter—The Roe-- bought by Mr. Padwick for 1,050 guineas, and the lengthy colt by the same sire out of Palm fetched 600 guineas. The perfect beauty of the lot was the Farfalla filly, also by Tru►npeter—small, but looking every inch a racehorse, with the additional advantage that she appeared fit to run the next day. The Duke of Newcastle bought her for 500 guineas. We may fairly congratulate the Duke of Beaufort on the result of the sale. The 2G lots realised 15,450 guineas, or over £16,000, a sum a good deal in excess of what the betting (for people bet on everything) pointed to as to the total. There was a very handsome luncheon, and so quickly did Mr. Tattersall get through the work, that the South Western special was almost unnecessary, and the ordinary train, a little before 5, conveyed us all back to town : Lord Ronald, a chestnut horse, by Stockwell—Edith, 6 yrs (Mr. Morgan) 1,550 Gomera, a chestnut mare,by Marsyas —Palma, 6 yrs (Duke of Newcastle) 1,000 Ceylon, a bay horse, by Idle Bay—Pearl, 5 yrs (Sir Reginald (iraham) 420 Viridis, a bay filly, by Marsyas—Maid of Palmyra, 4 yrs (Mr.G. Angell) 2,000 Miss Skerratt, a brown filly, by First Lord—Miss Judy Macau, 4 yrs (Mr. H. Mor r i s ) 100 Caucasus, a brown colt, hy Muscovite—Figtree, 4 yrs (Mr. lanes) 110 Vauban, a brown colt, by MUSCONIte—PaIm 4 yrs (Captain itcholl) 3,200 Lady Rester, a bay filly, by Thunderbolt—Lurley, 4 yrs .(Mr. P. Price) 200 Aquila, a brown colt, by Bird hill — Amalthea, 3 3:s (Duke of Hamilton) 430 Painshill, a chestnut colt, by Birdbill—Doglia, 3 yrs (Duke of Ilamilton) 630 Herald, a bay colt, by Trumpeter— Palm, 3 yrs (Mr. rnr) 200 T. V. Tue Pleasure Boat, a b a y co l t, by Lifeboat—Jovial, 3 yrs (Colonel Carlton) Lady Grace, a c h es t nut filly, by St. Albans—Lurley, 35 3 yrs .................................... (Mr. Stephenson) 200 Papillon, brown filly, by St. Albans—Farfalla, 3 yrs (Mr. Brayley) 400 Maosllweb, a bay filly, by Birdhill—The Roe, 3 yrs (Mr. Hodgman) CIO Sundial, a brown filly, by Wild Dayrell —Miss Slick, 3 yrs A bay filly, by Young Melbourne—Bab at the Bow ster, 3 yrs (Mr. Weatherby) 520 Europa, a chestnut filly, by Trumpeter—lonica, 3 yrs . (Sir R. Graham) 1,000 A bay colt., by Birdhill—burley, 2 yrs (Mr. J. Foy) 100 A bay colt, by Glenmassob—Figtree, 2 yrs (Mr. Hodgman) 90 A bey colt, by Trumpeter—Palm, 2 yrs (Mr. J. Denman) 600 A chestnut colt, by Trumpeter—the Roe, 2 yrs (Mr. Padwick) 1,050 A chestnut filly, by Trumpeter—Cachuca, 2 yrs (Kr. W. Day) 450 A chestnut colt, by Trumpeter —Farfalla, 2 yrs (Duke of Newcastle) 500 A brown filly, by Birdhill—Arnalthea, 2 yrs (M. - . H. Morris) 155 A chestnut filly, by Birdhill—Doglia, 2 yrs (lfr. W. Day) 250 Total ..X15,480 CONSERVATISM AT CAMBRIDGE.—The Cam bridge Conservative Club has adopted a resolution ex pressing confidence in Mr. Disraeli upon his appointment Premier 19 21 22 26 20 20 2t, 2f, ihare I rf ~'